Manager uses 'small talk test' in every interview and won't hire those who fail
Before applying for a new job, most candidates ensure their CV is up-to-date and brush up on their interview skills. But one man claims all their efforts might be in vain after sharing the trick his hiring manager wife uses when interviewing candidates at her company.
Speaking on her behalf, he said on Reddit: "My wife used to be in the hiring business. According to her, she avoided most of the standard questions because everyone has a preplanned answer for those, and usually caught interviewees off-guard on the unexpected topics.
"For example: What do you do in your spare time?" is a great question to uncover any unexpected habits or conflicting activities - i.e. hobbies or commitments that interfered with supposed 'open availability'."
He went on to explain how she uses small talk to "uncover potentially unreliable goals for the company". Sharing an example, he added: "She found out that one candidate used to be a plus-sized model and had lost a lot of weight, so her real passion in life was to get back into that career, whereas the position she was interviewing for was a compromise for the meantime."
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Wanting to check whether she's hiring an honest person, she'd ask how they'd feel about selling a product, knowing it was detrimental for the customer, just for the company's gain. He said: "Being a morally-upright person (insert my pride here for her) and having a company policy of caring for the customers' needs, saying you would screw over the customer for profit was an automatic disqualification.
"Overall, I would say that one should be cautious of even shoot-the-breeze type of questions during the conversations, because if the interviewer is anything like my wife, they are sizing up the candidates' entire personality and character far beyond their work history or resumé. According to her, making sure the candidate fit with the staff, management, and company's goal was just as important as (if not more than) the candidate's work history."
But that's not all because she'd also use this trick on her coworkers who were up for a promotion due to their hard work and commitment to the company. He said: "Her favourite trick was to come to you and say, 'You're up for a promotion, but it would disqualify [X co-worker, that does a good job; maybe you appear to be friends with]. Do you think if you got promoted above her/him it would cause problems?'
"If you gladly shrugged it off and threw your coworker under the bus for reasons that didn't exist - i.e. they weren't bad workers at al - no promotion for you. If you were humble about your qualifications, you got the job."
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