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ITT: The most ridiculous interview questions you've ever been asked

I'll start

>If you had to move a mountain with a spoon, how would you do it?

>> No.10221186
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>>10221166
>What kitchen utensil would you be?

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>>10221166
>Have you served for community service? Why or why not?

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>>10221166
>If you had to move a mountain with a spoon, how would you do it?

>yfw you know the correct answer to this question that shows business acumen

>> No.10221197

>can you stop looking at my breasts?

>> No.10221199

>>10221166
Are you interested in trying anal?

>> No.10221204

>>10221166
>Would you steal from us (taking food you didnt pay for instead of throwing it away at the end of a shift is stealing)?

>> No.10221207

>why shouldn't we hire you

>> No.10221213

>>10221166
>A penguin walks through that door right now wearing a sombrero. What does he say and why is he here?

I walked out on the interview

>> No.10221218

>>10221213
kek

>> No.10221234

>>10221166
It's actually very easy to move a "mountain" of salt on a spoon

>> No.10221262

>>10221213
Lol

Should have walked out of my interview asking complex questions while making the job look entry level. Faggot gave me "advice" Should have left the moment I realized these people wasted my time and probably inly had me there to mock me.

>> No.10221300

>>10221192
What are they looking for?

>> No.10221304
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>>10221166
>How many cows are in Canada?

>> No.10221314

>>10221300
Sell the spoon

>> No.10221318

>>10221166
> If you could be a fruit which one would you be and why?

>> No.10221334

>>10221314
How does that answer make any sense? They're asking you to move the mountain with the spoon, not sell it

>> No.10221344

>>10221334
You come back years later with equipment and people after working your way up to money from that initial spoon sale.

>> No.10221351

>>10221344
The answer is even more ridiculous than the question

>> No.10221356

>>10221351
>You're not gonna make it. :(

>> No.10221361

>>10221356
Sheit

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>>10221166
>Could you please make up a story about this stapler?
>*hands me the generic black stapler that was on her desk*
Literally what the fuck is the correct answer? I ended up saying how amazing (((globalism))) is because the stapler was made in China by a company based out of Ohio and now it's in an office in California. This was for an entry level $.50 above minimum wage job.

>> No.10221368

>>10221351
Better than saying you'll try to dig up a mountain with a spoon. Probably just don't work for autistic people though and you'll never encounter the question.

>> No.10221386

>>10221363
What were you even applying for? No job deserves a question that rediculous

>> No.10221389

>>10221363
>Yesterday some faggot used it.
>End of story.
>You quit

>> No.10221408

>>10221356
it isn't "business acumen" its edgy 16year old muh wolf of wallstreet LARPers.

and the answer is to not take the fucking job, since a business that can only afford a spoon isn't going to work and flipping the spoon up to bulldozers takes way too much valuable company time. And for the educated people: a good businessman not only knows his way to succes, he also knows when it's impossible.

>> No.10221415

>>10221363
This is a stapler
It will staple your death warrant in 2 minutes from now

>> No.10221417

>>10221363
The correct answer is to unfold the stapler and make up a story about how it used to be a dildo until it figured out how to apply itself to become a productive member of an office environment. Then you leave the interview so they don't waste any more of your time.

I can't stand these numale offices that show off how quirky they are in interviews/job application postings. I applied for a position that had a fucking picture of batman riding a unicorn surrounded by rainbows right above the job description. I was interviewed by some pajeet and a "junior people and culture specialist." Didn't get the job, but even if I did there's no way I would spend more than 6 months there

>> No.10221434

>>10221386
Parking attendant at Disneyland

>>10221389
>>10221415
>>10221417
My friends told me I should have made up a brave little toaster type story or some shit.

>> No.10221437

>sell me this pen

>> No.10221649

>>10221408
>the answer is to not take the fucking job
t. edgy 16year old muh wolf of wallstreet LARPer

>> No.10221854

>Do you want a beer?

>> No.10222174

>>10221434
>My friends told me I should have made up a brave little toaster type story or some shit.

No that's autistic. You probably should have just made up something boring which shows that you know what you're talking about and that you're above answering bullshit questions

>> No.10222187

>>10221166
look at the reflection of the mountain on the spoon and move it side to side by tilting the spoon

>> No.10222228

>there is no spoon

>> No.10222684

>>10221166
One spoonful at a time

>> No.10222930

Jesus died for our sins and was ressurected. He escaped from the cave by digging with a spoon. All christians must show their devotion by digging for a day with a spoon at the sacred mountain.

>> No.10222973

>>10221166
>What super hero would you be?

I answered the Flash and bitch never called me back, was a fun interview though

>> No.10223024

>>10221437
Ugh god fucking damnit

>> No.10223027

>>10222228
no hay banda

>> No.10223069

>>10221166
That's a stupid question and it exhibits a terrible use of company time and resources.

>> No.10223253

>>10223069
Which is the correct answer they are looking for.

>> No.10223955

>>10222973
Should have said Deadpool.

>> No.10224017

>>10222973
>>10223955
Howard the Duck.

>> No.10224028

I got one. Was being interviewed by this hard ass Russian woman for a web dev role. She asked me "how many haircuts do men in Japan get a year". I was so caught off guard I said something like..."I don't know, probably 6 or 7." So she clarifies, "no, how many haircuts do all men in Japan get a year."
I fucking hate those stupid mind games.

>> No.10224041

What was the last book you read?

I had to make it up.

>> No.10224065

>>10224028
not enough to upkeep the economy and birthrates

>> No.10224094

>>10221199
Giving or receiving?

>> No.10224132

>>10224065
The thing that pissed me off the most was the way she phrased it, like there's actually an answer I can give her. If she'd have said something like "if it were your job to estimate how many mens' haircuts japan gets in a year, how would you go about this?" Then I could at least come up with a creative estimate to this dumb ass problem....like figure out how many barbers there are and go off that. The pointed nature of the question she asked though is fucking stupid.

>> No.10224134

>>10221186
Knife because I cut through the bullshit.

>> No.10224196
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>>10221166
>"One spoon at a time"

>> No.10224198

>>10224132
dude she was just interested in how you make assumptions and deduce an estimation. the fact that you needed her to rephrase the question for you tells me you have a lot to learn

>> No.10224227

>>10221166
"One scoop at a time."

Next question.

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>>10223024
>Ugh god fucking damnit
Ask me how I know you’re under 20, go ahead ask.

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>>10221166
I was asked to solve the Water Jug problem from Die Hard With a Vengeance. It was so they could test my problem solving abilities but it was still pretty trivial.

>> No.10224257

>>10221437
had some faggot give me this one when I was 18 years old applying for some shitty customer service gig paying $8/hr

holy shit what a monumental faggot

>> No.10224275

>>10224227
>>10224196
fuck off, boomers.

>> No.10224290

>>10221166
automate the movement of the spoon and weaponise it by adding a magazine of spoons

>> No.10224351

>>10222684
One scoop at a time.

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. You wouldn't say, "one mouth full at a time."

>> No.10224573

>>10224132
Ill let you on a secret.
In life there is no wrong and right answer, only different perceptions.
Right answers are based on your goal.
Figure out what answer would she like.
If that would have been business related or politically related job, my answer would be golden.
If it would be an data analyst job, they have around 130m nips, 65m of them men.
Haircuts must be done around every 2-4 weeks.
They are workaholics, but they must all look alike, because of culture, lets say 2 months
6 haircuts and 65m, lets say 60m
360m haircuts.
Web dev, dont know much about it, but you could have asked, based on what data.
Web developers cant do their job without instructions or by not knowing the clients wish.
Get under their skin and become an actor.

>> No.10224589

>>10224275
The question is stupid as shit, but that's literally what they were looking for.

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>>10221166
Use it to take a bulldozer company's ceo's child for ransom with the condition being they have to move the mountain?

>> No.10224601

>>10224240
Name and set?

>> No.10224650

>what's that smell?

>> No.10224676

>>10224573
No I'm pretty sure pedophilia is the wrong answer in any scenario. Stop trying to be inclusive of everything. Such a stupid answer Life has all kinds of answers, 100% percent of which end with you dead at some point or another.

>> No.10224718

>>10224676
is everything okay?
In a pedophiles mindset having a sexual urge and resolving it equals to pedophilia.
Is it wrong? for you, for me
but not for him
Different perceptions
We are born and we will die, everything we do inbetween does not matter and has no meaning, the meaning in life is what meaning we give it.
So enjoy it and make the best of it, no one cares and it does not matter, do whatever the fuck makes you happy.

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>Why do you have roughly 600 pictures of a cartoon frog on your phone?

>> No.10224740

>>10222228
This should've been the first reply in the thread.

>> No.10224798

This is why I like working in a welding type job, they ask previous experience, certificates, and then ask you to do a short practical test. No "how many oranges are in California" type questions.

>> No.10224819

>>10224132
Should've said average person or overall for the entire country.
The answer doesn't actually matter, clarifying her question did.

>> No.10224858

>>10224573
I get it, I just hate having to play these stupid games. It's a stupid question that has nothing to do with the kind of work they actually want me to do. It's like some weird kinda power trip. I get it, I know what they want, but I don't like playing along as if there's nothing wrong with their head and their interviewing style.

>> No.10224863

>>10221166
The only reason they ask these kinds of questions is because they have too many candidates applying for the job and they need an easy way to reject people they don't like.

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>>10224720
He cute

>> No.10224911

>>10224858
people are retards, just accept it and use them for your goals.
You dont need to accept or like them, just outsmart them to get the job if you need it.
Just dont care, live for yourself, keep your anger down and after leaving the interview just laugh at it, how witty that cunt tried to be, dont take life seriously, we wont make it out alive.