The dinner interview is used deliberately by UHNW families and certain private equity firms when assessing partnerships, hires, and future family members. It is documented in Robert Frank's research into the ultra-wealthy and widely acknowledged within those circles. The meal is not social. It is evaluative. Most people sitting at the table do not know this until it is too late. The phone finding is now research-backed: a study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology found tha