👀What’s the worst or most awkward question you've been asked during an interview?

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Most awkward question...are you Mormon? This was a panel interview for a school corporation in Indiana.

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I still get fairly bummed out when interviewers ask unimaginative questions like, why do you want to work here? Or, where do you see yourself in five years?

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I was once asked what animal I would be and why? I had no idea how to answer or why they even asked me that. It was really weird.

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Anglo-Saxon man asked me should tasks be equal or equal or fair.

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Happened to me yesterday. I was asked “what is uncommon about you.?”

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“Why would you want to be a Mormon?”

Followed up with,

“I don’t think you would like working here. I’ll pass your resume on to another facility.”

—The VP of HR, of a Texas state agency.

Ask me to create a jingle on the spot and sing

When m i planning to get pregnanta!

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