Agreed. About half the candidates I take out to lunch in some way ask "is working here as stressful as the rumors say?" I think it is worth it to the company f

Agreed. About half the candidates I take out to lunch in some way ask "is working here as stressful as the rumors say?" I think it is worth it to the company for me to spend the 5 extra minutes of my time (since I'm going to eat lunch anyway) and $25 on lunch to defuse those concerns and sell them on the team. With the phone screen, the interviews, the feedback forms and the debrief, the company is spending a ton of time on each candidate brought on site. Loosing a candidate you make an offer to is the worst waste of time.