"Tell me a joke" interview question

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chargersfan

chargersfan

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So I during my mock interview I was asked this question, "So, tell me a joke?" I had some trouble with this (as I am naturally not very witty) and I was wondering if anyone else has encountered this question on the interview trail. Or what would be a good appropriate joke to tell?
 
doctor: im not sure what the cause of your jaundice is...i think it could be due to alcohol
patient: thats okay, i can come back when you are sober.
 
Did you hear about that nurse who swallowed a razor blade? Yeah, she lacerated her esophagus, performed her own cholecystectomy and appendectomy and circumcised three doctors....
 
VentJockey said:
Did you hear about that nurse who swallowed a razor blade? Yeah, she lacerated her esophagus, performed her own cholecystectomy and appendectomy and circumcised three doctors....
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The dirtier the joke the better...lol
 
Where do you hide money from a surgeon?
In the chart.

Where do you hide money from an internist?
Under a wound dressing.

Where do you hide money from a neurosurgeon?
With his family.

Where do you hide money from a cardiologist?
Trick question! You can't hide money from a cardiologist.

Why do they put nails in a coffin?
To keep heme/onc's from giving one more round of chemo.

I was never asked to tell a joke in an interview, but definitely exchanged jokes during the tours of the hospital (they can get pretty boring... A ward is a ward is a ward).
 
^those are pretty good, Frisbee.

God, the first jokes that popped into my mind were Yo Mama jokes, specifically Yo Mama is so stupid that when she got locked in a supermarket overnight she starved to death. haha I love that one
 
Where do you hide a $100 bill from a pediatrician?
You don't have to, a pediatrician doesn't know what one looks like.

Where do you hide a $100 bill from a dermatologist?
The call room.

Where do you hide a $100 bill from a general surgeon?
Tape it to the forehead of their firstborn child.
 
umean2tellme said:
Interviewer: Tell me a joke.
Applicant: Your program is a joke. **drops the mic and walks away**
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Yeah I did something similar to that on the last day of interviews (I just wanted to get a free lunch as I heard it was great as well as get out of rotations for a day)
I did it more civilly though
 
A ob/gyn gets fed up with the ridiculous malpractice insurance and decides to quit and become a mechanic. He enrolls in mechanic school and does really well. The day of the final exam comes which entails completely disassembling a car and putting it back together in working order. The ex-ob/gyn does his best and waits expectantly for his final grade. On the day the grades are released, the former baby catcher sees his final grade listed as 150%! Perplexed, he asks the instructor why he had such a high grade.

The instructor says, "I gave you 50% for completely disassembling the car perfectly, 50% for putting it back in working order without error, and 50% for doing it all through the tailpipe."
 
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