What are some of the weirdest questions (and by this I mean both witty and purely awkward) you have received during a job interview?
Personally, I don't have a vast experience with interviews. However, sharing what you have encountered could be of a great help for others. Plus, it is always fun to hear what crazy questions pop up in people's head :)
Kristina Gocheva @kriska
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Weird questions for a job interview as a developer
Publish Date: Jan 10 '20
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Kristina GochevaJan 10, 2020I honestly do not think that even Google could help me guess. 😁 Btw, I'm more shocked about the second question. At least the first is connected to mathematics.
The only thing that comes to my mind is that Google likes to ask weird questions, but it is not the only one...
Nayden GochevJan 10, 2020There is a reason behind the question but the first time I heard it it was weird.
- how many gas stations exist in the USA
Alternative question with the same idea is
- how many cooking oil your country produces.
Both questions just care about how you think and how fast you will give estimation that you have 0 idea about.
Another weird one, kinda HR question was:
- Why road shafts oval, what is the point (many correct answers can be given here)
- Kristina GochevaJan 10, 2020
One similar to the first two I have heard from friends is
- What is the total amount of windows in all office buildings in NY?
aRtooJan 10, 2020If you're a pizza delivery guy and you have scissors what are you going to do with a scissors?
If Mary's mother has 4 children named June, July, and August what is the name of the fourth child?
mind you I drove 1hr and 30mins to this job interview and going home 2hrs because of LA traffic. SMH!
oh, they asked me to wait for 1hr too.
- Kristina GochevaJan 11, 2020
Leaving you waiting is really unprofessional. I wound not go for a second interview there for sure.
- aRtooJan 13, 2020
It was fine for me because they had an emergency meeting or something. But those question was really off because they only want someone who can do html. SMH :(
Now here is my own witty awkward question:
Where were those questions were asked?
Edit: not Google
Give me your top three guesses.
Googling is for loosers.