Bosses Reveal Secret Job Interview 'Tests'
Doing well in a job interview isn't only about answering questions. Bosses often look at things like personality, attitude and other little signs that give them an idea of what sort of person — or employee — you are.
But some people have been sharing a few secret interview tests that are a bit unusual.
In one story reported by The Mirror, a boss in the US explained something they called the "wobbly chair test."
It worked like this:
The chair opposite the interviewer's desk had one leg cut a little shorter than the others, so the interviewee would wobble as they sat in it.
The test was to see if the interviewee would be confident enough to stop the interview and ask for a new chair to sit in — one that didn't wobble.
Another test was shared by a managing director in Australia named Trent Innes.
Speaking on a business podcast called The Venture, he said he uses the "coffee cup test" when he is interviewing.
He said: "I will always take you for a walk down to one of our kitchens, and somehow you always end up walking away with a drink."
He added: "One of the things I'm always looking for at the end of the interview is, does the person doing the interview want to take that empty cup back to the kitchen?"
If you don't take your cup back, you're not going to get the job, Innes said. "The attitude that we talk a lot about is the concept of 'wash your coffee cup.'"
But not everyone thinks tests like these should be used during interviews.
As jobs expert Josh Millet told Insider: "No one should have secret tests."
