Some firms swear by unorthodox interview methods. For example, Tech Planet, ofMenlo Park, California, uses weekly lunches and “wacky follow-up sessions” assubstitutes for first-round job interviews. During the informal meals, potential staffersare expected to mingle, and the Tech Planet employees they meet at the luncheons thenreview them. One Tech Planet employee asks candidates to ride a unicycle in her officeto see if “they’ll bond with the corporate culture or not.” Toward the end of thescreening process, the surviving group of interviewees has to solve brainteasers, andthen openly evaluate their fellow candidates’ strengths and weaknesses. What do youthink of a screening process like this? What are its pros and cons? What changes, ifany, would you recommend?