Are you Smart Enough to Work at Google?

Are you Smart Enough to Work at Google? (William Poundstone, 2012)

How I stumbled upon it: On a front table in the business section of Barnes and Noble. 

What it's about: It's basically a mix of interviewing strategy and psychology mixed with Google history.  The book is constructed of chapters with questions at the end that link to an answers section in the back of the book.  The answers section is very in-depth and does a good job of explaining what answers would be considered good and why.  Beware, many of the questions rely on logical and analytical thinking (as well as a love for story problems).

What I thought: A lot of the questions are very heavily skewed toward the types of engineering interviews that tech companies often conduct and as much as I tried, sitting in bed estimating how many golf balls will fit in a school bus is not my favorite pastime.  I did appreciate being challenged to think in a different way (the same way Guesstimation challenged me a few years back), but skip this book if you are looking for concrete answers on whether Google would actually hire you. ;) 

You can get it here.