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Your Weirdest Interview Question.

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AKAKBUCK said:
Here's one I just had last week-- well-- the week before--

"What 5 conditions must be satisfied for you to experience Joy in the workplace"


Ummmm...

How about, 1. Not having to work.... and 2. Not having to work for someone who would ask a fucked up asslicker question like that because they actually have to find out if you'll take the chump change they're going to offer. And, As it turned out 3. to make 15K more a year than you cheap asses offered.... I think 4 & 5 became irrelevant in a hurry.
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Shame on you! The first answer should have been access to BuckeyePlanet on your work computer.

However, that is a pretty messed-up question. I don't think I would ever associate the word "joy" with any type of 9-5 job.
 
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the boss that hired me for the job that im at now (he no longer works here), he played a wav file and asked me if i knew what it was...i had no clue, he told me it was a star trek something or other...i told him that i wasn't really into sifi but he still hired me. he was a star trek freak, named his computer spock, it was funny
 
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My "weirdest" interview question -

I was in B school and interviewing for a trading job at Bear. The MD that I was meeting with ran into his office off the floor, slammed the door, flopped into his chair and said - "What the fuck do you want?"
 
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iambrutus said:
the boss that hired me for the job that im at now (he no longer works here), he played a wav file and asked me if i knew what it was...i had no clue, he told me it was a star trek something or other...i told him that i wasn't really into sifi but he still hired me. he was a star trek freak, named his computer spock, it was funny
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If I had that interview the dude would love me. I could probably get hired based soley on Star Trek knowledge.
 
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Interviewer: "Okay where do your parents live"

Me: "in a southern state"

Interviewer: (Rolling eyes downward), Curtly "What does your dad do?"

Me: "Well he owns the company he used to work for" (Humbily)

Interviewer: "Well, why do you want work here........"

Me: "What do your parents do for a living?"

Interviewer: "Both are retired"

Me: "Well they did have a job a job before they were retired right?"

Interviewer: "Why do you ask?"

Me: "why did you ask"

Consequently, I was offered the job but declined. Ha Ha. Told the guy he insulted me for the way he asked what my parents did for a living. Loser.
 
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RightOn said:
Interviewer: "Okay where do your parents live"

Me: "in a southern state"

Interviewer: (Rolling eyes downward), Curtly "What does your dad do?"

Me: "Well he owns the company he used to work for" (Humbily)

Interviewer: "Well, why do you want work here........"

Me: "What do your parents do for a living?"

Interviewer: "Both are retired"

Me: "Well they did have a job a job before they were retired right?"

Interviewer: "Why do you ask?"

Me: "why did you ask"

Consequently, I was offered the job but declined. Ha Ha. Told the guy he insulted me for the way he asked what my parents did for a living. Loser.
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Good call. Those question are illegal and no one should want to work for someone who would ask them. I advise my students all of the time not to even bother answering those questions, but just to ask "why is that relevant to my ability to perform in this position?"
 
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I've heard of people asking "How is this statement true: 1 + 1 = 3 ?". Some people will say it isn't, others will try to come up with something, but the answer is "synergy" and the idea of teamwork making the whole product greater than the sum of the individual parts. So, theoretically, two single people (1) working apart would make two...but working together they could create three.

I have also heard that when being considered for a job or a promotion, that the hiring manager will take the applicant out to lunch. If they salt their food BEFORE tasting it, they essentially answered incorrectly because it shows that they will waste a resource (salt) before correctly analyzing a situation (taste of the food) to determine a course of action.

These may be extreme...but it does happen.
 
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What is the angle formed between the hour hand and the minute hand on a clock displaying 3:30

What is the square root of 1000

If you had a stack of quarters the height of the Sears tower would they fit inside this room
 
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True story.....

This was in the engineering placement office (Hitchcock Hall) back in 1971 school year for my 15 minute interview with an out of state, nationally known, air conditioner manufacturing company:

Will you excuse me while I go take a dump?

He came back 15 minutes later and said: "Well your time is up, I think I can get enough information from your resume to determine whether we want to consider you for employment or not."

I should have answered the question with: "Hell no, I want you to sit here and ask me 15 minutes worth of stupid questions while you [censored] yourself."

:slappy:

P.S. Back then (1971) the economy was about just as bad as it is today, most companies weren't hiring (including this one); they just wanted to keep their spot in the placement office for future years and to collect a some resumes in case they do decide to hire anyone in the next year, etc.
 
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OilerBuck;175640; said:
I've heard of people asking "How is this statement true: 1 + 1 = 3 ?". Some people will say it isn't, others will try to come up with something, but the answer is "synergy" and the idea of teamwork making the whole product greater than the sum of the individual parts. So, theoretically, two single people (1) working apart would make two...but working together they could create three.
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If someone asked me this I'd just say "when a sexual relationship results in the birth of a child"
 
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fourteenandoh;1750097; said:
What is the angle formed between the hour hand and the minute hand on a clock displaying 3:30

What is the square root of 1000

If you had a stack of quarters the height of the Sears tower would they fit inside this room
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I'd have to say, "I don't know if they'd fit inside this room - but if you ask me another idiotic question we'll see if a stack of quarters the height of the Sears tower fits inside your ass!"
 
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