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Brainteasers are good for psychological evaluation. How does one perform under stress or when they are challenged in social situation.

If the goal is to to find out what somebody can do, state a problem and start working together to solve it. For example ask them to help you to solve some problem and guide you trough solving it.

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Does the job involve high stress and a challenging social situation?

Doesn't sounds like somewhere I want to work.

People who are mentally strong and competitive love working in that kid of environment.

You need different recruiting and different 'back office' jobs for fragile people (60-70 percent of the population - and increasingly young males).

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