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Stress testing job candidates

CNNMoney.com reports on new frontiers in screening out ill-tempered job-seekers.

One way, they say, is "a company might call you knowing it's a bad time - think dinner time with crying kids in high chairs. You'll raise a red flag if you confess your house is chaotic and you're stuck with double-duty because your spouse is always working. Why? Home life is a top distraction at work."

Another is to ignore you for several days during the interview process to see if you'll flame them in an e-mail.

When newspapers do this -- and we do -- it is not part of a larger plan -- sadly.

Posted by Joe Grimm 3:00 PM Jul 20, 2006
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