How to ace the world’s toughest interviews
It seems we’ve given up on being ambitious these days. How often do you hear the press saying, “Young people would be lucky to get a job in this economy”?
In fact, it’s almost un-cool to be ambitious: If you say “Yeah, I really want to work at [Top-ranked company] or get into [Elite college] or [Ridiculous goal like travel around the world for 2 years], lots of us would get weird looks, since we’re just supposed to be happy to have a job. Any job.
Designers: How to Get Hired
We just hired two amazing people at Carsonified (original job post here) and I wanted to share with you how our new designer got my attention and ended up getting hired. We received 46 applications for the design job of which 10+ had registered new domains and designed brand new websites to get our attention like dearcarsonified.com, carsonify.me and others. It’s hard to stand out from a big crowd like that so I thought I’d share how our new designer did it.
John Sculley: The Secrets of Steve Jobs’ Success [Exclusive Interview]
John Sculley, Apple's ex-CEO, talks for the first time about Steve Jobs. Illustration by Matthew Phelan.
In 1983, Steve Jobs wooed Pepsi executive John Sculley to Apple with one of the most famous lines in business: “Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?”
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John Sculley On Steve Jobs, The Full Interview Transcript
Steve Jobs and John Sculley, the former CEO of Apple. The pair were dubbed the "dynamic duo."
Here’s a full transcript of the interview with John Sculley on the subject of Steve Jobs.
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