Managed hosting provider Peer 1 has built an indoor golf course at its new European headquarters to assess people’s skills and temperament.
Recruiters will assess whether candidates pick risky hole-in-one strategies, or prefer to take more shorter shots. They will also record how well they can multi-task (speak, play and think at once); whether they can’t easily bounce back from a miss, or adapt their game-plan when best-laid plans go wrong.
Successful candidates for customer service, and sales roles will then be offered a final interview.
Some 20 new recruits will be hired this way over the next six months.
Dominic Monkhouse, UK managing director at Peer 1 Hosting, said: "A can-do personality is the only thing that will ensure our teams provide outstanding service to our customers. Nothing shows a candidate’s true colours better than getting competitive."
He added: "It easily beats sitting in a sweaty meeting-room trying to get the measure of a potential colleague."
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