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What's the oddest question you've been asked in an interview?

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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada
Quite often we get an odd question irrelevant during an interview, what was your reaction and reply? Please share your experience.
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Question: "Why shouldn't we hire the last person we interviewed?"

My reply: "Because I told them the job was already taken."

That got a laugh from the interviewer.
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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada
Nice one :) thank you Sante
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
If you were reborn as an animal, what would you want to be?

Kiron
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2 replies by Dinah Young and Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
Feb 08, 2018 7:49 AM
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What did you answer?
Feb 08, 2018 5:48 PM
Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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They might have been a Vegan ;-)
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Dinah Young Project Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William County Springfield, Va, United States
Feb 08, 2018 7:25 AM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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If you were reborn as an animal, what would you want to be?

Kiron
What did you answer?
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1 reply by Kiron Bondale
Feb 08, 2018 8:30 AM
Kiron Bondale
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A human being :-)

Kiron
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Feb 08, 2018 7:49 AM
Replying to Dinah Young
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What did you answer?
A human being :-)

Kiron
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Jeff Ball Senior Project Manager| Gas Liquids Engineering Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Did you watch last nights Bachelor?
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Feb 08, 2018 7:25 AM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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If you were reborn as an animal, what would you want to be?

Kiron
They might have been a Vegan ;-)
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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada
@ Sante :) :)
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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada
I was offered cherries to eat in an interview (and of course had on a white shirt). I declined but she was quite insistent. It was tricky eating cherries and disposing of the stem and pit while trying to answer questions and sound intelligent.
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Najam Mumtaz Retired Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
If we offer you the job, would you consider shaving off your mustache?

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