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Boss uses ‘salt and pepper test’ during job interviews to judge a person’s character

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Published 16:51 11 May 2024 GMT+1

Boss uses ‘salt and pepper test’ during job interviews to judge a person’s character

How in-salt-ing

Dominic Smithers

Dominic Smithers

We have all been asked those stupidly random questions in interviews that potential employers think reveal something about our character.

Some people spend hours revising their CV or practising different questions that they could be asked in the run-up to a big interview, but this is something that no one could have predicted…

One person took to Reddit to share that their old boss used to base a whole interview outcome on something they liked to call the ‘salt and pepper’ test.

Alright, Gordon Ramsay!

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They wrote: “A company I used to work for does all-day interviews with multiple people, and one of them is always a lunch interview.

Have you heard of the 'salt and pepper test'? (Getty Stock Image)
Have you heard of the 'salt and pepper test'? (Getty Stock Image)

“I heard about a guy who would base his entire decision on one thing - whether or not the person he was interviewing tried their food before reaching for salt, pepper, hot sauce, etc.

"If you didn't try your food first, you didn't get a pass from him."

Now, that might just be the most random thing we have ever heard, how bored must this guy have been?

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While the ex-employee wasn't one hundred percent sure on why their former boss put so much emphasis on this test, they believed it was to do with people trying something without judging it first.

They added: “Glad I didn't interview with him because I pretty much always add pepper to stuff."

But this isn’t the only boss with weird interview techniques.

The next one, however, has slightly more grounding.

What does the mug say about your attitude? (Getty Stock Image)
What does the mug say about your attitude? (Getty Stock Image)

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Former boss of Xero Australia, Trent Innes, said that this interview-hack revealed everything he needed to know about a potential employee.

Speaking on The Venture podcast, 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.”

So, some things to remember before your next interview: never put salt or pepper on your lunch before trying, and always wash up the coffee cup, and you know all the other unimportant stuff like how many years experience you have and your transferable skills.

Featured Image Credit: Getty Stock Images

Topics: Hacks, Jobs, Weird, Reddit

Dominic Smithers
Dominic Smithers

Dominic Smithers is LADbible's Editorial Lead. After graduating from the University of Leeds with a degree in French and History, he went on to write for the Manchester Evening News, the Accrington Observer and the Macclesfield Express. So as you can imagine, he’s spent many a night wondering just how useful that second language has been. But c'est la vie.

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