orly

I got "How much do you like food?" in my interview (as a web designer).

After getting the job it was pointed out that Friday Lunch is a serious deal and picky eaters aren't favourable. Luckily I'll try just about anything except sushi.

rwin

One of the first questions asked in a recent interview was, "What do you think of the commute?" The reason was because the previous guy they intereviewed was offered the job but turned it down because of the commute. They are still using that as an interview question.

dbd33

That's a usual question here. People either commute daily, typically spending three hours or so per day doing it, or fly in and out weekly. It seems to me to be a reasonable thing to ask about; you don't want to hire someone who isn't going to turn up just because some roads or airports are closed.

Mr Bean

Thank you very much. I just got bollocked by the missus for shitting my pants laughing. That is way, way too funny. LMAO

haggis88

Not at the interview, but once i'd got the job (apprentice aero engineer), we had a sort of ice-breaking type of session and a question posed was:

A man built a rectangular house with all four sides facing south.

A bear walked past the house, what colour is the bear?

pfw

White - house at North Pole.

I would probably ask an apprentice aero engineer why wings work upside down...just because I'd like to know, I looked this up once and still don't understand it.

Oakvillian

or, for the sake of resurrecting a thread that ran for pages and pages a few years ago:

Imagine a plane is sitting on a massive hypothetical conveyor belt, as wide and as long as a runway. The conveyor belt is designed to match the speed of the plane exactly but moves in the opposite direction. The engines are running at take-off thrust, the brakes are off, etc. Everything is normal save for the fact the plane is on a treadmill.

Can the plane take off?

pfw

Based on a number of factors, the most significant being the number of glasses of wine consumed this evening, I go with "yes".

But that's the obvious answer, so probably wrong. I wouldn't employ me either.

haggis88

that question was posed to us aswell (the treadmill one)

i can't remember the conclusion we came to, but it does depend on how the question is worded as to whether the plane will take off (i think)

but the way you've asked it, yes...the plane will take off!

Shard

A good question! My guess is no. The plane would be stationary relative to the air around it so would not generate any lift. ?

Zoe Bell

Then plane doesn't take off but that's probably because I've got my feet on the brakes instead of the rudder ( at least thats what my instructor tells me when we are hurtling towards the lake with no sign of lift off!)

januarymix

What's the answer, for the stupid please

dg31

If all 4 sides of a rectangle face south then it MUST be built at the North Pole (as there's nowhere else on earth that that is possible).

What colour of bear lives at the North Pole?

Animal

See post #36

Polar bear so White and the house was built on the North Pole.

Almost Canadian

Of course it will, the wheels just spin faster. Didn't Mythbusters demonstrate this?

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