United Airlines CEO judges candidates by whether pilots would want to go on a four-day trip with them—if not, they don’t get hired

CEOs who have climbed to the top of their industries have an eagle eye for talent who drive success—and many have developed their own tricks to find the right hires. In finding the right workers to steer the business to success, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has implemented an unusual test to find the right match. 

“I asked our head of flight operations to select a dozen of our pilots who were well-liked by everyone,” Kirby said in a recent interview with McKinsey and Company. The leader of the $31.7 billion airline giant explained that after being selected for an interview, part of whether or not they move forward depends on if they’d be good company. 

“I told this group of pilots, ‘Your job is just to assess: Is this interviewee someone I would like to take a four-day trip with? And if you say no, then they’re out. You get a veto vote,’” the CEO continued. 

“The idea is to pick people who care about others, who you want to hang out with, who you want to be with.”

The competition is fierce for jobs at United Airlines

The hiring hack is just one layer of the competitive process to land a job at United Airlines; a spokesperson tells Fortune that it’s part of the larger process of hiring pilots, aside from the standards set by the business and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). 

And this vibe test could serve as one........

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