non-forbidden knowledge

So now I know how to recommend someone, or refer them, or whatever, to TW. Cool. useful knowledge.

Things I have heard of today for the first time:

The company factset (financial stuff)

nlp research at bing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming

I wrote down a short summary of my hiring process at TW which I don't think will give anyone any clues on how to game the system, but which helps me keep straight in my head what happened. Here it is. (One line per item)

1. Contact w recruiter (for me, at IIT career fair and then again at GHC10)
2. Email test on ethos/writing skills
3. Email code test
4. In-office Wonderlic test, TW proprietary logic test
5. In-office pair programming w/ 2 TWers on prev code test, interview w/ HR re: travel fitness and decisionmaking skills in client situations, interview w/ head of Chicago office
6. Get a phone call. Get a packet of papers to sign. Sign papers, mail them back.
7. In-office Agile workshop (for me it was after signing, but for many others it was before)