I have a weakness for this topic so I was pleased to read today’s ERE.net article titled Results-Focused Interviews.
Remember, these are all questions that people submitted to the website as their best questions to use in an interview.
I am not making these up:
- “If a spaceship were to land outside this office and you were asked to get in, would you? Why?” (Is an acceptable answer, “Because they had a ray gun?”)
- “Am I a good interviewer? Why or why not?” (Well, if you have to ask me, maybe we ought to switch chairs.)
- “If you were a part of a car, which part would you be and why?” (Gee, I was all prepared for the tree question. Lemme think.)
- “What do you enjoy most about your current/last position? What did you enjoy least?” (Boy, I never saw that second question coming!)
- “If you had the opportunity to participate in a circus performance, which role would be yours?” (Well, I wouldn’t be the clown because clearly, that role is taken.)
- “What makes you difficult to work with?” (Is the correct answer, “Stupid questions that are not job-related?”)
In all my years of interviewing and being interviewed, I have never heard question #2. Absolutely brutal in an entertaining way.