toughest interview question you wish you'd have thought about beforehand

[marthpodi]

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Well, title says it all -- what is it that all us applicants should started pondering?

🙂

 

[Chronotropic]

Why are man hole covers round?
How many times a week do you masturbate?

I didn't get these but others interviewing at my state school got them.

The only hard question I got was "Can you tell me of a time when your strengths did not help you?"

 

[Desdemona]

"What part of your application are you most proud of?" That was at Stanford. It TOTALLY threw me off.

 

[vivekap2007]

How old are you?
followed by,"So then what happened to your hair?"

 

[ramonmcguire]

Originally posted by vivekap2007
How old are you?
followed by,"So then what happened to your hair?"

Good God, I hope you are joking.

 

[nichols195]

"how many times do you masturbate a week" question at cincy
not asked to me but to a student my advisor advises....my advisor said this student actually answered them with a number! poor kid, now THAT IS FUNNY

 

[Bonds756]

Originally posted by danwsu
Why are man hole covers round?

That is a good question, albeit not for an interview. Anyone know the answer?

 

[SolidGold]

Originally posted by nichols195
"how many times do you masturbate a week" question at cincy
not asked to me but to a student my advisor advises....my advisor said this student actually answered them with a number! poor kid, now THAT IS FUNNY

OMG!! That poor kid must really have been nervous!

I wonder if he was respected for his answer because he was honest,

 

[Curci]

Originally posted by Bonds756
That is a good question, albeit not for an interview. Anyone know the answer?

It's so they don't fall down the hole.

 

[nichols195]

Originally posted by SolidGold
OMG!! That poor kid must really have been nervous!

I wonder if he was respected for his answer because he was honest,

I dont know if he got in. Imagine the awkwardness of sitting in that guys lecture if he did get in!

 

[BrainDrain]

Originally posted by Curci
It's so they don't fall down the hole.

Being round allows you to roll them easier because they're so heavy. I don't know, just a guess.

 

[tryingagain]

A circle is the only geometry that will not fall inside itself. Therefore the poster who said so they don't fall the hole is right.

A square, triangle, etc all could fall down the hole if oriented right. A circle simply cannot do this.

God I feel like a nerd for knowing that.

 

[abw]

Originally posted by tryingagain
A circle is the only geometry that will not fall inside itself. Therefore the poster who said so they don't fall the hole is right.

A square, triangle, etc all could fall down the hole if oriented right. A circle simply cannot do this.

God I feel like a nerd for knowing that.

They actually demonstrated the whole 'why a manhole is round' thing on sesame street back in the day (early 80s) -i feel like even more of a nerd for remembering that

 

[marthpodi]

thanks guys -- definately very helpful 🙄

thanks to those who gave serious answers -- and also that manhole thing, never knew that.

You're kidding about the masturbating, right? 😱

 

[USeF]

some memorable questions I've been asked or heard asked

• "when was the last time you cried" (asked to a male)
• "what do you enjoy more, throwing a party or attending one?"
• "name a recent experience where you felt truly 'moved' by something"
• "do you think more about assisting individuals or communities?"

 

[CRAZYTERP]

Hardest questinon I ever had was at my first interview at UMD in Bmore.

"Why don't you want to be a doctor?"

I was like wtf!

 

[indianboy]

From a friend at a Cornell interview:

You are in a forest with your best friend hiking (both men), and while your friend was urinating, he was bitten by a venomous snake in the penis. The only way to save him is to suck the venom out. What would you do?

Hope that Helps.

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