Fuck, i love using weird interview questions as an icebreaker
My fav is 'why is a manhole cover round'
And i never expect the real reason, i only ever ask to see how someone will answer. Do they shoot off the first thing that comes to mind, or are they willing to ask for a moment to think about it. Does their answer reflect a focus on process or utility? Do they give up? Do they ask for help?
I've never been dissatisfied with an answer and it's always a fun insite into their personality and usually loosens them right up. Peer interviews are awesome on my team.
"Because circles are aesthetically pleasing."
May I have the actual reason in exchange, please? XD
A round lid always fits no matter the orientation, no other shape does. And fiddling with a heavy slab of metal should always be as easy as possible. They make steel toed boots, but what I really need sometimes are steel fingertip gloves. No pinchy.
I love the SHIT out of this answer!
The 'right' answer is because it's the only shape that can't fall through it's own hole. If you turn a square or rectangular lid sideways it can fall in.
Your favorite interview questions
- Why is a manhole cover round
- Why is a circle so special
- Why is a feminist a woman?
- Why is a pneuma atmoshpere more stable than an f-load of electrons?
- Why does human penis smell so bad?
- Why is Ayn Rand a terrible writer?
- Why is JK Rowling such a horrible person?
- Why is keeping a kitchen unusable so irritating?
- Why does Harry Potter ruin childhoods?
- Why does every square inch of America belong to the US government?
- Why is John F. Kennedy so boring?
- Why do Americans hate Christianity?
- Why is the Higgs Boson so special?
- Why does a woman's vagina sometimes feel wet?
- Why are electrical currents slippery things?
- Why is TNC terrible?
