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10 Strange Interview Questions

By Dennis McCafferty on 2012-01-12


Job interviews are stressful enough without curveballs from the interviewers, but off-putting questions are not uncommon. Glassdoor.com collected inquiries made during actual interviews from its “Interview Reviews” section. More than 150,000 questions have been collected in all; we bring you some of the oddest examples. For instance, would you know how many people are using Facebook at a particular time in a specific West Coast city? If not, you may have blown your chance to work at Google. And if you haven’t spent time pondering ways to get a large animal from Africa inside of a common household appliance, perhaps you’re not cut out for a career ... in commercial real estate? For these and other unusual interview questions click here.
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1. Towering Expectations


"If Germans were the tallest people in the world, how would you prove it?" Asked at Hewlett-Packard

2. Do I Amuse You?


"Just entertain me for five minutes. I'm not going to talk.” Asked at Acosta

3. Too Many


"How many people are using Facebook in San Francisco at 2:30 p.m. on Friday?" Asked at Google

4. They Beat Pink Flamingos


“What do you think of garden gnomes?” Asked at Trader Joe’s

5. Messy Subject


“Room, desk and car – which do you clean first?” Asked at Pinkberry

6. Open Sourcing


“Would Mahatma Gandhi have made a good software engineer?” Asked at Deloitte

7. Massive Task


“How would you get an elephant into a refrigerator?” Asked at Horizon Group Properties.

8. Paperweight, For Starters


“Name 5 uses of a stapler without staple pins.” Asked at EvaluServe

9. Flight Plan


“How many planes are currently flying over Kansas?” Asked at Best Buy

10. Open Window


“If you were a Microsoft Office program, which one would you be?” Asked at Summit Racing Equipment

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