Salt of the Interview

Salty Stone at Dead Sea
(Photo by xta11)

During biblical times, salt was a treasured item.  When Jesus called his followers “salt of the earth,” he was highlighting two essential qualities: flavoring and preservation.  The disciples were expected to enhance society in the way that salt enhances meals and were expected to preserve morality in the way that salt preserves food.

These days, business leaders have been utilizing salt to separate the sheep from the goats.  During lunch interviews, potential hires may be sneakily subjected to a “salt test.”  They are closely watched to see whether they salt their food before tasting it.  If they dare to commit such an offense, their chances of joining the company are immediately reduced to zero.  Why?  It is believed that those who hastily salt their food before analyzing the need for this may do the same with weighty on-the-job decisions.

Although minor choices sometimes do foreshadow major problems, a hasty hiring decision based upon one such narrow point seems already tainted.

Resources

https://www.ladbible.com/community/boss-salt-pepper-job-interview-trick-906471-20240509

https://www.gotquestions.org/salt-and-light.html#:~:text=Jesus%20used%20the%20concepts%20of%20salt%20and,role%20of%20His%20followers%20in%20the%20world.&text=In%20the%20same%20way%20that%20salt%20enhances,the%20flavor%20of%20life%20in%20this%20world.