Weird interview questions
What have been the weirdest questions you have been asked at a job interview? One of mine was ‘if you could be any animal what would it be and why?’ I answered a Parrot because that way I can still talk to people and if they begin to annoy me I can fly away.
I didn’t get the job. |
I've never had one but my brother once got asked 'how many lightbulbs are there in the UK'
Think they finally cut him off after 20 minutes when he was just getting into the number of lights on Britain's motorways |
i've cut a few interviews short and walked out because I didn't like the direction they were taking, but I can't remember specifics
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I was once asked in an interview to tell a joke. Which I did.... but it was strange.
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I was asked ‘If you were a biscuit which would you be’ once at an interview
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Out of curiosity what biscuit would you be Morgan? |
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A lot of times I think interviewers are bored :laugh: They like to throw curved balls in to see how people think on their feet, rather than being so prepared for interviews.
People always used to put "reading" on their CVs as an interest because they thought it looked good. I always used to ask what the last book they read was and people would fall apart as they couldn't think quick enough. |
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I also interview staff to work with me. Thankfully my clients tend to follow fairly standard interview techniques so I've not heard of too many curve ball questions from my candidates but recruitment press is always full of "oddest interview questions......ever!" type articles :laugh: Like these: https://www.thebalancecareers.com/to...stions-2059482 |
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In that article, if I was asked any of those questions I’d crumble to pieces :laugh: |
They asked me, if I were in an apocalypse:
a) who would my sidekick be? b) what my weapon of choice be? c) what would my theme song be? Thought it was quite a cool question, but the company ended up being really **** and robotic for such a fun question. |
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