Why is a manhole cover round? And other crazy interview questions

[93LXHORSE]

I was told by the recruiter I've been working with to be sure and know the answer to that question, as well as do online research to be prepared for some questions that people could be prepared to overthink...

All this for my interview Monday.

What kind of crazy interview questions have you had to field?

[GhostTX]

So it won't go down the hole.

[Baron Von Crowder]

interesting.

http://www.careerfaqs.com.au/careers/interview-questions-and-tips/job-interview-question-and-answer-why-are-manhole-covers-round/

and my favorite comment:

so they can fit in the round hole.

[inline 6]

Because obama didn't design it.

[Sgt Beavis]

Anyone that asks that question wishes they were working for Microsoft..

Or they work at Microsoft..

But man, that is an old one. I remember my Microsoft interview in 2003. I was asked to go think through and whiteboard the entire process of making an M&M. I nailed that one by simply taking more than a minute or two to think about it. Most people just start writing on the white board. They really just wanted to see if I was listening to them..

[ceyko]

I dislike these types of questions.

[93LXHORSE]

Yeah my answer to the recruiter was that it had to be round so it would fit in the hole ... Which is also round.

So it won't fall in is the correct internet search result answer.....


But should I go with .... Cuz the hole it has to fit in is also round? It is somewhat original anyway

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[Sean88gt]

Because everything is in the shape of phallus or a receptacle for it, speaking of, do you like boats?

[Big A]

Yeah my answer to the recruiter was that it had to be round so it would fit in the hole ... Which is also round.

So it won't fall in is the correct internet search result answer.....


But should I go with .... Cuz the hole it has to fit in is also round? It is somewhat original anyway

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That's not original, that's the answer of someone who isn't a critical thinker, which is what someone asking a question like that is testing for. To see who thinks outside the box, or manhole as it were.

[lowthreeohz]

Its the only shape that can't fall in another of itself iirc. Seems silly as an interview question.

[Ruffdaddy]

It's a stupid question. I've never been asked it thankfully because i think I would just blow it way out of the water. "A triangle won't fall back into itself either. It's really because pipes are round. Did you know ththat some road race courses weld covers down to keep them from getting sucked out of place by the underbody aero?"

The questions you ask and enthusiasm you show will mean more than rehearsed answers. Demonstrate your value and think of ways to relate your current experience to the new job.

[Ruffdaddy]

Its the only shape that can't fall in another of itself iirc. Seems silly as an interview question.

Equilateral triangle...many shapes with an odd number of sides won't actually.

That answer is flat wrong.

[lincolnboy]

Why is there package of 8 hotdog weiners and package of 10 hotdog buns.

[DieselSmoke]

"Why is the sky blue? Why is the grass green? How does posi-trak on a Plymouth work? Some things we'll never know."

[93LXHORSE]

Well stupid or not I gotta be prepared. This is the job I've been talking about in my other thread..... And though I've already interviewed, received the offer etc, I'm on thin ice already because this is the VP that shot it down due to the background issue. Now that's fixed and he wants to see for himself who I am. So I can assume that I can just as easily blow it if I'm not prepared.


I generally prepare and interview well though.

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