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May 09, 2008, 05:24 PM ET
Huh? If I Were a Dog?!
I’m in exams this coming week, so I’m in the mood for something funny. Do any of you have stories about down-right weird interview questions?
One of my previous departments was interviewing an on-campus candidate many years ago and the interview had gone pretty well. At lunch we were getting a little silly and somehow we got to going around the table describing each other in terms of dog breed. As I recall, I was a golden retriever or a border collie (pretty good breeds for a department chair). One of my colleagues looked straight at the candidate and said, “So, if you were a dog, what kind of dog would you be?” The look on that poor woman’s face was priceless. Fortunately, after she regained her composure, she gave a great answer that defused what had suddenly turned into a tense moment.
Of course, I have a touch of dyslexia, so I sat there pondering “If I were a god, what kind of god would I be?” That might be a good question too, though it would definitely qualify as a weird question.
So, any weird questions out there that seemed to have come out of left field?
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