课文原文、译文、知识点:全新版大学进阶英语综合教程 第4册,第三单元Job Hunting,Text A How to Get a Job at Google
全新版大学进阶英语综合教程第4册Unit 3 Job Hunting
全新版大学进阶英语综合教程第4册Unit 3 Job Hunting
Text A How to Get a Job at Google
目录
课文:How to Get a Job at Google (1)
课文翻译:怎样在谷歌谋得一份工作 (4)
语言点(Language Focus) (6)
How to Get a Job at Google
By Thomas L. Friedman
1 Last June, in an interview with Adam Bryant of The Times, Laszlo Bock, the senior vice president of people operations for Google — i.e., the guy in charge of hiring for one of the world’s most successful companies — noted that Google had determined that “GPA’s are worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test scores are worthless. ... We found that they don’t predict anything.” He also noted that the “proportion of people without any college education at Google has increased over time” — now as high as 14 percent on some teams. At a time when many people are asking, “How’s my kid gonna get a job?” I thought it would be useful to visit Google and hear how Bock would answer.
2 Don’t get him wrong, Bock begins, “Good grades certainly don’t hurt.” Many jobs at Google require math, computing and coding skills, so if your good grades truly reflect skills in those areas that you can apply, it would be an advantage. But Google has its eyes on much more.
3 “There are five hiring attributes we have across the company,” explained Bock. “If it’s a technical role, we assess your coding ability, and half the roles in the company are technical roles.
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