Probably not unless your job is twitch-based customer support. But the game has sparked a valuable conversation: what does “hardest” really mean in hiring? Is it the candidate who stays calm under bizarre pressure, or the one who gives perfect answers in a calm room?
Many candidates entered the room with rigid strategies they had memorized beforehand. The game was designed to render pre-planned strategies useless within the first ten minutes. The hiring team valued the candidates who recognized their plan was failing, abandoned their sunk costs, and pivoted to a completely new strategy on the fly. 4. The "Post-Mortem" Articulation the hardest interview video game