Corporate Culture and the Hiring Process - Workology

Corporate Culture and the Hiring Process Corporate Culture and the Hiring Process Working in Human Resources and having a passion for corporate culture means supporting companies doing their due diligence to weed out any bad hires during the hiring process.  What lengths would a company go to in order to protect their culture?  Recently, a client shared with me a small companys interview process.  Here are the interesting steps this company takes to ensure their new hires are a match made in corporate culture heaven: Who let the dogs out?   Lets kick off the interview process by interviewing with the furry, four-legged employees.  At this company, if the owners dogs dont like you, youre in the doghouse.  Maybe not, but you are definetly not getting hired.   We want money, thats what we want.  Or 3 years of W2s, 2 months of your last pay stubs, and if you filed any 1099s we would like to see those as well. Puff the Magic Dragon lived by the sea.   But he isnt working for me.  Why?  Because we are putting you through a drug screening test that includes taking hair from the root. Conjunction Junction, whats your function?  To hook up people with jobs and make sure they pass our grammar and mathematical tests, even if the position doesnt include any math. Heal the world, make it a better place.  For you and for me and we wont have a case.  As in, please sign this mediation document that says you cant sue us for any reason upon termination. Its a beautiful day in the neighborhood.  Hope you have been Mr. Rogers nice to your neighbors because our background check includes the names and numbers of your: neighbors, 3 previous bosses, 5 colleagues, any direct report that you oversaw in the past 10 years, any associations or affiliations you have had in the past 5 years, and an investigative consumer report. Rate me, rate me again.  As part of the interview process, theres a personal evaluation in which you must rate yourself on a scale of 1-10 in terms of skills like communication, technological, and teamwork. Some candidates try and some candidates lie, but this company wont let them play.  Because we are living in a corporate cultural world, you have to know your material, girl. Corporate Culture and the Hiring Process What crazy tests has a company given you as part of the interview process?  Holla!