16 Incredible readers told what was the strangest question they had to answer in a job interview

Since most of us have to work to survive, most of us also have to go through the pre-hire stage, that is, the job interview. In general, people are very nervous when they are interviewed, after all they feel that they are being tested, and indeed that is what happens. However, in the search for the perfect candidate, some interviewers end up going overboard and asking completely out of place questions that leave candidates completely unresponsive.

With that in mind, the team at awesome.club wanted to know what was the weirdest question people have ever had to answer in a job interview. Check out the best stories and don’t forget to read the bonus at the end, where the most fun isn’t even the questions, but the candidates’ answers and reactions.

I wanted a job as a general accountant at a major company and was asked the following question: “What is two plus two?” My response was, “How much do you want it to be?” I’ve been with the company for 40 years. © Papa Harley / Facebook I was asked how many children I had and I said one. Then they told me: “The job will be yours if you bring a certificate that confirms that you are operated on and that you cannot have others”. © Laddy Naranjo / FacebookI traveled four hours to Valencia for an interview at a German mechanical products company. One of the questions was, “What color are your underwear?” In the room were the person responsible for HR, a supervisor and a director. After a while, I asked, “Why this kind of question?” The woman who had taken the psychometric test said that anyone who could answer without looking was capable of anything. © Luis Clara / Facebook I was told: “If you worked for me and I hired someone less prepared for your area more than once, what would you do?” I replied: “I would fire you, because your job is exactly to hire people”. © Arnold Reynoso / Facebook I’ve been asked if I laugh at my friends’ jokes. Of course I said yes, and started laughing. They told me they couldn’t hire me because I didn’t take anything seriously. © Yadialexis Insuasty / Facebook

They asked me several: “Do you think about having more children?” (I’m 50 years old). “Where do you see yourself in 10 years?” (I thought: “aged 60”, but of course I didn’t say that). “Do you own a home? Husband? Do you like people? What would you do for this job?” © Carmina Luengo Rodriguez / Facebook If I liked coffee. I said yes, and was asked if I was the one who made coffee at home. I said no, that I would like someone else to do it, and they told me: “So you are not independent?” To which I replied: “That’s not what you asked me; you asked if I liked to make coffee. In my work, I don’t depend on anyone for my experience, and blah blah blah.” I got the job. © Oreibys Chaviano / FacebookOnce, I went to an interview and the manager asked me how much a nearby volcano weighed. I said I needed more data and he told me no, to respond right away. I think that’s why he didn’t consider me for the job. © Manuel Alvarenga / FacebookAs a student, I went for an interview to work part-time in a laundry and was asked: “How many people live in your state, in your city, in your country? And in the world?” I think he was concerned with this data to deliver and receive clothes. © Lucy Sanchez / Facebook

I wanted to work in a cinema and the interviewer asked me: “From 1 to 10, how would you rate the relationship you have with your mother?” I kept thinking, because I didn’t know how to say that she’s why I’m going to therapy. In the end, I said 8 or 9, thinking that the thing would end there. But not. The next question was: “And why not 10?” To which I replied: “Because I think there are better relations than ours”. They didn’t hire me. © Kenya H. Estrada / Facebook I was once asked if when I rode the bus I counted the cars of a certain color that passed by. I said no, so you wouldn’t think I was crazy. But I guess I should have said yes. They didn’t call me anymore. © Mirla Soto / FacebookIn an interview I was given an analogue watch, not a digital one, and told to look at it carefully. I looked closely at the brand, the size, the lettering, the model. Three minutes later, they took it away from me and asked: “What time did the clock show?” It was the first thing I had seen, because it marked a different time from the real one. I was hired. © Guadalupe Chávez González / Facebook

In an interview, I was asked what I knew how to do, to which I replied without thinking twice: “I know how to create a fuss”. © Orlando Casadiego / FacebookThe boss asked me, “How much do you want to earn?” My answer: “I don’t know, see how I work and decide”. He told me he would pay minimum wage, but he ended up paying three times that amount, and I’ve been working at the same company for 33 years. Excellent person. © Doñita Alvarez / FacebookI was once interviewed by a man who would say nothing about anything. He spoke very fast and no matter how much I asked him to speak more slowly, he still didn’t understand a word. I thanked and left. A pity, because it was a good job. © Ireland Barrón / Facebook After a long interview, when I was opening the door to leave, the psychologist asked me: “Inês, are you very flighty?” I said no, and he said to me: “You forgot your bag on the chair…” © Inés Martín / Facebook

Have you ever been through a situation like this? What’s the weirdest question you’ve ever been asked in a job interview?