Elon Musk reveals the one job interview question he asks every candidate to instantly spot a liar

In fiction and art, lies become a medium to entertain and express the truth.

But when it comes to real-life situations, lies can take a huge toll.

Companies can collapse.

There are already various methods to detect lies, such as the polygraph test, and the fMRI brain-mapping test but Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk practices something else during the hiring process.

In the 2017 World Government Summit held in Dubai, Elon Musk revealed the simple yet outstanding lie-detection method he uses while recruiting candidates for his projects.

On social media, his method gained much popularity.

(During the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity 2024. Photo by Richard Bord/WireImage)

During the summit, Musk was asked how he would recruit candidates to go on a manned mission to Mars.

“My interview questions are always the same,” he explained, adding: “I say tell me the story of your life and the decisions you made along the way and why you made them.”

After the introduction segment, he asks the candidates a crucial question, “Tell me about some of the most difficult problems you worked on and how you solved them.”

Unfolding the reason why he asks this question, the entrepreneur said, “The people who really solved the problem know exactly how they solved it. They know and can describe the little details.”

At the same time, lying candidates would not go into detail or they would be using someone else’s story, “The people that pretended to solve the problem can maybe go one level and then they get stuck!”

Therefore, this is a good question to spot the liars, he proclaimed.

Various studies confirm the effectiveness of Musk’s job interviewing technique.

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