During an interview, will you test candidates patience? and how would you do it?

There is something called "Stress Interview" where you tend to test the candidate's limits of patience and tolerance to see how they reach under immense pressure and it is usually done when you are interviewing candidates for the jobs that come with inherent immense pressure.

These interviews follow unusual techniques and methodology as you are trying to access the candidate's resolve like frequently interrupting them , intentionally ignoring them , asking a answers to extremely obvious questions and so on.

 

well I'll ask him to talk about himself and let him explain some point in details and i'll continue till the end, i'll stop talking and I'll start looking to his CV and counting and I'll check what he will do 1st.

maybe he will look to his hand watch, mobile, hold the car keys or to the office where doing the interview or he will start again talking...

• by making them wait as much as possible
• by observing their defense reactions, of inquitude, or incomprehension
• by cutting their speech
• by talking too long
• not giving them enough time to speak
• by asking closed questions
• by posing, mostly induced issues
• by identifying their hesitations, apprehensions and expectations
• by scrutinising them
• by interrupting them
• by talking in phone
• by absenting himself a moment

No, I will not specifically test a candidates patience. The interview situation is generally stressful enough without my approach adding to that stress. I can see the rationale for stress testing certain candidates who are applying for stressful positions, but I feel that this is best achieved through a job simulation or some kind of assessment centre tasks.

Tell me about a time when you were asked todo something you had never done before.How did you react? What did you learn?

If you are interested in testing interviewee patience during an interview just note down how many times he/she interrupts your question without giving you the chance to complete your question. 

Hmm, can't say that I've heard of this method.  Now that I think about Ahsem Ahmed's answer above I realize that I may have been interviewed this way at least once.  I can't say I am a great fan of this; however there may be a time when it could be used.  Generally interviews themselves are stressful enough on their own.

i personally am not in favour of conducting a stressed interview to ckeck his patience,but try to judge from his professional history....for instance for how long the candidate has stayed in one job or place ...it certainly proves that in day to day responsibilities he must hv shown enough patience which is required in any job..

In selecting candidates for jobs that require a lot of patience, interviewers ask questions that show the level of patience of candidates in situations that have passed through their lives. He invites them to narrate some stories in this context, through which he can encode the answers and get a positive result.

 

Moreover, it is the resort to inventing some positions that reflect the patient's patience and perseverance .. For example:

He left him during the interview for a long time waiting

Or not respond to him during telephone conversation several times .. Etc

But I think that exaggerating the measurement of this during the interview is not logical and may be counterproductive ... The interview must not to be out of context and be professional in the right sense. Otherwise, the company could not hire the right person. The candidate will read the aim of the interviewers and will be charged for his.