Global recruitment company, Glassdoor, has updated its list of the toughest job interview questions, detailing the hardest questions being asked by some of the biggest companies in the world right now.<\/p>\n
The questions are based on 27 different fields and are ranked on how “tough” they are to answer\u00a0 based on expert analysis and community feedback.<\/p>\n
What Makes an Interview Tough?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n According to new Glassdoor economic research<\/a>, the following are factors that drive interview difficulty: Number of interview screens, company size, type of employer (public vs. private), education and age.<\/p>\n “While most of these don\u2019t come as a surprise, we found that hospitals have the toughest job interview process with a 9.7 percent higher difficulty rating compared to the average. Non-profits followed with 9.6 percent,” noted the report.<\/p>\n The report also found that gender does not have any affect on interview difficulty \u2014 it appears most employers apply the same rigor to interview processes to male and female candidates.<\/p>\n 1. \u201cHow do you explain a vending machine to someone who hasn\u2019t seen or used one before?\u201d\u2014Global Data Analyst<\/span><\/a>, Bloomberg L.P.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 2. \u201cHow many fire hydrants are there in Los Angeles County?\u201d\u2014Software Engineer<\/span><\/a>, Disney Interactive Studios<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 3. \u201cIf your current employer had an anniversary party for you, what five words would be written on the cake to describe you?\u201d\u2014District Manager<\/span><\/a>, Express<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 4. \u201cWho in history would you want to go to dinner with and why?\u201d\u2014Flight Attendant<\/span><\/a>, PSA Airlines<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 5. \u201cProve that hoop stress is twice the longitudinal stress in a cylindrical pressure vessel.\u201d\u2014Test Operations Engineer<\/span><\/a>, SpaceX<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 6. \u201cWhat\u2019s the capital of Canada?\u201d\u2014Team Leader<\/span><\/a>, OpticsPlanet<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 7. \u201cName a brand that represents you as a person.\u201d\u2014Brand Strategist<\/span><\/a>, Twitter<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 8. \u201cEstimate how many employees in the next building\u201d\u2014Data Scientist<\/span><\/a>, Risk Management Solutions<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 9. \u201cHow many happy birthday posts do you think Facebook gets in one day?\u201d\u2014Sales Operations<\/span><\/a>, Facebook<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 10. \u201cIf you could take anyone on a road trip with you, who would you take and why?\u201d\u2014Educator<\/span><\/a>, <\/em>lululemon<\/span><\/p>\n 11. \u201cWhat is the first thing you\u2019d print with a 3D printer if you had one?\u201d\u2014Linux Systems Administrator I<\/span><\/a>, Rackspace<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 12. \u201cIf you had to take only one item to a deserted island, what would that be?\u201d\u2014Customer Service Specialist<\/span><\/a>, Squarespace<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 13. \u201cPlease describe an instance where you had to make a decision without all of the necessary information.\u201d\u2014Analytics<\/span><\/a>, <\/em>athenahealth<\/span><\/p>\n 14. \u201cHow do you reverse a text string on the Unix command line?\u201d\u2014Developer<\/span><\/a>, Capital One<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 15. \u201cIf you are in a boat with a boulder and you drop that boulder into the lake, how does the water level before and after you drop the boulder in the lake compare?\u201d\u2014Mechanical Design Engineer<\/span><\/a>, Apple<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 16. \u201cYou have been asked to lead a multi-million dollar, multi-year grant that will be supported across several companies and universities. How do you start?\u201d\u2014Research Scientist<\/span><\/a>, Ford Motor Company<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 17. \u201cSell me on one idea, and then sell me on the opposite of that idea.\u201d\u2014Solarwinds Administrator<\/span><\/a>, Blizzard Entertainment<\/em><\/p>\n 18. \u201cHow would you go about to find the top five Java Developers in a certain\u00a0area.\u201d\u2014Technical Recruiter<\/span><\/a>, Google<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 19. \u201cWhat is the probability of an integer from 1 to 60,000 not having the digit 6?\u201d\u2014Quantitative Developer<\/span><\/a>, AKUNA CAPITAL<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 20. \u201cIf you were a Muppet, which character would you be?\u201d\u2014Donor Family Advocate<\/span><\/a>, LifeNet Health<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 21. \u201cGive me 48 cents using six coins. Tell me quantity and value of the six coins.\u201d\u2014Human Resource Manager<\/span><\/a>, Wintec<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 22. \u201cWrite an equation to optimize the marketing spend between Facebook and Twitter campaigns.\u201d\u2014Analyst (Data Science)<\/span><\/a>, Uber<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 23. \u201cWhat is the angle at 3:15?\u201d\u2014Implementation Consultant<\/span><\/a>, Fast Enterprises<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 24. \u201cWhat part of the newspaper do you read first? What does this say about you?\u201d\u2014Audit<\/span><\/a>, BDO USA<\/em><\/p>\n 25. \u201cIf a coworker had an annoying habit, and it hindered your quality of work, how would you resolve it?\u201d\u2014Production Technician<\/span><\/a>, Procter & Gamble<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 26. \u201cThrow your resume aside and tell me what makes you you.\u201d \u2014Sales Executive<\/span><\/a>, Zillow<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 27. \u201cHow would you find the square root of 1.2?\u201d \u2014Hardware Engineer<\/span><\/a>, Jump Trading<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\n
\n