Guy Kawasaki interviews Libby Sartain, who “is responsible for leading Yahoo! Inc.’s global human resources efforts and managing and developing the human resources team”. The interview provides a few insights on how to get into Yahoo!, as well as explains why interviews at everyone-wants-to-work-for companies are so hard sometimes:
For the last few years, we have received more than 120,000 resumes a year. So, we start with about 50/1 ratio, but when we narrow that down to actual qualified candidates, we see about ten for every job.
Also, here are a few hints on how to improve your resume.