Quirkest interview questions that you have heard of:

[sheep girl]

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1. Why is water tasteless?

2. Since the Industrial Revolution, give us an example of something the has undergone an evolutionary change.

 

[Mark G]

Do fish feel pain?

I actually thought it was a great question, since I put fishing down as a hobby on my application.

 

[dyachei]

During my interview last year, one of the interviewers asked me if i thought that the ability to grow meat on petri dishes would mean an eventual end to swine, cattle, and poultry operations.

I have no idea where the question came from. I have him now for physiology, and he's an odd man. Our first class with him he brought in the digestive tract of a chicken and stretched it out on a dowel with some hooks to show us how long it was.

 

[chordy4]

2. Since the Industrial Revolution, give us an example of something the has undergone an evolutionary change.

man, i would have been stoked if i had gotten the industrial revolution question...well maybe...that was like the famous example they always talked about in biology class...some moth species that used to be rather light colored/white and then after IR they became darker in color since the "darker" end of the continuum was selected for since the lighter colored moths were being eaten by birds.

sorry, ramble..but i was excited i actually knew something 😀

 

[ratbandit]

Why do Americans like to shoot their presidents?

 

[airrick16]

Here are samples of poor responses to several interview questions:

What is the greatest adversity you have ever faced and how did you deal with it?
- Losing my dog Pongo...I didn't. I just repressed it. Consequently I act out my frustration violently on others. Did I mention I wet the bed?

How do you feel about euthanasia?
- I love it!

OR

I hear they're good at math...

How do you plan to pay for vet school?
- Begging and prostitution

Why and when did you decide you wanted to be a veterinarian?
- Veterinarian?!? (run out of room)

 

[August24]

One of my friends last year got some sort of question that asked her to name all the 50 states and their capitols. I told the veterinarian I was shadowing at the time about that question. Apparently, he and his human physician wife spent the long drive home from their camp that weekend trying to complete the task together. They couldn't do it.

 

[eventualeventer]

The sad thing is that I *could* have given you all of the state capitols when I was about 8. Now? Ummmmm. I'll work on it.

 

[variegata]

I can name all the states since I still know the song (I can only give them to you in alphabetical order for the same reason). Capitols...yeah, right. In fifth grade, sure. Not anymore.

What a bizarre question.

 

[DVMorBust]

Fifty nifty United states...from thirteen original colonies...

 

[bardsle1]

Fifty nifty United states...from thirteen original colonies...

great song.. 😛

 

[alliecat44]

2. Since the Industrial Revolution, give us an example of something the has undergone an evolutionary change.

Any bacteria or virus would fit the bill here. 🙂

Man, I'm procrastinating on studying for finals...!

P.S. Good luck, everyone!

 

[HopefulAg]

I must have never learned that song. I can visualize the map of the US and tick them off methodically from left to right. Otherwise I'm sunk lol.


And capitols. Shiiiiieetttt, I didn't know them perfectly in 5th grade and I sure as hell don't know them now!

Austin, Texas. One down!

 

[that70sfan11]

Everyone should be thankful for good ol' Oklahoma!
Capitol = Oklahoma City!! 😎

we are quite original!

(although the original capitol was Guthrie, but I won't get into that...)

 

[OnceBitten]

I was asked if I'm a fan of Twilight LOL.

It was actually relevant to the conversation, though, and not something they would have asked me without a good lead-up to that point.

 

[Perfbird]

I couldn't tell you all the capitols of US states (I always mix up my N. and S. state capitols), but if I was asked to name all 54 African countries and their capitols I could do it. I took a demographics class in HS and for some reason I still remember all my African stuff. It's a pretty neat thing to whip out at a nerd party, I must admit.

 

[Armymutt25A]

I was asked if I'm a fan of Twilight LOL.

It was actually relevant to the conversation, though, and not something they would have asked me without a good lead-up to that point.

Sadly, I had to look this up. Twilight to me is the time when you can't see squat in wooded terrain - right before sunrise and just after sunset.

 

[Walsh1122]

man, i would have been stoked if i had gotten the industrial revolution question...well maybe...that was like the famous example they always talked about in biology class...some moth species that used to be rather light colored/white and then after IR they became darker in color since the "darker" end of the continuum was selected for since the lighter colored moths were being eaten by birds.

sorry, ramble..but i was excited i actually knew something 😀

That was the first thing I though of when I read the original post.

 

[rileyroo]

I couldn't tell you all the capitols of US states (I always mix up my N. and S. state capitols), but if I was asked to name all 54 African countries and their capitols I could do it. I took a demographics class in HS and for some reason I still remember all my African stuff. It's a pretty neat thing to whip out at a nerd party, I must admit.

i was the same way for the countries of South America, but i couldn't do it now. 🙁

 

[eventualeventer]

You know, I'm really good at going off on tangents and never addressing the OP.

For the water question, I'd probably say something about how water is part of our bodies and constantly secreted in our saliva, so even if we had sensory neurons in our mouth that were able to taste water, our brain would start ignoring their input after a while (kind of like how you don't notice sounds or smells once you get used to them).

Chordy, that's the Peppered Moth, if you wanted to feel extra technical. 😀 My first thought was HIV and how it changed from SIV and became adapted to the human host.

 

[168135]

Naw, the first thing I thought of was the peppered moth too. I think we went over that example in at least 3 different classes.

 

[smilin1590]

What happens if you didn't have an answer to a question such as the states and capitols one? I sure as hell don't know half the capitals! I know mine...Springfield (although people who are not from Illinois always think it's Chicago, at least the people I've met anyway LOL)

 

[bardsle1]

What happens if you didn't have an answer to a question such as the states and capitols one? I sure as hell don't know half the capitals! I know mine...Springfield (although people who are not from Illinois always think it's Chicago, at least the people I've met anyway LOL)

yes lol.. michigan's capital does not = detroit 🙂

 

[twelvetigers]

Lansing! Woot!

 

[jpeterman13]

yes lol.. michigan's capital does not = detroit 🙂

good thing too...most of detroit is a hell hole.

 

[dullflame]

Well, there is that one song from Animaniacs, Wakko's America...

Baton Rouge Louisiana, Indianapolis Indiana, and Columbus is the capital of O-hi-o...etc haha

 

[twelvetigers]

OMG I REMEMBER THAT !!

I loved that show.

Helloooooooo nurse!

 

[Minnerbelle]

um... i was asked in my osu interview about how my boyfriend situation is turning out 😱

i guess it was fair game since i put it in my supplemental... i mean the question was "tell me about the last time you had to make a decision in an uncertain situation. how did you come to your decision, what were the consequences, and yada yada yada."

i really couldn't think of anything and it was due the next day... and it really honestly was the LAST time i made a major decision in an uncertain situation...

i pretty much wrote about how i moved in with my boyfriend of 4 months after college, with the promise that if our relationship went south then we would both be responsible enough to maintain a respectful bedroom-mate relationship until our lease was up. and i said overall, things were fine. i even extended the lease, but we had a few bumps along the road. the bumps being my bf's infidelity issues 😡. i wrote about how because of that pact i made int he beginning, i let him explain himself and i realized how it wasn't about how he felt about me, but more about his self-confidence issues... sigh...

so i told my interviewers that well, we're still living together but we've broken up since because he just has commitment issues that he needs to work out, and that really wasn't my problem. i also went on to say how we're getting a long soooo much better now that we're broken up and how we're good friends now. we all got a good laugh about it as we were starting to close up the interview.

 

[ckd816]

um... i was asked in my osu interview about how my boyfriend situation is turning out 😱

i guess it was fair game since i put it in my supplemental... i mean the question was "tell me about the last time you had to make a decision in an uncertain situation. how did you come to your decision, what were the consequences, and yada yada yada."

i really couldn't think of anything and it was due the next day... and it really honestly was the LAST time i made a major decision in an uncertain situation...

i pretty much wrote about how i moved in with my boyfriend of 4 months after college, with the promise that if our relationship went south then we would both be responsible enough to maintain a respectful bedroom-mate relationship until our lease was up. and i said overall, things were fine. i even extended the lease, but we had a few bumps along the road. the bumps being my bf's infidelity issues 😡. i wrote about how because of that pact i made int he beginning, i let him explain himself and i realized how it wasn't about how he felt about me, but more about his self-confidence issues... sigh...

so i told my interviewers that well, we're still living together but we've broken up since because he just has commitment issues that he needs to work out, and that really wasn't my problem. i also went on to say how we're getting a long soooo much better now that we're broken up and how we're good friends now. we all got a good laugh about it as we were starting to close up the interview.

WOW! That's crazy but it sounds like you handled it well. Congrats on your acceptances! 🙂

 

[Minnerbelle]

WOW! That's crazy but it sounds like you handled it well. Congrats on your acceptances! 🙂

haha, thanks ckd! I almost had a heart attack when she brought that up...

 

[marycatherine]

I don't think I could ever talk about my love life in a well-written essay, I'm really impressed that you did!