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Interviewers really need to start coming up with better questions than these 19 oddities

We’re not sure whether u/R3D1TJ4CK has been looking for a job or hiring, but they asked Reddit a question that struck a chord with a lot of people.

What is the most disrespectful or stupid question you have been asked in a job interview?

These 19 were our favourites.

1.


moonprismpower92
Via

2.

If the building was on fire what would you do?

“I’d be leaving along with everyone else” like what the fuck?
bustergaming777

3.

I was asked if I was a stripper because I worked nights at my previous job 🤦🏼‍♀️
LadyNajaGirl

4.

I had an interview at lush and got asked what 3 albums I’d bring to a desert island. Also what scent if be and why.
UnicornBiologist37

5.


prustage
Via

6.

Someone once asked me “how many uses can you come up with for a tennis ball, other than playing tennis?”

I repeated that old urban legend that you can break into Porsches with half a tennis ball. Didn’t get the job.
Joe_Kinincha

7.

“If you compared yourself to a takeaway, what would it be and why?”
cmdrxander

8.

“What do you think of the EU?”
MFA_Nay

9.

If I was a biscuit what biscuit would I be and why.
bandaian

Did you go for the controversial answer… jaffa cake?
dragon8733

10.

I got asked ‘Which football team do you support?’ as the 2nd/3rd question. I must have said the wrong answer as all I got was the ‘sucked air through gritted teeth noise’ and the guy filling the sheet in put a big cross in one of the boxes.
Mouse_Party_2