They offered snacks. They rejected you for accepting them.

A candidate was offered snacks and water during an in-person interview. He took the snacks. The company later rejected him, explaining through HR that the refreshments were part of an informal "behavioural assessment" designed to measure discipline, impulse control, and decision-making under pressure. Choosing the snacks over water had failed the test. Career coach Simon Ingari shared the exchange on X, where it went viral. The candidate told HR he was "actually relieved" not to be selected by a company that runs hunger tests on job applicants.