Adam Maguire

And, you know, it reminds me of that kind of dating tip, you know, that if someone is nice, but then they're rude to the waiter, that's probably a red flag of what kind of person they actually are.

You do have to wonder, though, how consistent they are.

You know, how much are they paying the taxi drivers?

What if someone walks or drives themselves to the interview?

How do they get assessed?

And all it probably achieves is maybe payback.

Let people know that once you apply, you could be getting evaluated at any stage.

And I'd say there's probably been a surge in the amount of taxi drivers that are getting tipped around New York at the moment.

People heading to interviews probably, you know, doling out just in case the taxi drivers do that.

No, and this kind of, you know, everything is a test mentality seems to have become quite popular at some CEOs.

So Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan says he's more interested in how people treat their teller staff and their security guards than what's on the CV.

He's looking for street smarts, but not clear if he's actively actually getting the feedback.

from those members of staff as part of the interview process.

Erica Nardini, who's head of cooking website Food52, at the time, though, she did this interview with the New York Times.

She was the CEO of the popular sports media, Barstool Sports.

She said she liked to text candidates on the weekend to see how quickly they got back to her, which she said would tell her how committed they were to the job, even during their downtime.

And apparently within three hours was the acceptable metric for her, if you got back to her.

Must tell the boss, though.

Tech executive Trent Irons told a podcast he used what he calls the coffee cup test.

So he brings an interviewee to the kitchen before the interview, asks them if they want a cup of coffee.