Hiring managers, panel participants in the house - when doing a team interview....

When the candidate is just wrong from the first words, and you can't figure out how they got through the screen. But you can't bring yourself to end it early because the candidate is really trying, or maybe you're concerned about HR railing you for giving a shitty candidate experience. What do you do?

We play "Audible Gasp"

This is the game where you've got a Slack back channel chat and you're keeping a straight face while conducting the interview. The goal is not to disengage from the conversation while trying to get another panel member to lose it... audibly. You can't even look down at your keyboard.

Today, I won. CEO snapped. Lost his shit. Couldn't recover. Left the meeting.

Yes, this shit happens in real life.