Job interviews are rarely calming affairs, but an overly stressful application process can taint a candidate's entire view on the company. There's a better way
Some recruiters believe that the high stress of a job interview presents an opportunity to evaluate the candidate's performance under pressure. A stressful interview, however, is at best a poor judge of future job performance, and at worst, harmful to the organization’s reputation, both as an employer and a brand.
[This article has been reprinted, with permission, from Rotman Management, the magazine of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management]