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by dlgeek 3776 days ago
> Keep them hydrated > Everyone that interacts with the candidate must offer a beverage or a trip to the bathroom as many times as possible throughout the day. Bladder manipulation is a powerful interrogation tactic.

There are all sorts of medical conditions or even just metabolisms that make some people need to go for one or the other really often - as a candidate, it can also be really scary/embarrassing to interrupt your interviewer to ask to take care of these. And, interviewers generally don't communicate/schedule these between each other to ensure it gets handled according to your schedule, even if you only need a couple breaks.

It's far better to just have everyone ask; the candidate can politely refuse if not needed, and everything continues on normally.