These questions have me raising my eyebrows in confusion.
Job interviews are inherently awkward and vulnerable situations.
I simply had to see what the responses were.
Here are 17 of the most baffling answers that range from weird to wildly inappropriate:
1.
‘Are you comfortable with pornography?’
The opening question for a small town IT repair shop!"
u/ragincagun88
2.
“‘If you were any kind of animal, which would you be?’
This was for a job on a military base…”
u/JediMasterGeoff
3.
“Interviewer: Do you smoke?
Interviewer: Well I do, and I’m gonna smoke.”
u/jennyrob669
5.
“My partner was asked, ‘Why should we hire you when you look like that?’
u/sushubutu
6.
“I was once asked, ‘Do you have issues with women?’
To which I replied, ‘What?
That was for a programming job, and I still don’t know why they asked that.”
u/Svifir
8.
“I’m a paraplegic.
I’ve been asked in a job interview, ‘How could you possibly use a computer?’
Another time, I was asked, ‘Do you really need to use that wheelchair?'”
buckyhermit
9.
“‘Do you drink?’
I do drink and I got the job, but I soon realized I didnt drinkenoughto fit in.”
“I went to a job interview for a serving position.
Me: Hmm, I dont know.
Him: Why Cheerios?
Me: …Because I seem like a Cheerio kinda person?
Him: Most people say fruit loops, cause theyre fun and colorful.
Me: …and no, I did not get the job.”
u/Numerous_Age_3223
11.
“‘Imagine making a painting.
Are you painting the painting or installing it on the wall?’
I have no idea what they were getting at.”
u/whybeoriginal
12.
“If I had a boyfriend.
Would it be a problem if I might get married soon?
It’s literally none of their business.”
u/danteslacie
14.
“‘I understand that you are profoundly deaf.
Will you be available for a phone interview with HR?'”
u/Schwarzes__Loch
15.
“‘If I hire you as the HR manager, will you go and F all the nurses?
Because that is what the former HR manager did.'”
“‘What would you do if someone started shouting at you in a meeting?’
I responded that I’d just leave the meeting.
I don’t get paid to babysit.
If someone wants to act like a child, then I’ll leave them to it.
The main interviewer seemed taken aback and the other guys there chuckled.
The interviewer was a VERY talkative fellow.
It took a full hour.
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
