Its very interesting to see a new face to the interviewing process for a team member to enhance the trust and understanding. When adding new talent to the team, its become a practice to have the candidate to go through a day in team's life. Its very important to have the candidate f2f and nothing is like candidate spending a day in the life. Many organizations believe that both the candidate and the team can benefit from such an interview process.

For the Candidate :

• He can know the entire team
• Get to know current problems and issues the team is facing
• Can get a feel of the communication process in the team

For the Team and Management :

• You know the member that you might be working with
• Team gets to know the technical and communication levels of the candidate
• They take a collective decision on the candidate

Did you do candidate selection by having him go through "day in the life"? If so, what are your experiences ? Do you see a significant positive difference in this process ?