What's the most difficult interview question that you've been asked, and how did you answer?

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I interviewed at Bridgewater and they asked me if hate crimes should come with harsher criminal sentences then regular crimes. Bunch of weirdos.

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I always hated tell me joke. I only know politically incorrect and dead baby jokes...

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^ trick question, the answer is "you don't"

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