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

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I'm going with, anything that's ever happened in a case interview.

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An elite PE headhunter once asked what my parents do (trying to figure out if i grew up rich or not haha)

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"I know the CEO of [PE company I worked at at the time], what is he going to say when I call him up and ask him if people like you?"

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This is actually more common in certain circles (PE or CDD and FS as well as now AI startups)

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Would you do "anything" for this job?

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How many 5th graders could you take in a fight?

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“So, what questions do you have for us, xxx”. Normal question except for my name was not xxx!!

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Who do you live with?

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If you were a hammer, what kind of hammer would you be?

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Ball-peen!

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Sexual orientation and whether I visit adult sites. There is a point when the questions go to far and violate respectable and lawful questions.

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What size bra do you wear?

Did you answer?

"what's the worst thing you've ever done and gotten away with?"

“How much does woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?”

I was asked,for an internship, what movie character reminds me of myself?

McKinsey recruiter asked me how much I make, I responded I can’t disclose the information and nicely told him the range I’m seeking based on a various factors (it was m against their policy to ask, and illegal in the state I lived in). He didn’t pass my resume to hiring manager.

I’ve got a cringe one “if you had to be a part of production would you prefer to be behind the scenes, the costume designer, or the director?” i kid you not

This is a great question actually!!!

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