Weird/Funny Interview Questions?

[cgpm]

In reading another post, it got me thinking, what's the most awkward/interesting/unexpected inverview question that you've had to answer?

Mine: I was interview for a job for a company that has DOD contracts. I did my research and found out that they made coatings for planes. I thought that was pretty cool. When I showed up for the interview, the very first question was, "So, how do you feel about making guns?" I was a little flustered and the interviewer called me out on it. I told him that I was surprised because I didn't realize they manufactured guns there. Then he took me to the room filled with the largest guns carried by soilders. I am so glad I was not offered that job!

[hannamarin]

My husband was asked "if you were a tool, what woild you be."

[IIOY]

No one question I can recall, but I did have one interview where it became apparent they had misunderstood an item of experience on my resume and it had been the primary basis for their interest in me. The discussion got so bizarre and confusing that I finally flat out asked why they were interviewing me. Awkwardness ensued.

[drloretta]

I interviewed at a dysfunctional company for a writing job. One of the interviewers said, "If you were working on a document for me, and I went in and accidentally deleted it, would you yell at me?"

I should have known...

[everam01]

I once was asked what kind of office equipment describes me.

[vegas]

I was asked if I mow my own lawn. Easy answer---it's Vegas, who the hell has a lawn?

[onomatopoeia]

I was asked "if you were an animal, what would you be"? This was at my third interview to be a cashier at Staples. Apparently the competition is stiff there.

[rikki]

Name three things on your bedside table. The only thing on my bedside table is a lamp.

[McGavin]

I was asked once "What is your biggest regret in life?". I don't know if that is common question but it really caught me off guard.

[katieb4tom]

May 17, 2012 7:52:18 GMT -5 McGavin said:

I was asked once "What is your biggest regret in life?". I don't know if that is common question but it really caught me off guard.

I got asked this question once! I thought it was inappropriate and too personal, but I just answered some BS 'I try not to look at things as regrets, but learning experiences'.

[peachdragon]

I was interviewing for an Executive Assistant position, and the guy kept asking me if I knew how to create folders in Outlook. He asked me three times, and then he also stated that one of the most important parts of the job was making folders in Outlook.

They offered me the job, but I declined.

[Daria Morgandorffer]

"How many phone books are in Chicago?"

I said too many, but the kids have to have something to sit on.

[je55]

I was asked about my SAT scores, which I honestly didn't remember, and still don't.

[chia]

In my grad school interview, the Prof asked me like 5 times why I was applying to grad school rather than going into the Peace Corp. Uhhh... at no point in my application package or interview did I ever mention the Peace Corp.

I haven't had a lot of weird questions for job interviews... but, we definitely dole them out during our interview process. We were interviewing a for an unpaid summer intern, and my coworker was asking her such stupid questions, that I actually stopped him, mid-interview, and was like "Ummm... hey coworker, that's a question that you definitely wouldn't have been able to answer when I interviewed you for your full-time job here...." She was a law student, and he was asking her a very specific question about a particular "famous" economist.

[hamster]

I've been asked what my favorite book was, what would I bring on a desert island, what are three most important things a person needs, etc. All in one interview. I'd never been asked anything like that in an interview and was totally caught off guard. Apparently one guy on the interview panel goes to all sorts of seminars on how to do interviews and likes to throw those questions out there. They apologized to me on my way out about him, haha.

[heyrebekah]

May 17, 2012 9:58:35 GMT -5 Daria Morgandorffer said:

"How many phone books are in Chicago?"

I said too many, but the kids have to have something to sit on.

:Y:

I once went to a job interview where every single question was along the lines of "If you were a tree, what kind would you be? What is your favorite state? Describe a sunset." Not one question related to the job or my experience or anything relevant.

[dr.girlfriend]

Someone in my field is known for asking, "What about you would drive me crazy the more I got to know you?"

I interviewed an applicant once where things seemed very confusing, and halfway through the interview we both figured out that HR had posted the entirely wrong job description, and it basically had nothing to do with the job we were offering. Luckily, the job we were offering was something she liked even better, but until we figured it out it seemed odd she kept asking about one particular hospital service that had nothing to do with the job and seemed so confused when we were kind of like, "Um, I don't realy know much about that."

[Deleted]

When I interviewed for my current company my (now) boss asked:

How do you feel about people yelling and cursing while you are trying to work?

I've been here five years. I'm such a sucker.

[milkrations]

Reportedly, Google asks something to the effect of: How much would you charge to wash all the windows in Seattle?

[birkbop]

"what super hero would you be"

wtf.. i'm a woman, to my non-big-bang-theory-comic-knowledge Super Woman and Cat Woman were the only chicks.

[WOT?*]

Birk, there's also Wonder Woman. Either you're thinking of her or Super Girl or you're mixing the two of them up.

I rather like Storm from X-men. Controlling mother nature is an awesome superpower. But Dr. Jean Grey after she turns into the Phoenix is probably pretty much the most super-powerful with all her superabilities.

Would mutants count in the superhero realm?

[hski2349]

My company use to ask potential employees questions about history. Who were the allies in WWII and WWI? When did WWII start and end? When was WWI? When was the Civil War? Later I was told, it was to get an idea of the general knowledge of employees, even thought it has nothing to do with our business.

[isabel]

May 17, 2012 10:56:01 GMT -5 hski2349 said:

My company use to ask potential employees questions about history. Who were the allies in WWII and WWI? When did WWII start and end? When was WWI? When was the Civil War? Later I was told, it was to get an idea of the general knowledge of employees, even thought it has nothing to do with our business.

Oof! My history knowledge is embarrassing. I only know a couple of these answers.

[birkbop]

May 17, 2012 10:40:24 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

Birk, there's also Wonder Woman. Either you're thinking of her or Super Girl or you're mixing the two of them up.

I rather like Storm from X-men. Controlling mother nature is an awesome superpower. But Dr. Jean Grey after she turns into the Phoenix is probably pretty much the most super-powerful with all her superabilities.

Would mutants count in the superhero realm?

ahhh.. of course of course. how could i mix those up? I definitely think that mutants count in the superhero realm... if not dominate....

now i want to see the avengers

[stephogirl]

My ex-boss used to ask applicants to see their cars. He did it to get a sense of how organized a person was. If the car wasn't clean, any potential offer was off the table.

[Daria Morgandorffer]

May 17, 2012 12:06:36 GMT -5 isabel said:

May 17, 2012 10:56:01 GMT -5 hski2349 said:

My company use to ask potential employees questions about history. Who were the allies in WWII and WWI? When did WWII start and end? When was WWI? When was the Civil War? Later I was told, it was to get an idea of the general knowledge of employees, even thought it has nothing to do with our business.

Oof! My history knowledge is embarrassing. I only know a couple of these answers.

I'd so fail. However if I were asked about medieval europe I'd kick ass.