The Interviewer Becomes the Interviewee

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Sometimes, there’s no telling why you’d need to answer any of these questions. Sara Pollock, head of marketing for ClearCompany, a Talent Management system for SMBs, has been asked more than her share of doozy questions. In fact, we probably could have done an entire article on the strange and befuddling interview questions she’s encountered.

How many high school students are there in the US? Walk us through your reasoning for that number.

You have two identical bowling balls and are in a hundred story building. The bowling balls pakistan phone number library will break when dropped from a certain floor. What is the smallest number of times you can drop a bowling ball to determine the highest floor the balls can safely be dropped from without breaking?

How many kegs of beer would Gillette go through if everyone in the stadium had a free drink ticket?

As a former candidate myself, I can tell you that if someone asked me any of those interview questions, I would likely walk straight out of the interview. Except the bowling ball one, I would ask to be immediately taken to the bowling ball room to check. But I DO know the answer to this one:

If a penguin wearing a sombrero walked into the room right now, what would he say?

Nothing obviously. Penguins cannot talk. In fact, they can barely walk. It’s more of a waddle.

Michael Heller (@Michael_Heller), HR Pro and founder of iRevu, a performance feedback platform, is used to having the tables turned on him but it still makes him scratch his head a little:

“Having spent a good bit of time in recruiting, I have heard several strange interview questions, both from hiring managers AND candidates. I find it *very* strange when I’m being interviewed and get asked a question that has nothing to do with the job…”