Worst / most cringeworthy interview question you’ve ever been asked?

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Seeing someone through office window: “Is that (name of copywriter?)”
Me: yes
Her: ugh I think I matched with him on tinder once and he never wrote me back.
Me: oh

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"You have some great experience here. Are you sure you wouldn't be interested in an internship?"

Keep in mind I was over 30 when I was asked this, and I'd applied for and accepted an interview to a full-time job in a field I'd already worked in for something like 5-6 years. 🤷‍♀️

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How would you feel reporting to xyz, he’s not at your level but we’re worried that bringing you on might offend him.

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"Do you consider yourself lucky?"

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“Who are your people?” An aristocratic CEO whose brother dated Princess Diana probing for my social origins at a final interview. My parents left school at 16. I didn’t get the job.

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ugh the worst, a blessing in disguise I suppose

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“say we’re currently in a pitch for ____. how would you approach it strategically?” <— 99% sure it’s for a real pitch going on right now

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I’ve asked this question before because it was just fresh in my mind - and I’d already done the work I was just curious how the candidate would have approached.

“When you do a strategy, how do you do it?” - a CSO

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What’s your greatest weakness?

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You first

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“You’re driving through a desert & see a stop sign. What do you do?”

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Glad we're on the same wave length. 😅

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How old are you? 🙃

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I think the best answer to the age question is ‘I have X years of invaluable experience’
Or, ‘it’s inappropriate for me to answer’

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What's 20% of 1500?
It was for a media internship. I got the question right and got the internship (only to discover I didn't like media).
My friend had the same interview question. Froze and said "can I get back to you?" 🤣🤣🤣

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Hmmm

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“What novel are you reading right now?”

While I’m a voracious reader of journalism, the interviewer didn’t like that answer.

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