Most idiotic question you have been asked at a job interview?

[ReadyForSeason]

Inspired by another thread.

I have been asked what car would I be and what would I be if I could be anything?
I fell for the first one and answered. With the second one, years later I was mature enough to answer “Housewife” - all the manager was interested about is telling how he would be a helicopter pilot…

Did I have a boyfriend and was I on the pill!

What was my favourite excel function.

Apparently the correct response was Vlookup

are you strong because you don't look it?

the DJs like to chat up pretty young women like you. How will you handle this when it happens?

What flavour ice-cream are you? I said rum and raisin

Is my husband OK with me working?

Is that because no one likes you? 😁

That was for Rum and Raisin!

Well just one which is often asked but I think this is quite funny , although have heard it with more industrial language which I have inserted

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At my last job interview, I was asked what my greatest weakness was I said "honesty".

The interviewer said "I don't think honesty is a weakness".

I replied "I don't care ( a fuck ) what you think".

One of my colleagues was asked what his spirit animal would be when he was interviewing at a competitor company.

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What kind of biscuit would you be? FFS.

OMG was that recent or back in the day.?

What do you mean you fell for the first one and answered- are you not supposed to answer? Is it some kind of trick question?

I've never come across mad questions like these from PPs in my life thank god!

I ❤️ the psychobabble questions!. Actually they can tell you a lot about a person (in particular when they describe why). A hundred times better than “tell me about yourself”!

And a lot more fun 🤩

Ice cream flavour? I’m vanilla - but only the best home made one with the best vanilla; out of this world 🍨!

”Why is your name ‘Steve’ when you’re not white, are you trying to trick us?”

I swear the 'tell me what type of paint you are' type questions are really a test to see if you will just go along with whatever bollocks they throw at you

I was one asked 'tell me how you go about stuff?' With absolutely no further context as to what 'stuff' they meant!

"Using these (small figures and a small ball), can you explain the "offside" rule"?

👏👏👏

What apps do you have on your phone?
I said Mumsnet, and something about a banking app and got the job.( which was neither to do with phones, apps or anything in that field)

@BrightLightTonight that’s interesting, we ask that but there’s no real right or wrong answer, it’s to sift out people who lie about being able to use excel or confident in using it but then start and fall to pieces when just asked to use filter and then claim to ‘hate excel’

How will you manage if you become pregnant? ( early 1990s)

How long have you been with your husband and are you having any children?

😂😂😂 Someone in my office used this question in an interview! The other interviewer told the whole office and we promptly laughed about it for approx 6 months

That was your moment to scoff and bring up XLookup...