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The curveball questions CEOs are asking job seekers amid Gen Z’s hiring nightmare: ‘Design a car for a deaf person’

Gen Z’s hiring nightmare is real. With fewer jobs and fiercer competition, employers are using curveball interview questions to separate candidates from the pack.

By Orianna Rosa RoyleJanuary 7, 2026
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When brands play hard to get: why you’re drawn to products that neg you
By Jaclyn L. Tanenbaum, Karen Anne Wallach and The ConversationJanuary 6, 2026
‘Employers are increasingly turning to degree and GPA’ in hiring: Recruiters retreat from ‘talent is everywhere,’ double down on top colleges
By Jake AngeloJanuary 6, 2026
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Warren Buffett left his Berkshire Hathaway job with a parting lesson for young Gen Z workers: ‘Be very careful who you work with’
By Emma BurleighJanuary 6, 2026
The college-to-office path is dead: CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter says Gen Z grads need to consider trade and hospitality jobs that don’t even require degrees
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJanuary 6, 2026
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C-SuiteJensen Huang is ‘perfectly fine’ with a billionaire tax, shrugging off concerns that it might scatter Silicon Valley’s talent pool
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 7, 2026
Personal FinanceThe Education Department is garnishing wages for millions of student loan borrowers in default. Who is affected and how much they can take
By Sydney LakeJanuary 7, 2026
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Politics‘We do pranks and stuff like that’: Craigslist ad that sought 20 child actors for Minnesota daycare centers taken down after fueling fake news
By Melissa Goldin and The Associated PressJanuary 7, 2026
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PoliticsMinnesota fraud scandal gives Trump cover to withhold funding for kids in 5 Democratic-led states
By Geoff Mulvihill, Moriah Balingit, Hallie Golden and The Associated PressJanuary 7, 2026
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Personal FinanceCurrent price of silver as of Wednesday, January 7, 2026
By Joseph HostetlerJanuary 7, 2026
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By Joseph HostetlerJanuary 7, 2026
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By Danny BakstJanuary 7, 2026
CryptoExclusive: Fireblocks acquires crypto accounting platform TRES Finance for $130 million
By Ben WeissJanuary 7, 2026
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Future of WorkThe remote work fight isn’t over: Workers are willing to take a major pay cut, up to 25%, according to new Harvard study
By Sydney LakeOctober 10, 2025
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SuccessFrom ‘fear factor’ to ‘cognitive fatigue’: KPMG principal on the quarter when everyone started thinking about AI differently
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 9, 2025
California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at Belvedere Middle School before signing legislation aimed at improving kids' nutrition and health across California on October 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
HealthGavin Newsom flexes his own ‘MAHA’ plan as he moves to crack down on ultraprocessed foods in school lunch
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressOctober 9, 2025
SuccessBeware of the ‘hybrid creep’: Employers are silently sneaking in more in-office days without a major policy change—leaving many workers commuting way more than expected
By Jessica Coacci and Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 9, 2025
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SuccessColumbia professor says ‘don’t be yourself’ in the workplace, actually. Here’s why authenticity is ‘overrated’
By Sasha RogelbergOctober 9, 2025
Workplace CultureThe Nordic approach to business builds empowerment, team spirit and engagement. But can you copy it? 
By Adam GaleOctober 9, 2025
Future of WorkHow the world’s largest call center operator is blending artificial intelligence with emotional intelligence 
By Adam GaleOctober 9, 2025
Workplace CultureLeading across borders: How Hilton adapted a winning culture to 50 European countries 
By Rebecca Ann HughesOctober 9, 2025
Workplace CultureHow an M&A-driven day nursery became one of Europe’s top employers 
By Rebecca Ann HughesOctober 9, 2025
Workplace CultureInside DHL Express’ university for supervisors
By Samuel BurkeOctober 9, 2025
Workplace CultureHow Cisco uses AI agents and nudges to cut bureaucracy and free employees’ time 
By Ted Kitterman and Great Place To WorkOctober 9, 2025
Workplace CultureHow pharma giant AbbVie holds leaders accountable for culture 
By Ted Kitterman and Great Place To WorkOctober 9, 2025
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EconomyMeet the rural school district that used H-1B visas to hire Filipino teachers because ‘we quite simply didn’t have other applicants’
By Sarah Raza and The Associated PressOctober 8, 2025
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CommentaryUnited Way CEO: In Jane Goodall, we lost one of humanity’s clearest voices. The work begins now
By Angela F. WilliamsOctober 8, 2025
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HealthThe gut science of sports: Fandom triggers ’emotional eating’ and sometimes peer pressure to eat the thing you really shouldn’t
By Aaron Mansfield and The ConversationOctober 8, 2025
AsiaHow competitive rowing prepared Malina Ngai to lead the world’s largest health retail chain
By Nicholas GordonOctober 7, 2025
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Success350 hiring managers gave their honest thoughts about Gen Z—and only 8% believe they’re ready for the workforce
By Emma BurleighOctober 7, 2025
President Donald Trump listens as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, in Washington.
Workplace CultureTrump is greenlighting an Alaska megamine—and taking a government stake in the company digging it up
By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressOctober 7, 2025
A CEO for all seasons
C-Suite‘It’s always better to drink wine a year early than a day too late’: McKinsey’s CEO whisperers on successfully transitioning out of the top job
By Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, Vikram Malhotra and Kurt StrovinkOctober 7, 2025
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CommentaryColleges teach learning, but they’re not learning how to survive
By Robert K. McMahanOctober 7, 2025
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SuccessScott Galloway says the key to landing jobs is be as social as possible: ‘70% of the time, the person they pick is someone with an internal advocate’
By Dave SmithOctober 7, 2025
Magazine‘You better buckle up’: DBS’s Tan Su Shan prepares for AI, crypto, and geopolitical change
By Clay ChandlerOctober 6, 2025
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SuccessBefore the McLaren CEO got a $50 million payday from his team’s F1 championship, he was a high-school dropout who got his start on Wheel of Coins2Day
By Sasha RogelbergOctober 6, 2025
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CommentaryOpen enrollment: Two weeks that influence a year of care
By Orla NixonOctober 6, 2025
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InvestingMore CEOs want Elon Musk–style ‘moonshot’ pay packages—but comp experts are raising alarms
By Amanda GerutOctober 5, 2025
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SuccessInsomnia Cookies CEO made millions selling his company to Krispy Kreme, but has a warning for entrepreneurs: ‘It can be lonely; it’s a solitary life’
By Emma BurleighOctober 3, 2025
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Future of Work‘We need pre-meetings to prepare for big meetings’: Why remote work is making your day longer, more transactional and more annoying
By Peter Cappelli and Ranya NehmehOctober 2, 2025
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LawIowa’s largest school district chooses to hire superintendent who lied about a doctorate as he sits in jail after immigration detention
By Hannah Fingerhut, Ryan J. Foley and The Associated PressOctober 2, 2025
Napheesa Collier, wearing a white Lynx jersey, stands on the court with her hands on her hips.
North AmericaWNBA All-Star rips into league leadership over salaries, treatment of stars Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese—but above all ‘lack of accountability’
By Sasha RogelbergOctober 1, 2025
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SuccessShark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary blasts Gen Z who love to job-hop every six months: ‘That’s a red flag’
By Preston ForeOctober 1, 2025
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