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Top 25 oddball
job interview questions of 2011
Dayton Business Journal...
by Laura Englehart, Reporter
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
The weirdest job interview questions of the year — and the companies
that asked them — have been compiled by California-based Glassdoor.com
in the Top 25 Oddball Interview Questions of 2011.
Included in the list are several companies with operations in the
Dayton area, including Deloitte, American Airlines and Best Buy.
Questions were shared by tens of thousands of job candidates during the
past year.
Note: Click below for complete list of Top 25 oddball questions.
Scott Dobroski, Glassdoor Inc. spokesperson, said companies ask oddball
questions to find out how candidates think.
“They’re asking these tough oddball questions because they want to make
sure it’s a good fit for them — the company and the candidate. It’s not
about getting the right answer. They want to know how you think and how
you think critically,” Dobroski told the Dayton Business Journal.
Among this year’s toughest, and weirdest, questions are:
• “How many people are using Facebook in San Francisco at 2:30 p.m. on
a Friday?” — asked by Google Inc.
• “If Germans were the tallest people in the world, how would you prove
it?” — asked by Hewlett-Packard Co.
• “How would you cure world hunger?” — asked by Amazon.com
Inc.
• “How many different ways can you get water from a lake at the foot of
a mountain, up to the top of the mountain?” — asked by Walt Disney
Co.
Note: Click in comment box at bottom of page to tell us how you would
answer these.
The best thing a candidate can do when faced with these types of
questions is to not rush their answer or get flustered, Dobroski said.
“When faced with tough questions like these, take a deep breath and
sound out your thinking process. Walk the interviewer through how you
would get to the answer,” he said.
Sausalito, Calif.-based Glassdoor is an online career and jobs
community that offers insights on companies and workplaces. It launched
in 2008 and allows users to share their experiences with different
companies.
Read the story and see the complete list at Dayton Business Journal
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