‘Taxi driver’ | Duolingo CEO's bizarre interview test - are viral hiring 'hacks' worth your attention?

From the makers of Elon Musk’s North Pole brainteaser and Steve Jobs’ worst-day-at-work cross-examination, now introducing…. Taxi Driver! An interview test brought to you by Duolingo boss Luis von Ahn.

In case you’ve got no idea what any of that wordsoup means, fear not. We’re talking about the muddy waters of CEO interview ‘hacks’ that have seemingly developed the habit of going viral.

This time it’s the turn of the language learning app’s chief exec, whose recent appearance on The Burnouts Podcast included a bizarre hiring anecdote that has since made national headlines.

Von Ahn’s secret to recruiting the right kind of candidate, he revealed, was to find out how they treated a driver who took them from an airport to Duolingo HQ for an interview.