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What was the most intriguing question you were asked during an interview?

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Re: What was the most intriguing question you were asked during an interview?

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Why do I want this job?

Which isn't unusual, but was in context where I was applying at a retail sports clothing store with a degree in engineering, because I had too much free time on a few weekdays. Ironically I outlasted many generations of turnovers for most of the fall/winter, and finally quit from rushing to get there on time after my day job and excessive parking tickets.

Re: What was the most intriguing question you were asked during an interview?

#9
"When did you last fail your colleagues really badly and what did you do to fix it?"

Saying "I don't think I ever fucked up really badly" was not an option, and the interviewer clearly told me "listen, I have to fill this form and it asks this". So I started making up bullshit answers, but of course I didn't want to make up something so bad I would fail the interview. And every time, the interviewer would say "hmm, but that is not really a big fuck up. What else do you have?".

Interviews are weird. Makes me think that when a company behaves like this, I should just tell them that I am not really interested anymore. But usually when you apply somewhere you want the job, right?

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