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Boss uses coffee test in every interview and won't employ those who fail

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Updated 13:07 1 Feb 2023 GMTPublished 20:09 6 Jan 2023 GMT

Boss uses coffee test in every interview and won't employ those who fail

A tech boss has devised a simple test he uses during every interview to decide whether someone is the right fit for the role.

Dominic Smithers

Dominic Smithers

Interviews are nerve-wracking at the best of times, no matter how well you think it went you're always questioning yourself, wondering what you do wrong, did you say something stupid?

But for tech boss Trent Innes, it's not so much what you do as what you don't do, as he claims to have devised a simple test he uses during every interview to decide whether someone is the right fit for the role - and it involves coffee.

Trent, the former MD of Xero Australia, said those who fail to make the grade are blacklisted from his company.

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Speaking to business podcast The Ventures, 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.

Applicants who fail to tidy up after themselves don't stand a chance of getting the job.
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"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'."

And according to the boss, it's all about the 'culture' of a workplace and he says his tactic seems to do the trick as the office kitchen is always tidy.

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Would you pass the coffee test?
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He goes on: "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."

But if you're one of those who would forgo the cup of java for fear it is bad for your health, then worry no more.

The boss says his test tells you a lot about an applicant.
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According to a new study, researchers claim that drinking up to as many 25 cups of coffee a day isn't bad for heart health.

Previous studies have suggested that high coffee intake could increase the risk of having a heart attack or a stroke due to stiffening of the arteries.

However, the study of 8,412 people across the UK found that having two dozen mugs of coffees a day was no different to having fewer than one.

Featured Image Credit: lga Romanova / Alamy Stock Photo

Topics: News, Australia, Food And Drink

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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