Today’s LA Times featured an article about the unusual antics and questions that some companies are using to hire their talent.  I’ve included the list of oddball interview questions that were included as well as the top reasons applicants made poor impressions during their interviews.

 Oddball questions:

Name five uses for a stapler, without the staples

What is 37 times 37?

Are you exhaling warm air?

Room, desk or car-which do you clean first?

How would you get an elephant into a refrigerator?

Would Gandhi have made a good software engineer?

What do you think of garden gnomes?

Please spell “diverticulitis”

How many planes are currently flying over Kansas?

Does life fascinate you?

Reason applicants made poor impressions:

Answered cellphone during interview

Dressed inappropriately

Appeared uninterested

Spoke negatively about a current or previous employer

Chewed gun

Didn’t provide specific answer

Didn’t ask good questions 

The GREAT news is that we are seeing getting busier and busier in ALL of our offices!  There are great jobs and excellent companies out there so now is the time to get serious about that career search.  We’ll be there every step of the way to guide you through the maze of questions and interviews and be your advocate to get that job!  And the most oddball question we hope to ask you is “when can you start??!!!” 

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Karenjo Goodwin
Founder/CEO