8 Mind Games Played By Recruiters to Test the Candidates

Bangalore: You have followed all the recommended advices to sail through an interview. With a killer resume at your disposal, you walk into the potential employer’s office with a killer-instinct and a swagger of a super star.

As you go on to counter the interviewer's questions with panache, intelligence and self-confidence, you conclude that you are about to land your dream job. Then, out of the blue, the interviewer goes silent or asks you the strangest question for which you don’t have an answer.

Now the panic sets in, your palms start to sweat, and the super star attitude that you had when you walked in for the interview has suddenly disappeared.

Welcome to the world of interview mind games!

These interview mind games are specifically designed to break your confidence and throw you off, to test how well you respond.

Here is a brief overview of some of the interview mind games that recruiters frequently use to test the interviewees, as listed on Business Insider based on the inputs by Mark Murphy’s most useful tips for recruiters.

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