Draw Toast

Interviewing, hiring, or meeting someone for the first time? Learn a ton about them without having to ask a single question using this simple, yet effective exercise.

What It's Best For

Building Rapport
Introducing Design Thinking
Interviewing Candidates for Hire

Time Required

5 mins

Required Materials

Blank Sheet of Paper
Sharpie or Pen

Format

Remote or In-person

Ideal Group Size

How to facilitate:

Hand everyone participating a blank sheet of paper and a sharpie.
In 3 minutes, have them illustrate how to make toast.
Have them walk the group through how they make toast.
Capture and share back any observations.

The Takeaway:

By having someone illustrate how they make toast you can learn a lot about them:

their creative confidence in picking up a marker and participating
their skills as a visual communicator (sketching)
their short-term memory capacity; the average person would record 3-5 steps in any process.
are they a functional or emotional decision-maker? (did they feel hungry?? or are they right down to take bread out of bag?
their capacity to think laterally.
maybe a personal preference or anecdote about them based on what they love on their toast 😉