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Video games beat interviews to recruit the very best
Forget interviews. Being good at special video games could land you that plum job – and help make recruitment a fairer process. HATE writing covering letters? Fall to pieces in interviews? Not to worry. Soon the top candidates for a job will be chosen by how well they play video games. Last week a company called Starfighter was launched. Its aim is to create games you can only master if you have a talent for programming, although those with a natural aptitude can learn as...
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Kinda reminded me of WWII when Britain hired some of their brainy people through tough crossword puzzles to help in breaking the Enigma Machine.
Video games obviously can't be a complete replacement for all interviews though. The interviews still help evaluate core skills like communication and presentation, which might be difficult to test for through the medium of games.