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Lighter Side: 12 insane interview questions

It’s easy to ace a job interview – as long as you know how to solve world hunger.

Glassdoor.com has released another set of oddball interview questions candidates have had to field from companies. Our favorites:

  • If Germans were the tallest people in the world, how would you prove it? (Hewlett-Packard)
  • Room, desk and car — which do you clean first? (Pinkberry)
  • Would Mahatma Gandhi have made a good software engineer? (Deloitte)
  • Please spell “diverticulitis.” (EMSI Engineering)
  • How would you get an elephant into a refrigerator? (Horizon Group Properties)
  • Are you exhaling warm air? (Walker Marketing)
  • How would you cure world hunger? (Amazon.com)
  • Is your college GPA reflective of your potential? (Advisory Board)
  • Just entertain me for five minutes; I’m not going to talk. (Acosta)
  • If you were a Microsoft Office program, which one would you be? (Summit Racing Equipment)
  • What do you think of garden gnomes? (Trader Joe’s)
  • How do you feel about those jokers at Congress? (Consolidated Electrical)

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  • KansasHR

    In the same interview I was asked:

    Do I cheat on my wife?

    What is my favorite color?

    Do I have a gambling problem?

    Do I plan on taking vacations?

  • luvmykidz

    Mind you, this was back in the 80′s, but it was on a military base and it was for a civilian service position: We are like a family in this office, and we are a bunch of huggers (with smiles all around). Do you like to hug?

  • HR in MD

    In 1989 I was asked if I planned to have any babies in the near future. I was interviewing for a bank teller position and the bank had just had a rash of new Moms who quit to stay home. I was nearing the end of my eduction to earn a degree in HR and knew it was against the law to ask…