What are the most stupid questions they ever asked you at an interview?

JH

When passing interviews, have you ever noticed the number of questions they asked that has NOTHING to do with the job in question.

So what were the most stupid, ridiculous, off topic, questions they ever asked you at an interview?

JH

Your thread inspired mine...

What would I do without you Minimus. I'll give you credit for half of the responses here, ok?

half is good....Seriously, though, I think some employer's questions might seem out of place but it could be delivered to see how you might react to an awkward situation or if a customer, out of nowhere, put something to you that you might not expect.

iiz2cool

I don't know if it's a stupid question, but at my last job interview I was asked "What is your greatest weakness?" Usually I'm prepared for that question, since it's asked so often, but this time I drew a blank. So I answered that I probably don't have any. Worked out ok though, as I got the job.

Walter

ScoobySnax

"why do you want this job"

erm.... eh.....coz it pays more...?!

JH

Possible stupid questions and answers:

1.Why do you want to work for our company?

Because I'm looking for a job stupid.

2.What salary do you want?

The same salary that you get.

3. Why should we hire you instead of someone else?

Because I'll give you a bigger bribe.

4. Would you accept to do overtime and work 7 days a week?

Didn't you say it was a part time job?

garybuss

If I had a good candidate for promotion, I'd take him to lunch. That would tell me a lot. If he had a problem deciding what to order, that indicated he probably had a tendency to struggle with decisions. Not a good feature for a management position. If he salts his food before tasting it, he makes assumptions. That's not a good habit for a foreman.

If I was hiring shop help, I would ask in the ad for applicants to make an appointment by calling a marked number between 9 and 3, Monday through Thursday. If anybody just walked in without calling for an appointment, their application was trashed. If they called before 9 or after 3 or called on Friday, their application was trashed. If they called a different number than in the ad, their application was trashed. All those instructions told me if the applicant could follow instructions. That was very important in my business. If they can't follow instructions, nothing else matters, I don't want them.

Phantom Stranger

I wasn't asked this question - but in the early 80's, in the rural California county I grew up in, the Board of Supervisors was interviewing a female candidate for a job - she was from out of town. One supervisor asked her, on the record, "You are a single female in your thirties - are you a lesbian?"

The guy got re-elected, too.

simplesally

What color are your undies?

----- I could not imagine why my employer needed to know that. I just said, sorry, not wearing any today.