Our blog is featured in the March 12, 2007 edition of Carnival of the Capitalists, a weekly roundup of links to blog writings by independent thinkers on business and economics topics.

Also in the maiden edition of Carnival of Personal And Company Effectiveness. and on the Third Edition of the Carnival of Leadership Growth

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For Microsoft, it seems like the ability to look for solutions, and think out of the box.  It could also be creativity.  Here is a nice page which shows some interview questions that is said to be asked.  The emphasis is not really whether you give the correct answer, but rather how you arrive at your solution.

Microsoft Interview Questions

The following are actual questions from actual interviews conducted by Microsoft employees on the main campus

The spectre of global warming, as well as financials reasons — the deluge of companies who have to buy carbon credits to offset their use of fossil fuels as well as  the offer of billionaire Richard Branson to give a $25 million prize to the first feasible technology that would reduce carbon dioxide levels in teh air have unlocked a number of potential proposals.   REad some of the details on this link:

Could crazy technology save the planet? - Yahoo! News

How crazy?

There’s the man-made “volcano” that shoots gigatons of sulfur high into the air. The space “sun shade” made of trillions of little reflectors between Earth and sun, slightly lowering the planet’s temperature. The forest of ugly artificial “trees” that suck carbon dioxide out of the air. And the “Geritol solution” in which iron dust is dumped into the ocean.