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10 Oddball Real-world Tech Job Interview Questions by danvery2k6(m): 5:04pm On Mar 25, 2015
As if it isn’t already tough enough to land a job in tech, how would you like to be hit up with one of these strange interview questions?

1. “If you were a pizza delivery man, how would you benefit from scissors?”

Employer: Apple

Job: Specialist

2."Why is a tennis ball fuzzy?”

Employer: Xerox

Job: Client manager

3.“If you could throw a parade of any caliber through the Zappos office, what type of parade would it be?”

Employer: Zappos

Job: Customer Loyalty Team Member

4.“How does the Internet work?”

Employer: Akamai

Job: Director

5.“Are you more of a hunter or gatherer?”

Employer: Dell

Job: Account manager

6.“Can you instruct someone how to make origami “cootie catcher” with just words?”

Employer: LivingSocial

Job: Consumer Advocate

7.“If there was a movie produced about your life, who would play you and why?”

Employer: SinglePlatform

Job: Inside Sales consultant

8.“How honest are you?”

Employer: Allied Telesis

Job: Executive assistant

9.“How many square feet of pizza are eaten in the U.S. each year?”

Employer: Goldman Sachs

Job: Programmer analyst

10.“If you were on an island and could only bring three things, what would you bring?”

Employer: Yahoo

Job: Search quality analyst

src http://www.networkworld.com/article/2287842/infrastructure-management/136468-10-oddball-real-world-tech-job-interview-questions.html
Re: 10 Oddball Real-world Tech Job Interview Questions by Manuelcrc(m): 11:46pm On Mar 25, 2015
These are really oddball questions... Do you have the answer to any of them?
Re: 10 Oddball Real-world Tech Job Interview Questions by danvery2k6(m): 11:45am On Mar 27, 2015
Manuelcrc:
These are really oddball questions... Do you have the answer to any of them?

Say whatever comes to mind. You wouldn't know if you were right or wrong.

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