One of the discussion board posts this week spoke about an interesting interview that someone had where the company conducted a water gun fight just to see how the interviewee would react! I know this might seem a little crazy to some but I absolutely love the idea. I like that the company chose a unique activity to get to know the employee and see what their reaction would be in a crazy situation.
My work conducts panel interviews as the first step in the interview process. If the leadership teams gets a god first impression, they will send the interviewee into three or four classrooms. Most of the time, the interviewee comes in and will observe the classroom and not really get involved. It's difficult to see how they would do in the classroom on a normal day because we don't see a lot of interaction while they are there.
I would love to try some sort or silly/crazy scenario with those interviewing to see what they do. I work with kids so a lot of days do involve chaos. It wouldn't be completely off the wall to create a scene that may happen on any given day.
Some things that have occurred in the classroom in the past include the ten gallon fish tank getting knocked over, red paint footprints all over the classroom, children climbing over the six foot high fence into the parking lot, and one of the kids chasing the teachers with a hose. These are just a few of the funny, crazy things that have happened but they are not that unheard of. I say we invite our potential employees to our classrooms on a day when we can seem them get their hands a little dirty!
This would be a great way to really get to know the interviewees and see how well their personality would fit in with the other teachers as well as the children. It is important to stay calm under pressure, especially with kids so I'm going to suggest this to my leadership team to see what they think!
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