A CEO has revealed he always does a 'coffee cup test' on every person he interviews for a job, as he believes it helps him determine who to hire. The boss of an accounting software firm has even gone as far to say he will not hire anyone who fails the test.
The simple test isn't about giving the perfect answer, it is based on attitude. Trent Innes, who is the boss of an accounting software firm, says the test is so important to him that those who fail it are blacklisted from the firm.
Trent, whose company is called Xero Australia, revealed his test on a podcast called The Venture. 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.
"Then we take that back, have our interview, and 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?
"You can develop skills, you can gain knowledge and experience but it really does come down to attitude, and the attitude that we talk a lot about is the concept of 'wash your coffee cup'."
Trent says that this trick works, and the kitchens in their office are always very clean. He continued: "If you come into the office one day inside Xero, you'll see the kitchens are almost always clean and sparkling and it's very much off that concept of wash your coffee cup.
"It's really just making sure that they're actually going to fit into the culture inside Xero, and really take on everything that they should be doing," The Mirror reports.
Attitude seem to be a common factor during job interviews as one man was rejected instantly after he failed a test at reception. His potential boss shared the mistake he made online, which meant he had no chance of getting the job.
The potential candidate blew the interview in the first five minutes of entering the building after being dismissive to the receptionist and barely making eye contact with her.
