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Weird interview questions - Sparklette - 03-16-2018
Seriously, today I was asked to “explain peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to an extraterrestrial.”
What are some strange questions you’ve run across in interviews?
RE: Weird interview questions - Ideas - 03-16-2018
Hm
I think they try to add some unusual ones, because people have been training for lots of normal questions.
RE: Weird interview questions - mudball - 03-16-2018
Reminded me of this. My son took this class. Go to minute 13:20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuFWYOnHwGM
Kind of a silly interview question, but maybe to see how well you can describe something to someone who knows absolutely nothing about the topic.
RE: Weird interview questions - Sparklette - 03-16-2018
I had no issues answering. I talked about it for maybe ten minutes. They either think I’m really detail oriented or prone to complicating simple concepts. I gave in depth discussions of the components, possible issues with comprehension, and the basic algorithm for creating a pbj along with general perceptions and clarifications of where it was popular. I didn’t realize I knew so much about it! Ha!
RE: Weird interview questions - dfrecore - 03-16-2018
I HATE peanut butter, including the smell (I'm gagging thinking about it), so that would be a terrible question to have to answer!
RE: Weird interview questions - Thorne - 03-17-2018
(03-16-2018, 04:54 PM)Sparklette Wrote: Seriously, today I was asked to “explain peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to an extraterrestrial.”
What are some strange questions you’ve run across in interviews?
"Does the ET know English?"
"Yes"
"It's an edible thing made of bread (a flat and fluffy derivative of seeds), peanut butter, a semisolid mash of peanuts (a type of seed), and jelly, a semisolid mash of a type of fruit."
To answer your question, I had a phone interview where I was asked, "How would you repair a Jeep on Mars."
I responded, "The same way you'd repair it on Earth, minus AutoZone"
RE: Weird interview questions - studyandpass5 - 03-20-2018
For my first interview EVER, I got asked "If you could be an animal, what would you choose and why?"
WHAT??? Who asks that for a part-time, seasonal, retail job??
RE: Weird interview questions - jsd - 03-20-2018
"I would be an employed animal because I need a job."
RE: Weird interview questions - MrBossmanJr - 03-20-2018
Ahahahaha, that's a good one.
RE: Weird interview questions - cookderosa - 03-23-2018
(03-16-2018, 04:54 PM)Sparklette Wrote: Seriously, today I was asked to “explain peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to an extraterrestrial.”
What are some strange questions you’ve run across in interviews?
Between this and the 5 references thing, I have to ask what industry you're in lol??
(03-20-2018, 02:37 PM)studyandpass5 Wrote: For my first interview EVER, I got asked "If you could be an animal, what would you choose and why?"
WHAT??? Who asks that for a part-time, seasonal, retail job??
A 22-year-old who just watched a "how to interview" video on youtube.