What’s the weirdest interview question you’ve ever asked—or been asked? Glassdoor recently compiled a list of 25 usual interview questions that make applicants think outside the box. For example, “How would you make a tuna sandwich?” (Astron Consulting).
Here are a few questions that made the list. To make this week’s column a little more interactive, we are also listing the companies.
See if you can guess which company the applicant was interviewing for? (Answers below)
- How many cows are in Canada?
- What’s your favorite song? Perform it for us now.
- Pick two celebrities to be your parents.
- If you were to get rid of one state in the US, which would it be and why?
- If you could be anyone else, who would it be?
- Urban Outfitters
- Forrester
- Living Social
- Salesforce.com
Answers:
1,B; 2,D; 3,A; 4,C; 5,E
I like, “What’s your favorite fish?” The correct answer is, “Huh?” Anyone who doesn’t stop and think about the question, but simply comes up with something, may be someone who often jumps to conclusions when they shouldn’t.
What is scary is that hiring officers think interviewers are qualified to assess people based on their answers to these questions. A team of psychologists couldn’t do that.