I don't like the "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" question because I hope to be self employed in that time frame.
"There are no finger prints under water."
One of the strangest that I heard was "In the 1980 Winter Olympics, the USA's Mens Hockey team won the gold medal and it was known as the "miracle on ice". Who did they beat in the final round to win the gold?"
This was in Texas and was supposed to stump me, in which case the answer was supposed to be "I don't know but I'll find out and get back to you on it." or worse get me to blurt out the wrong answer as "the miracle" was beating Russia in the previous round. I'm from MN and happen to have a friend who's brother in law that was on that team, so of course I knew the answer was Finland.
So of course I answer the question correctly, which kinda threw the guy asking the question off his game, he replied "I've never had anyone actually know that off the top of their head."
I am from TX and for job interview in Pennsylvania...Are you a Dallas Cowboys Fan? My answer no....which is true! Got the job offer on Monday...
Questions I loathe:
"Do you have any problem working with homosexuals?"
A: I don't have a problem with anyone as long as they do their job.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem. --TJ
it reminded me of this bit. The real answer for me was "Debt free and still working here."
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Who are you to want to escape a thugs bullet? That is only a personal prejudice, ( Atlas Shrugged)
"Those that don't watch the old media are uninformed, those that do watch the old media are misinformed." - Mark Twain