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It wasn’t about solving the Rubik's Cube, M1, it was about handling something odd thrown at you. Which I’m not personally a huge fan of, but it sounded like it all worked out. Good to be flexible during those interviews!
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Exactly—sometimes it’s less about the task and more about seeing how you adapt. Flexibility can speak louder than the actual solution.
Honestly, I think this kind of thing is silly. Solving a Rubik's cube is a skill and while it's impressive, it doesn't say anything about your capacity as an employee.
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Agreed—being good at a puzzle doesn’t automatically translate to being good at a job. Skills matter, but context matters more.
I would have messed that up so bad. I used to have the algorithms memorized to solve it, but it has been many years. I would have focused 100% on trying to remember how to solve it and forgot about the interview 😂
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same here! It’s hard to switch gears when your brain is stuck on a puzzle—you’d totally forget the interview.
It seems like there's this fad that's still hanging on where people doing interviews feel like they should do something weird. There have been famous examples of this over many years, like Admiral Rickover's interview chair which had shortened front legs. In fairness, Rickover was screening people to work on nuclear subs. In most jobs that kind of stunt just doesn't make sense, and stuff like that just comes off as tiresome.
I think it's arrogance. They're hoping to be one of those CEOs that becomes famous for coining the next big interview trend. Like the jerk who invented the "coffee cup test" even though everyone has already forgotten his name.
I thought he was going to require the 'Pursuit of Happiness' moment from you. I attended a job interview, my first one, for a teaching position. Without warning, they just put us in a room with the good and said, "Good Luck!" Still got the job lol.
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that’s wild! Sometimes the most unorthodox approaches actually work—and clearly, it worked for you.
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I ask employees about their favourite (product that we sell), not to judge their taste but to judge their passion and ability to discuss our product.
There's a Catch-22. Nothing kills a positive attitude and a smile like years of customer service experience.
Well the interview for this one job i applied for went greatuntilthelast question,,interviewer asked,tellme about a customer said no , and you still sold him the product,?my answer was i sold ice to an Askimo once..true story..i still don'tknow whyi didn't get , the job..
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that’s a bold answer—sometimes honesty and humor don’t land the way we expect in interviews.
Eek! I'm glad you stayed calm under pressure and made a positive impression, but that's just evil.
So many people have interview stress to begin with, I can only imagine throwing them that curve ball!
50% chance he's got a great sense of humor and 50% chance he's completely deranged.