I was worried at first that they used a broken coffee machine and had candidates make their own cup of coffee, and observed "how they handled the situation". If

I was worried at first that they used a broken coffee machine and had candidates make their own cup of coffee, and observed "how they handled the situation". If and only if they broke out a set of repair tools did they get invited back for a second round. The imginary method outlined in the article might actually be worse. They really could save a lot of time and effort by laying all the CVs out on the table and getting a Dowsing stick and using it to find the best candidate.