I'm job hunting again after 7 years and forgot how strange sales interviews can get. I just had a 10-minute debate about the best way to make a sandwich with a VP of Sales. What's the most off-the-wall thing you've been asked in an interview? Did you manage to land the offer anyway?

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I had a manager ask me my favorite country that I've ever visited. And I'm pretty sure he just wanted to brag about the fact that he's been to over 50 countries, or something. It was very weird and unnecessary.

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We have that in our team... One of our senior leadership has been everywhere... Probably because they can afford it

I once had to sell a pen to someone who refused to acknowledge it was a pen. Sometimes they just test thinking under pressure. The weird ones stick with you. Did they seem engaged during the sandwich debate?

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