Chances are that if you’ve opened this article, you are in a position to hire someone. Good for you! Even better, you’ve opened an article dedicated to funny job interview questions, which also means that you truly care about the interviewee feeling relaxed, at ease, and comfortable while you’re conducting your interview. So, without any further ado - this is our list of the best funny job interview questions.
These funny questions aren’t just good to relieve the tension that inevitably hangs in the air whenever there’s a job interview being conducted. In fact, as you’re about to see, these job interview questions, although superficially entertaining, do ask about some pretty serious stuff and reveal interesting character traits once answered. Take, for instance, the one inquiring about the choice of being either Batman or Robin. Now, although it seems fun, by choosing Batman, someone will prove they’re more of a leading character, while by choosing Robin, they’ll disclose their aptitude for teamwork. See, although funny, these are, in fact, some of the best questions you could add to your job interview roster to truly dive beneath the surface!
Now, ready to pick your choices? If so, just scroll down below to where the submissions start. Although we’re pretty certain that all of these are good job interview questions, they are in a bit of a jumble as of now. So, once you get to them, be sure to rank them so the absolute best find their way to the top of this list.
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If I gave you $10 bucks to go buy me chocolate milk, and it only cost $3, would you bring me all the change or would you tell me it was actually $10? Because I’ll know. I’ll know chocolate milk doesn’t cost that much.
I'd bring you $7.00 and a half empty carton of chocolate milk. Math makes me thirsty.
If aliens landed in front of you and, in exchange for anything you desire, offered you any position on their planet what would you want?
I would want to clarify their question first. Do you mean what would I want as in the "anything I desire," or as in the "any position on their planet"? Good communication is so very important, wouldn't you agree? ----If that doesn't ace the question I don't know what would 🤪
What would I find in your fridge right now?
Trout... minus the severed head, which is in Nathaniel's fridge.
If you were given a free full-page ad in the newspaper and had to sell yourself in six words or less, how would the ad read?
Are your parents disappointed with your career aspirations?
Are yours? Are they proud their golden child is asking questions off of a list that you didn't write? Do they return your calls? How often do they "forget" your birthday? Here, have a tissue, crying in an interview is unprofessional... don't worry, I won't tell your parents that you sobbed in front of me.
If Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see play the lead role as you?
TBH I would want to play myself... I can't really act, but would that even count as acting? 🤔
What’s the weirdest thing that’s ever happened to you?
I once had someone give me direction entirely based on the characteristics of cows.
How many ball bearings, each one inch in diameter, can fit inside a 747 aircraft?
Well, if you had enough ball bearings you could not get them all to fit into a 747. Since they are made of quality steel the structure of the airplane would bust apart way before you could complete the loading process. Therefore your count would never be accurate !
Who would win a battle between a ninja and a pirate?
Insufficient information. Is the Ninja Bruce Lee? Is the Pirate Cap'n Jack Sparrow?
How do you weigh an elephant without using a scale?
Walk it across smaller and smaller bridges until the bridge breaks and then see what the weight limit on the bridge was. (Reverse Calvin & Hobbs)
You have five bottles of pills. One bottle has 9 gram pills; the others have 10 gram pills. You have a scale that can be used only once. How can you find out which bottle contains the 9 gram pills?
We finish the interview and you step outside the office and find a lottery ticket that ends up winning $10 million. What would you do?
I'd deposit it into a savings account, never tell anyone, and continue to work until I find the most reasonable way to use the money in a sufficient manner. Then probably drop down to part time until I can guarantee that I can live off of it.
Tell me how you would determine how many house painters there are in the UK?
I would ask the interviewer how many applicants have walked out when asked this question.
How would you measure 9 minutes using only a 4 minute and 7 minute hourglass?
I think I got it, I'll call the hourglasses 4h and 7h for convenience. So, you turn both at the same time. When 4h is finished you've got 3 min left in 7h. Turn 4h. When 7h finishes you have 1min left in 4h. Start counting. When the 1min finishes turn 4h again, and then 4h once again and you've got 9 minutes. Or use a stopwatch.
What is the best compliment you have ever been told?
"Grandpa, your an interesting man" by my 10 year old granddaughter !
What was the last gift you gave someone?
Sponsored an Afghan family to move to our town. Secured a house for $1 month rent, driving lessons, a job for the father.
Explain quantum electrodynamics in two minutes, starting now.
Which super power do you like to have and why?
Teleportation. You could get a lot more things done if you could cut transportation time between places out of the equation.
What was the last book you read?
If both a taxi and a limo were priced the exact same, which one would you choose?
The answer is limo. If taxi is at limo price you're paying way too much. If limo is at taxi price it's a steal.
If you saw someone steal a tin of beans in Tesco, would you report it?
You’ve been given an elephant. You can’t give it away or sell it. What would you do with the elephant?
How many friendships have you ruined because you refused to play a game of Monopoly mercifully?
If you were a bicycle, what part would you be?
How would you react if you are transformed into a fish?
I'd swim all the way to the grammar police and report you for not understaidng tense.
What are five uncommon uses of a brick, not including building, layering, or a paperweight?
Sing a song that best describes you.
The neighborhood children have already made a song about me. Not a fan.
Given the numbers 1 to 1,000, what is the minimum number of guesses needed to find a specific number, if you are given the hint ‘higher’ or ‘lower’ for each guess you make?
Technically speaking, the minimum is 1 guess (if you're very very lucky)
Using a scale of 1 to 10, rate yourself on how weird you are.
If you could speak to one type of animal, what would it be?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how intolerable do you find baby pictures on Facebook?
How long does it take you to scroll through Facebook before giving up?
Do you consider yourself lucky? Why or why not?
How would you convince someone to do something they didn’t want to do?
If you had to change your name, what would your new name be, and why would you choose that name?
You have three boxes. One contains only apples, one contains only oranges, and one contains both apples and oranges. The boxes have been incorrectly labeled so that no label accurately identifies the contents of any of the boxes. Opening just one box, and without looking inside, you take out one piece of fruit. By looking at the fruit, how can you immediately label all of the boxes correctly?
"May contain apples or oranges. Packed in a facility that uses tree nuts"
If you were a t-shirt, what colour would you be and why?
What would you do if you were the only survivor of a plane crash?
Probably go into shock and wander aimlessly down the mountain until some beautiful wealthy young lady saved me nursed me back to health and fell in love with me and then we lived happily ever after. The End !
Who would you let punch you directly in the face?
How many days have you gone without showering?
What? You want me to tell you the combined total for the number of days in my life I haven't had a shower? Hundreds, I guess.
If you got to choose a song that would play every time you entered a room, what song would you pick, and why?
A penguin walks through that door right now wearing a sombrero. What does he say and why is he here?
How would you explain a database in three sentences to your eight year old nephew?
If I assembled three of your former supervisors in a room and asked them about you, what would they say about you that you would say is not true?
What has been your most bizarre life experience?
What do you think would be a fitting epitaph on your gravestone?
You need to check that your friend, James, has your correct phone number but you cannot ask him directly. You must write the question on a card which and give it to Heidi who will take the card to James and return the answer to you. What must you write on the card, besides the question, to ensure James can encode the message so that Heidi cannot read your phone number?
Why am I hiding my number from Heidi, whom I am.assuming is a.mutual friend?.is she a bunny-boiler?
If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money?
What did you want to be when you were 10 years old?
If you had a choice between two superpowers, being invisible or flying, which would you choose?
If you could lead a parade through your office, what type would it be?
What do you think cats dream about?
When you go on holiday, when do you pack your case?
If someone wrote a biography about you, what do you think the title should be?
How many bricks are there in Shanghai? Consider only residential buildings.
How many times a day do a clock’s hands overlap?
How would you solve problems if you were from Mars?
Does this mean I will be communicating with Martians if I get this job ?
You have a bouquet of flowers. All but two are roses, all but two are daisies, and all but two are tulips. How many flowers do you have?
A bouquet is generally a dozen so you still have 12 Steve. If youre interviewing me shouldnt you know this answer.
How do I rate as an interviewer?
How would you describe yourself in three words?
What kind of people do you dislike?
Which ancient place would you like to go?
Tell me about your most unusual talent or party trick.
What would your slogan be if you were a brand?
"No need to make fun of her or belittle her, she does that automatically by herself!"
List five unconventional uses of a book.
According to Rick desantis(stupid governor of floriduh) that would education education education education and education.
On average, how many times a week do you hurt yourself trying to dance in the shower?
What would you choose as your last meal?
Never Ending Gobstopper. It never ends, thus last meal will last forever.
If you were shrunk to the size of a pencil and put in a blender, how would you get out?
What is the philosophy of martial arts?
If you could be any superhero, which one would you be?
You are in charge of 20 people. Organise them to figure out how many bicycles were sold in your area last year.
Why would I need 20 people for that when I have Google and a telephone?
If you were an animal/a can of soup/some other random object, which one would you be?
What is the temperature when it’s twice as cold as zero degrees?
0 degrees celsius is 32 farenheit. Twice as hot as 32 farenheit is 64 farenheit. 64 farenheit is 17-18 degrees.
What would you do when you have learnt that your boat is out of oil?
What will you do if you have a time machine?
If two cars are travelling in a two lap race on a track of any length, one going 60 mph and the other going 30 mph, how fast will the slower car have to go to finish at the same time as the faster car?
If I put you in a sealed room with a phone that had no dial tone, how would you fix it?
An apple costs 20 pence, an orange costs 40 pence, and a banana costs 60 pence, how much is a pear?
What do you think of garden gnomes?
What’s the most money you’ve ever drunkenly spent at McDonald’s?
How many times does it take for you to listen to a song that you love before you actually hate it instead?
I don't hate songs I love. I hate songs I'm neutral about if I hear them often enough though *coughcough* blinding lights and sweet caroline
How many hours after getting paid does it take you to spend your entire pay cheque?
How would you rate your memory?
You are given 2 eggs, you have access to a 100-story building. Eggs can be very hard or very fragile which means they may break if dropped from the first floor or may not even break if dropped from the 100th floor. Both eggs are identical. You need to figure out the highest floor of a 100-story building an egg can be dropped without breaking. The question is how many drops you need to make. You are allowed to break 2 eggs in the process.
With the price of eggs right now I'm running out the back door with them
How many square feet of pizza are eaten in the U.S. each year?
On a scale of 1 to 10 how happy are you?
Interviewer: "Tell me about yourself". Me: "I'd rather not. I really need this job".
If you had to be shipwrecked on a deserted island, but all your human needs—such as food and water—were taken care of, what two items would you want to have with you?
I just gave a bunch of smart-aleck answers because I have nothing better to do rn
I just gave a bunch of smart-aleck answers because I have nothing better to do rn
