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5 Surprising Interview Questions to Blow Your Mind

January 17, 2014 By Fred Mitchell Leave a Comment

We said it before, and we will say it again, getting a job these days is not an easy feat, especially if you aim for big brands and large corporations with a history of recruitment that made it into our pop-culture. While some are still holding Google responsible for the craziest, most surprising interview questions to blow your mind and test your reasoning and creative powers, there are others, just like Google, who play the same game and have hidden agendas when starting to question people. Being called to an interview to Amazon, Yahoo or Dell, among others, is a reason to be proud of, in and out of itself, but you also should be ready to be a rock star not only in your field of expertise, but also in their mind – games.

Not long ago, we presented you with a few CV’s and cover letters that we described as funny, desperate or mind – numbing. This time we took a look inside Glassdoor and their list of Oddball Interview Questions for 2013, just to give you a taste of what is coming your way. They also have a list for 2014, but the year is yet to unfold in the HR world, so you better stay tuned. Let’s see 5 surprising interview questions to blow your mind in order to ease your way into the recruitment process.

1. “If you were to get rid of one state in the US, which would it be and why?” – Forrester Research

usa map

Now this one is tricky. People made some brainstorming and the answers are quite puzzling. It may be a trick question, it may be an economics related one or it may revolve around the idea of cooperation, team – work, the greater good and so on. It would be a drag to name the state your interviewer was born in or perhaps not… who knows?

2. “A penguin walks through that door right now wearing a sombrero. What does he say and why is he here?” – Clark construction Group 

penguin sombrero

You’re on your own here. Do you speak Penguin, so you can understand what it says? Does it speak Human, especially English? Do you dare asking your interviewer what did he / she smoke before coming to work this morning? Are they testing your sense of humor? So many variables…

3. “What songs best describes your work ethic.” – Dell

working class hero

Oh, that’s an easy one: “Ain’t no rest for the wicked” by Cage the Elephant. Or at least for us. Just don’t start humming Abba’s “Money, money, money”, they might not like the idea that you’re in it only for the profit. John Lennon’s “Working class hero” sounds good perhaps at a first glance, but it’s a no – no.

4. “Pick two celebrities to be your parents” – Urban Outfitters

brad angelina kids

Now it may not be nice to trade the parents who raised you and loved you and educated you to be the outstanding person you are now for some fame and fortune, but lets face it:  in order to answer these surprising interview questions to blow your mind, you have to be creative, funny and top them at their game with even more mind – blowing answers. So how about Khal Drogo’s son with Daenerys Targaryen? They never said anything about real life celebrities, did they?

5. “What kitchen utensil would you be?” – Bandwidth

kitchen utensils

Is this a personality test? Like a standardized one or something? If you answer “a knife”, would they appreciate you for being sharp, straightforward, liking to reach the core of the problem, or the violent type of person? Would you describe yourself as a Jena glass pot, resistant to heat, reliable and versatile to new approaches? Remember that they want to play tricks on you, so ponder carefully.

There are, of course, dozens of other surprising interview questions to blow your mind. Glassdoor is just one of the many resources on the Internet where you can learn about other candidates’ ordeals when facing the unpredictable. Some questions test rock solid science: they will test your math skills, your mental processes, your deep analysis potential. Other questions are perhaps meant to test your skills of dealing with the unfamiliar and surviving it. In any case, seeing how stranger and stranger the recruitment process has become in the last years, we can only wish you the best of luck.

Filed Under: creative Tagged With: job application, jobs

4 Peoples’ Job Applications that Won’t Get You Hired. Or Will They?

January 14, 2014 By Fred Mitchell Leave a Comment

There is no news that getting hired for the first time in your early career journey or switch the company for a better, more secure job is not an easy feat these days. Actually, it seems so hard to accomplish, that some people seem to have erased everything they knew, heard, learned or accidentally discovered on the Internet related to recruiting, how – to guides and long lists of do’s and don’ts that HR managers repeated over the years to the point of making themselves sick. Some people, against all odds, seem to live in a parallel world of human job recruitment and over the years, the funniest job applications circled the Internet for the amusement and amazement of all the others who are still lacked of imagination enough to write textbook applications.

If you want to step away of the conformist heard and join the crazy bunch, we started to surf the net for a while and came up with 4 peoples’ job applications that won’t get you hired, but turn you into an Internet star. And in some circumstances, this might sound even better than a job in an ABC store. However, since you can’t believe everything that dwells the web, you can also assume some of them are hoaxes, fakes or just media pranks.

1. Seize the opportunity!

CV1

This is not truly a fresh one but it turned out viral in social networks lately, proving to all managers worldwide that when somebody wants a job so badly, there is nothing to stand against them and his future place in the company. This one should be hired just for being motivated, ingenious, persistent, prone to research and able to correct his mistakes, determinate and passionate. Ideal candidate profile! Check the textbook and see if it’s not true! So don’t just optimize your online profile and wait for recruiters to look for you, hunt down that job and nail it!

2. When nothing else works, use your imagination

CV2

So this is a cover letter sent by a person looking for a job in…radio…? It is unclear though, as you go deeper and deeper into his or her hallucination, it’s hard to understand if he or she applies for a sexy chat service or a radio station. Either way, if you want your job application to become viral, all you need to do is talk about your precognitive skills and the projection of your inner animal, preferably an interesting and nonexistent one, like a unicorn or cockatrice or manticore for that matter.

3. Be honest. Or at least kinda

CV3

Now if this is for real… Hat down to the desperate graduate who just turned his / her family’s thousands of dollars spent on his / her education into a complete waste of time. But let’s face it, honesty is the most valuable trait a manager is looking into the employees and this one here just scored First Prize. He / she is awesome, obviously, and not afraid to show it, understands that at some point, the family’s efforts, time and wisely spent money have to be repaid in a royally manner and everything the employer must do to validate this young graduate’s life and hopes for a better future is to offer him / her a job. And he / she is kinda sincere so what else can you ask?

4. Make them cry in joy for getting to receive a job application from you!

CV4

Now this guy managed three things with his cover letter: make you laugh, break your heart and get you curious about him. This is a winner combination most graduates won’t nail not even after a thousand “by the book” job applications.  Sources back in the day were asking themselves if this guy isn’t just the biggest troll that ever blessed the recruitment world, or if he is this genuinely naive, sincere and open – hearted. Tough one to break, but for virality purposes, you can try pull a similar job too.  But this guy? This guy is Divinity’s gift to HR specialists.

For hiring purposes, honesty is perfect and getting the future boss curious enough to call you in for an interview is even better. Some peoples’ job applications that won’t get you hired, but turn you into an Internet star are as funny as can be, still, some old school strategies might be more helpful.

Filed Under: fun Tagged With: funny resumes, job application

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