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

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How many square feet are in an acre?
What did the Dow close at yesterday?
What’s 3250 divided by 12?
Who was the president in 1952?
Name three famous economists.
What novel is James Joyce most famous for?

I got the job but I never stopped despising this guy.

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“Have you ever worked with a creative brief?” Interviewer to me, a copywriter with 15 years’ experience.

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Creepy, Pompous ECD @ Taxi NY: How badly do you want to work here?

Me: Excuse me?

Creepy, Pompous ECD @ Taxi NY: How badly do you want to work here?

Me: Thanks, I’m good.

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Sounds like 50 shades of advertising lol

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From a CCO: If I send you a download link to watch my short film, will you go into Amazon Prime and give it a 5 star review?

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It was! I got the offer but turned it down. Guy was a creep. Also, I never did rate his short film.

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My wife had just given birth to our first child and, rather than offer congratulations, he leaned in and asked, ‘Was it a vaginal birth?’

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“If you were a pot of jambalaya what ingredient would you be?” 😑

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Am I wrong for thinking this is a valid question 🤣

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What was my zodiac sign and did I think I would work well with her zodiac sign.

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😆😆

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CCO (male) to me (female), for a GCD role:

“Oh you worked in [X city]? Where, at the [famous sex shop]?”

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This is a legit story from an interview I went to in 2018.


ECD / President of a small agency: hey, about your last name, are you Jewish?

Me: ….yes, why?

ECD: oh, so you know about circumcisions?

Me: …………

ECD: Wait! Im not being creepy! I’m genuinely curious if you know about them!

Me: ………

ECD: I mean the only reason I’m asking is because I’m Jewish as well and we just circumcised my son last weekend. We did it at our office actually on that table over there!

Me: ….. I think I’m going to go.

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Did he bust out the leftover Manischewitz?

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Dunno but the other day my brain short circuited in an interview when I tried to say “I started” and “I show” at the same time and I said “I sharted” and then proceeded to die

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If I was a worm would you still love me?

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“If a client came to you with an unsolvable problem, how would you solve it?”

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What is your spirit animal ?
(I gave some answer about a hard working animal).

Pivoted the question back to the interviewer.
Their answer: “the honey badger. Because I am batt $h!t crazy”

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Next time, just say, “A sponge”

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Show me your toes. I love toes.

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Was this at FCB ?

What do you hate?

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how much time do you have?

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Wasn’t me but I was sitting in on an interview with a creative technologist (male):
:: after several questions, an extended silence ::

CD: “so, uhh do you have any kids?”
CT: “I,uhhh, no.”
CD: “ehhh, why not?”
Me: 😳

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Not the worst question, but I interviewed a designer and they shared a design from their portfolio they worked on…and began to all out ugly cry. Just a silent room, one person balling, the other in total silence. It still makes me cringe thinking of the experience.

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“Would you be agreeable if we hire you as an ACD on Tuesday, fire the ECD on Thursday, and give you that job on Friday?”

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AS1, I did. I had tuition checks to write and i was happy to have a new leadership challenge. I had worked as a freelancer there for more than a decade. Then as a full time senior writer. Got laid off. Continued to freelance there for another 5-6 years and was then offered the job. I did that until i wrote my last tuition check. Six years. We did some great. work as a team. Most of it is still on their website even though i left seven years ago.

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