What’s the dumbest interview question you’ve gotten?

Once I got "If you could only use one word to describe yourself, what would it be?".

Well, I was very tempted to choose "unemployed", though I wasn't sure it'd maximize my chances.

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At my last interview, I was asked how I want to be recognized (I'm assuming for good work). And they also asked what kind of treat I would want for my birthday. I had never been asked that before in a job interview.

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Me too. What kind of cake would you like for your birthday? Been at my job 4 years and 9 months and no one at the company ever got cake 😂

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“Why do you want to work here?” For the money 😭

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To add valuable contribution to the success of the company and increase my learning potential for future aspirations

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I answered, “persistent. I’m still here.”

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Passionate

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once got asked the usual “what do you consider your biggest strength? weakness?” combo which whatever, normal, still kind of dumb but expected

brother what in the world was i supposed to say when the immediate next question was “what is your biggest frustration?” what in the world do you mean by that???

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For biggest frustration my answer woukd be lack of communication...

“Do you know what milo is?”

After I answered, the interviewer explained they had found a correlation between people who were familiar with milo and people who were hard workers.

This was in a city, and the company (a PR firm) had no agriculture clients.

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The Tea brand?

I was asked if I had current licensing (in a different sector than current). Mind you, a copy of the license had been emailed to the recruiter…..who was the person asking for it.

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Lol

What animal do I think represents me the most 😂😂

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Hireable

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I was once asked how would you grandmother describe you in 1 word I said thoughtful and the response was “lame” so that was interesting

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Ambitious

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Anyone else have issues applying for a job you’re a shoe in for, even hinted to apply by the hiring manager, only to be rejected by the ai keyword process. Even people within the company who applied for natural progression positions are being denied.

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This process will reduce employee morale drastically

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I hate it when they say "Where do you see yourself in 5 to 10 years". I always say, "Well, hopefully still working here. I mean, everyday people change, business changes, and life in itself changes.

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I was once asked what is my favourite colour

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I was asked for a remote position if my desk is near a door.
If they are worried about outside noise they should be more concerned about the noise outside my window.

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What product would you be at Home Depot. Defin caught me off guard. Odd

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