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30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews They asked me if I could stop my dialysis treatments so I can be more available. Yeah Karen, let me just die for less than 15 an hour.

wanderingwiccan , pexels Report

Final score:

182points

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Monday 3 years ago

Sure, no problem. As soon as you give me one of your kidneys.

125points

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews Had an interviewer who unexpectedly asked me, what my spirit animal was at the end of the interview.

I didn't know what to say but the first thing that popped out of my head was a bear because the thought of hibernating and being lazy on cold seasons sounds like something I'd do... it's the most stupidest reply I could give.

He ended up being one of the best, if not the nicest and funniest boss I ever had.

Fightingthetears , pexels Report

Final score:

179points

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Alex K 3 years ago

slide!

19points

Nobody wants to cause a scene during a job interview. Times are tough, jobs pay the bills, and sometimes you wonder if you’re overreacting to what you're being asked. But that’s just our brains finding excuses for people asking us things that really ought not to be voiced aloud. You need to know how to deal with problematic questions.

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews This is definitely the most bizarre question I have ever seen on a job application.

TheGuiltyGlitter Report

Final score:

178points

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Alexia 1 year ago

Release it into the wild.

4points

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews Very first job I interviewed for was a movie theater while I was still in highschool.

Manager: are you available Sunday morning?
Me: yes I have open availability.
Manager: So you don't attend church Sunday morning?
Me: No, I'm free.
Manager: Oh, so you're gonna burn in hell?
Me: uh... Sorry, huh?
Manager: Nothing it's fine.

Titaniumtank , pexels Report

Final score:

155points

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Madison Feehan 3 years ago (edited)

*Plays Montero*

44points

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews "The real reason I asked you in today is because your last name sounded like you're white. We've had the worst luck with black guys doing the job right"

IRDragonBorne , pexels Report

Final score:

141points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

Horrible :(

75points

There are a few ways how you can diplomatically try to avoid the question in question without sounding rude, like a skilled kung-fu master. One way to counter an inappropriate question is to steer the conversation elsewhere like a real redirection pro.

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews Interviewer :- Do you know how to swim?

Me :- Umm, no?

Interviewer :- Get out.

(software engineer job)

CRYTEK_T-REX , pexels Report

Final score:

139points

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

I hate that some people are just looking to fill up their department with people who can win at after work games against other departments

50points

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews "Can you make your breasts smaller? They might be a distraction for some of our patients here." This was at a hospital. And I wasn't wearing anything provocative, I just have big boobs. I didn't get the job, they told me it was because I was too inexperienced.

reddit.com , pexels Report

Final score:

133points

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

Distraction to some patients? Who hates boobs?

40points

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews Interviewer: If you were a tree, what kind of a tree would you be?

Me: A tree with a job.

All kinds of hippy dippy sh*t like this back in the 70s.

2016TrumpMAGA , pexels Report

Final score:

133points

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CLG 3 years ago (edited)

Branch manager now show me to my seat

86points

If the redirection method fails, you can always keep your answers very short, broad, and general. This way, you won’t appear rude, but the interviewer might get the hint that this isn’t something that you want to talk about.

#10

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews Lovers (an adult toy/accessories shop in the US) hands you an elephant sized, wiggly ass dildo and asks you to describe it.

You giggle you lose.

I lost.

batterymassacre , pexels Report

Final score:

129points

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Monday 3 years ago

This seems pretty fair...I would lose too though.

58points

#11

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews This was quite a while ago, and I was interviewing for a janitorial position at a private middle school.

The interview was going well. The interviewer was asking me why I wanted to work there, what my previous job experience was, etc. The bog standard interview questions.

Out of absolutely nowhere, he asks " You're not attracted to underage girls, are you?". I was taken aback for a moment, and just sort of stared at him waiting for clarification.

I think it only occurred to him after having said it how weird the question was, and he quickly started to give some context. Turns out the previous janitor had attempted some sexual advances on some underage students

I was just there to sweep the floors for some cash. Not commit a felony.

Sambasscles , Unsplash Report

Final score:

123points

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Priscilla Reshell 3 years ago

Hope the previous janitor's in jail now

97points

#12

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews I had an adversarial interview once. Passed the skills interview and was sent on to the guy who would be my manager if I got the job. He made a big show of throwing my resume in the trash and told me the next best use would be to "wipe his ass with it" since he went to Yale and I didn't, and why did I think I deserved the job?

I didn't say anything, just got up and walked out. (This was at AIG, remember them? Lol)

reddit.com , pexels Report

Final score:

116points

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troufaki13 3 years ago

I guess they don't teach manners at Yale :(

77points

Does the interviewer still not get the hint that they’re asking something that shouldn’t be asked? You could always politely but firmly ask them why the question is relevant to your job at all. In other words, turn the tables on them and have them think about what it is they’re actually asking you. If they’re a decent person, they’ll realize what’s up; if not, then is this really the type of place you’d like to work at?

#13

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews First question of an interview at a shipping place. "Do you think a manager needs to understand the job of the people he's managing?"

I replied with "absolutely. How can he manage people if he doesn't understand how their job works?"

I was immediately thanked for my time and was told I could leave.

In retrospect I am very glad i never worked for that company.

joleme , pexels Report

Final score:

116points

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K.Kobayashi 3 years ago

Of course managers needs to *understand* the job of the people they are managing. But they don't need to be able to do it themselves. I suspect the question was actually a bit more nuanced than reported here.

13points

#14

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews “Which teacher did you hate the most and why”

I answered that I had disagreed with a teacher over a book (I didn’t like it and it was her favorite) and she knocked points off all my future tests.

Interviewer said it was unprofessional to not like a teacher and I “clearly had no interview experience”. So yeah, didn’t get that internship.

dumb-funsies , Unsplash Report

Final score:

110points

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Priscilla Reshell 3 years ago

Wow... I'd hate to have that teacher

58points

#15

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews For an IT security position:

"If your employer asked you to do something illegal, would you do it?"

...now, before anyone hollers that this isn't inappropriate, I found out later the the job had been vacated by a friend of mine, who they fired after he refused to do something illegal for them.

Dagmar_dSurreal , pexels Report

Final score:

109points

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Tamsin Far 3 years ago (edited)

I would not really mind the question, but I think it's a problem for the employer. If, in the end, the candidate does not get the job, it will look like they were planning to have him do illegal stuff. Well, in this case it would have been right, but usually you don't tell everyone?

18points

Some questions aren’t just inappropriate—they’re illegal. Asking questions that are discriminatory and don’t relate to the job requirements is illegal in some countries. E.g. job interviewers shouldn’t ask about race, color, sex, religion, national origin, birthplace, age, disability, and family status.

#16

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews What are the chances of you leaving your spouse if we relocate you? You mean... for a period of time until we figure out our living situation? No, I mean would you divorce him if you had to move to, say Europe, for the job?

Wow.

Also, this was a local advertising agency. They didn’t even have that many national clients.

But also, the interviewer then continuously called and messaged me for days after I declined their offer. So I don’t know.

galedriel , Unsplash Report

Final score:

105points

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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago

Sounds like a sexual harassment case in the making

37points

#17

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews First question of an interview: "Wait, aren't you the guy who owes me that thousand dollars?"

Realized after three of the longest seconds in my life that he was joking, but boy that caught me off guard.

maleorderbride , pexels Report

Final score:

97points

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

This is just funny and also a great ice breaker.

33points

#18

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews I had a guy end my interview by asking me what my favorite ABBA song was. I was so caught off guard and honestly kind of creeped out, because I couldn't figure out how he knew that I loved ABBA.

I found out later that when he spoke to my references, he asked them to tell him something about me that wasn't on my resume, and my old boss told him that I was a huge ABBA fan.

mabbbbs , pexels Report

Final score:

96points

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

I don't see this is a problem at all.

62points

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#19

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews "Ive noticed you haven't tugged at your clothes at all. Means youre comfortable with your body. Are you prepared to wear more revealing clothing?"

I was interviewing for a waitress job.

I didn't finish the interview.

operachick209 , pexels Report

Final score:

95points

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pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

Creepy...

49points

#20

"Where do you see yourself in five years, after we got rid of you in two to three years?"

No kidding. They really asked it that way. My answer was "I don't know. Maybe in front of your grave."

Immediate stop to the interview.

reddit.com Report

Final score:

92points

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danielw 3 years ago

"in court, for the wrongful termination lawsuit."

11points

#21

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews Does lie detector during the hiring process count? I was asked if I'd ever had sex with animals. That question certainly caught me off guard

Wide_Open_Colon , pexels Report

Final score:

90points

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Priscilla Reshell 3 years ago

Yikes I'm hoping the answer was no

41points

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#22

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews "What would you do if a teenager (female) asked you for information about abortion?" I answered that I would help her find the information she needed.

This was for a librarian job in a small, conservative town. I didn't get the job.

RetardedJoy , pexels Report

Final score:

90points

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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)

You would think that helping someone get information about a specific subject is exactly the right answer in an interview for a librarian job. Then again, assholes will be assholes.

75points

#23

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews I was asked if I play video games in my down time once.

I said I did, and was instantly turned down for the position.

The excuse? "We don't hire overgrown children. Get out."

Place went under two years after that.

Swivel-Hips-Smith , pexels Report

Final score:

87points

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pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

Crazy people and their stereotyping

43points

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#24

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews My future boss asked to duel me in mortal combat. I was confused and concerned until he showed me that they had a Mortal Kombat 2 arcade machine. He kicked my ass solidly. Honestly it seemed a little unfair considering they had a machine in their break room and I hadn’t played the damn thing since high school.

Final score:

86points

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

This one doesn't say if they got the job or not... but since you started with future boss instead of would be future boss, I'll take that as getting the job

33points

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#25

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews My interviewer asked if I was retarded. I said yes. I thought the interview was over at that point but then they offered me the job. I said no.

CS1SOlO , unsplash Report

Final score:

78points

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Linus Nilsson 3 years ago

I really need context to this one. Maybe the person gave off some vibes that could be a sign of dishonesty, but if there were other explanations for that they probably found OP to be a good match. Terrible choice of wording though.

11points

#26

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews A while back I got out of the Navy. That old saying is true "swear like a sailor". I applied for a program called helmets to hard hats that finds jobs in skilled labor trades for veterans. My father is good friends with a guy who is in charge of the local branch of an elevator company.

So I applied to the international union of elevator constructors and was granted an interview. Union interviews, as I am told, usually consist of several prominent members of the union. I'm this case it included my father's friend.

So I show up to the interview and sit down with 5 high ranking union members. My name is Richard. My Dad's friend says " So Richard what do you like to go by Rick, Ricky, Richard... D*CK? Before I could stop myself I sarcastically replied "it's c*ck actually"

I pretended like everything was normal and the interview continued after an awkward pause. I did get the job and was admitted as an apprentice. Everyone still calls me C*ck.

TLDR: Guy asked me, Richard, if I go by D*ck. I sarcastically replied C*ck, and now everyone calls me C*ck.

iceagehero , pexels Report

Final score:

77points

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Priscilla Reshell 3 years ago

You brought this on yourself my guy

81points

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#27

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews One interview I was asked two weird questions for an interview as least.

1. Favorite super hero and why.

2. Do you believe in aliens, why or why not- 30 second elevator pitch.

thorpeedo22 , pexels Report

Final score:

75points

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Nela Rothenbach 3 years ago

I would love those

33points

#28

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews "Are you pregnant?"

And after I said no

"Are you planning to get pregnant?"

__checkmate , pexels Report

Final score:

74points

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ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

Is this legal in the US?

58points

#29

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews "What kind of p*rn do you like?" I was in the process of getting a government job that required a high security clearance, I was being interviewed by an agent. Most of the questions were pretty basic but this one caught me out of left field.

GorillaonWheels , pexels Report

Final score:

69points

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

I get it for a high security clearance. those need to be invasive

32points

#30

30 People Share The Weirdest And Most Inappropriate Questions They Got Asked During Job Interviews I was asked to describe my personality with a line. I stared at him for a hard ten seconds and asked what he meant.

He said "do you have a lot of highs and lows or are you more steady."

I said "Oh, you mean like a sine wave, not a line?"

Yes, it was for a lab job and yes I am autistic.

Thoreau80 , pexels Report

Final score:

67points

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pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

I don't understand :) (I'm autistic as well btw) did they know you are autistic...?

15points

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What do you think ?

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Bobert Robertson 3 years ago

I never understand why employers ask "can you explain his 2 year gap in employment?" Um I was sick, or I didn't want to work, or I was studying, or I was helping care for a relative, or who the eff cares it's none of your business, I'm qualified for the job and I want to work.

11points

Jackie J. 3 years ago

I would agree, but this is sometimes how you find out that they were in prison for _____ and lied on the earlier part of the application.

0points

Ceredwyn Ealanta 3 years ago

"Why do you think men's and women's shirts are buttoned on different sides?" "Because historically, women able to afford buttons were frequently dressed by a maid and it was easier to fix them so, due to the higher complexity of women's clothing." "No. You were supposed to have a creative answer, not a boring one."

9points

Nikki Sevven 3 years ago

Facts are never boring.

4points

CrunChewy McSandybutt 3 years ago

I once interviewed for this lady that was clearly not playing with a full deck. She was one of those that had an obscene amount of plastic surgery, to the point she'd wandered into the uncanny valley. she asked me questions like "Do you have any other source of income?" "Does your husband have a source of income?" and "Did you Google me before coming in?" And she clarified she didn't mean the company, but her personally. No, I said, that's kind of creepy. She became enraged and said, "No it's not! I do it all the time." I bet you do, creepy lady.

7points

Mimi777 3 years ago

Shortly after I sat down and she asked me how to pronounce my name. After I told her she said“oh i can’t say that I’m just going to call you B.” Doesn’t even try to pronounce it. Then she asked where I was from originally. Then asked what my religion I was. After I said Muslim she said “you don’t wear one of those weird things on your head do you? When I told her no I did not wear a hijab she said “ok because that s**t won’t fly around here.” I was interviewing for an insurance company and I live in a small town in the South.

5points

Stannous Flouride 3 years ago

Most of these questions are illegal. Period. The companies should be reported.

5points

CrunChewy McSandybutt 3 years ago

Certainly. The issue is that proving it is extremely difficult. But, making a complaint to the Labor Board will at least start the paper trail.

2points

Seabeast 3 years ago

Some of these questions may very well come from management manuals written by people who have never actually worked in any industry.

4points

Rhea 3 years ago (edited)

I still think my first day at a new job was a winner: *boss* Do you have a middle name? *me* Yes. *boss* Since my name is Thea, I'm afraid it'll be confusing for cliënts when you answer the phone with your first name Rhea. Shall we use your middle name instead? *me* No. *End of discussion* She was a really nice boss, but I was so glad she never brought that up again :P

3points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

I got an interview once for a minimum wage job that explicitly said that required zero knowledge of flemish. I went to the interview and they gave me a language test. I "only" got 60% so they told me to leave. F**k them.

2points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

I another one they asked me if "as a woman It thought that I could do the job" and if "I would be comfortable working with men". I dont get whats wrong with people.

2points

Chris Malme 3 years ago

Not a bad question, but my first "proper job" interview, the interviewer noted that I'd be the first graduate they had ever employed, and did I feel that exempted me from being given menial tasks to do. I said no. "That's good, because I'll be giving you a lot of really boring stuff that needs to get done at first, but it means that when I start giving you the interesting stuff, no-one can complain." Over 10 years, I went from being an over-qualified filing clerk and messenger to heading the IT department.

1point

toldyouso 3 years ago

Applied for a job in a daycare center, working with kids few years ago. "Which star would you like to meet and why? What would you say to him/her? If your life was a move, whats the title? Depending on your best skills, make a ad slogan and introduce it to us. Etc. Weirdest job interview ever.

1point

Karen Van Cleve 3 years ago

I was interviewing for a clerical job when I was in my late teens. One of the questions was "if I was dying of thirst, would I drink blood?"

1point

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

My mistake was, relatively recently, saying, "I had to care for my elderly mother, who had a tumor and two heart attacks." I was then asked, "Is she dead?"..... (No. And no, they never called me in.)

1point

Eslamala 3 years ago

One of the many reasons I decided to work for myself and by myself is that I was tired of being interviewed by either morons, religious morons, perverts or karens. It got to a point where I went on interviews just to have fun watching their faces distort while I replied to their idiotic questions. My favorites were when they asked about religion, or if I wanted to have more kids, etc.

1point

Monday 3 years ago (edited)

I like weird questions during interviews. Helps to actually hear the person instead of their rehearsed responses.

1point

Vicky Z 3 years ago

Weird yes but most of them were inappropriate and even illegal

1point

??? 3 years ago

I wonder if a porn star has ever been asked to put on some modest clothing and walk around like a decent person.

0points

cybermerlin2000 3 years ago

My daughter went for a job interview at an animal charity with a big yellow banner and was told that to work there she had to be a vegan. She laughed in the interviewers face, stood up and walked out laughing all the way

0points

magnadar 3 years ago

Some of them are just Icebreakers

0points

Seabeast 3 years ago

If it's a rude, pushy, intrusive question, it doesn't matter if it's "just" an icebreaker. They shouldn't be asking it.

2points

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Bobert Robertson 3 years ago

11points

Jackie J. 3 years ago

I would agree, but this is sometimes how you find out that they were in prison for _____ and lied on the earlier part of the application.

0points

Ceredwyn Ealanta 3 years ago

9points

Nikki Sevven 3 years ago

Facts are never boring.

4points

CrunChewy McSandybutt 3 years ago

7points

Mimi777 3 years ago

5points

Stannous Flouride 3 years ago

Most of these questions are illegal. Period. The companies should be reported.

5points

CrunChewy McSandybutt 3 years ago

Certainly. The issue is that proving it is extremely difficult. But, making a complaint to the Labor Board will at least start the paper trail.

2points

Seabeast 3 years ago

Some of these questions may very well come from management manuals written by people who have never actually worked in any industry.

4points

Rhea 3 years ago (edited)

3points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

2points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

I another one they asked me if "as a woman It thought that I could do the job" and if "I would be comfortable working with men". I dont get whats wrong with people.

2points

Chris Malme 3 years ago

1point

toldyouso 3 years ago

1point

Karen Van Cleve 3 years ago

I was interviewing for a clerical job when I was in my late teens. One of the questions was "if I was dying of thirst, would I drink blood?"

1point

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

My mistake was, relatively recently, saying, "I had to care for my elderly mother, who had a tumor and two heart attacks." I was then asked, "Is she dead?"..... (No. And no, they never called me in.)

1point

Eslamala 3 years ago

1point

Monday 3 years ago (edited)

I like weird questions during interviews. Helps to actually hear the person instead of their rehearsed responses.

1point

Vicky Z 3 years ago

Weird yes but most of them were inappropriate and even illegal

1point

??? 3 years ago

I wonder if a porn star has ever been asked to put on some modest clothing and walk around like a decent person.

0points

cybermerlin2000 3 years ago

0points

magnadar 3 years ago

Some of them are just Icebreakers

0points

Seabeast 3 years ago

If it's a rude, pushy, intrusive question, it doesn't matter if it's "just" an icebreaker. They shouldn't be asking it.

2points