Here's the full list of Glassdoor's 25 outrageous
interview questions for 2013:
"If you were to get rid of one state in the U.S., which
would it be and why?" — Asked at Forrester Research, research
associate candidate.
"How many cows are in Canada?" – Asked at Google, for a local data
quality evaluator position.
"How many quarters would you need to reach the height
of the Empire State building?" – Asked at JetBlue, for a job as a
pricing/revenue management analyst.
"A penguin walks through that door right now wearing a
sombrero. What does he say and why is he here?" – Asked at Clark
Construction Group, office engineer candidate.
"What songs best describes your work ethic?" –
Asked at Dell, consumer sales candidate.
"Jeff Bezos walks into your office and says you can have
a million dollars to launch your best entrepreneurial idea. What is it?" –
Asked atAmazon, product
development candidate.
"What do you think about when you are alone in your
car?" – Asked atGallup, for an associate analyst position.
"How would you rate your memory?" – Asked at Marriott, front desk associate
candidate.
"Name three previous Nobel Prize winners." – Asked
at Benefits CONNECT, office manager candidate.
"Can you say: 'Peter Pepper Picked a Pickled Pepper'
and cross-sell a washing machine at the same time?" – Asked at MasterCard, call center
candidate.
"If we came to your house for dinner, what would you
prepare for us?" – Asked at Trader Joe's, crew candidate.
"How would people communicate in a perfect world?"
– Asked at Novell, software engineer candidate.
"How do you make a tuna sandwich?" – Asked at Astron
Consulting, office manager candidate.
"My wife and I are going on vacation, where would you
recommend?" – Asked at PricewaterhouseCoopers, advisory
associate candidate.
"You are a head chef at a restaurant and your team has
been selected to be on 'Iron Chef.' How do you prepare your team for the
competition and how do you leverage the competition for your restaurant?"
– Asked at Accenture, business analyst candidate.
"Estimate how many windows are in New York." –
Asked at Bain & Co., associate consultant candidate.
"What's your favorite song? Perform it for us
now." – Asked atLivingSocial, Adventures City manager candidate.
"Calculate the angle of two clock pointers when time is
11:50." – Asked at Bank of America, software developer
candidate.
"Have you ever stolen a pen from work?" – Asked at Jiffy
Software, software architect candidate.
"Pick two celebrities to be your parents." – Asked
at Urban Outfitters, sales associate candidate.
"What kitchen utensil would you be?" – Asked at Bandwidth.com,
marketer candidate.
"If you had turned your cellphone to silent mode, and
it rang really loudly despite it being on silent, what would you tell me?"
– Asked at Kimberly-Clark, biomedical engineer candidate.
"On a scale from one to 10, rate me as an
interviewer." – Asked at Kraft Foods, general laborer
candidate.
"If you could be anyone else, who would it be?" –
Asked atSalesforce.com, sales representative candidate.
"How would you direct someone else on how to cook an
omelet?" – Asked at Petco, analyst candidate.

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