How do you find outif someone is a jerk before you hire them?)
Anurag Mehta)
My managerfrom 20+ years ago is by far one of the best I've ever worked for. He was afantastic judge of character and had a knack for weeding out jerks. One trickhe consistently employed during the interview process was the "pendrop" test.
Part waythrough the interview, while they were mid-conversation, he would intentionally"accidentally" drop his pen on the floor in between him and theinterviewee. If the interviewee immediately and instintively bent down to pickup the pen, he/she passed the jerk test and was a keeper.
His contention was that a lot of people prepare well and can putup a nice person act, but how they react instinctively, when the opportunity tohelp someone or be kind presents itself, is what's truly telling!
