FunkyDexter (8/9/2012)
I have an unusual interview technique I use which some here might find unreasonable but I'd defend it to the hilt. I get two sets of lego containing exactly the same pieces. I sit in one room with a pretty random shape pre-built out of one set of lego and have the interviewee sit in another room with the other set - connected by hands free telephones. The interviewee can ask any questions they like and they've got 20 minutes to build the shape I pre-built, which is waaay too short a period for them to actually complete the task (it takes alot longer than you might think).
That's really interesting. A good amount of this depends on how good a communicator you are, but you need this person to communicate with you, so this is actually a good test. 20min seems long to me, I might try to get this down to 10 minutes to see how they work with you, but I like it.