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1. If you could throw a parade of any caliber through the office what type of parade would it be?

This question was asked as part of a customer loyalty team member interview at Las Vegas, Nevada-based Zappos. [Image: Fotolia]
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2. How lucky are you and why?

Asked during an interview for a content manager at Airbnb. One commenter on Glassdoor.com urged interviewees to reply, “I’m so lucky life led me to this interview opportunity!” [Image: Fotolia]
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3. If you were a pizza deliveryman how would you benefit from scissors?

An applicant for an Apple specialist position was asked this unique interview question. [Image: Fotolia]
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4. If you could sing one song on American Idol, what would it be?

An interviewer at Red Frog Events asked this question of an applicant for an events coordinator position. [Image: Fotolia]
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5. Are you more of a hunter or a gatherer?

An interviewee in Round Rock, Texas was asked this question while applying for an account manager position with Dell. [Image: Fotolia]
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6. If you were on an island and could only bring three things, what would you bring?

Yahoo asked this interview question as part of a recent search of a quality analyst. [Image: Fotolia]
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7. If you were a box of cereal, what would you be and why?

This question was asked of a sales associate applicant for Bed Bath & Beyond. [Image: Fotolia]
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8. Do you believe in Big Foot?

An interviewer with Norwegian Cruise Line asked this question of a marketing coordinator applicant in Miami, Fla. [Image: Fotolia]
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9. What is a tennis ball fuzzy?

This question was asked during an interview for a Xerox client manager position in New York, NY. One commenter on Glassdoor.com answered, “To make them cuter.” [Image: Fotolia]
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10. What is your least favorite thing about humanity?

An operations associate applicant in New York, NY, was asked this question during an interview with ZocDoc. [Image: Fotolia]
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11. How would you use Yelp to find the number of businesses in the U.S.?

As part on an interview for a software engineer position at Factual, an applicant was asked this research-oriented question. [Image: Fotolia]
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12. How honest are you?

Obviously, Allied Telesis was trying to weed out individuals with questionable ethics when it asked an executive assistant applicant this question during an interview in San Jose, Calif. [Image: Fotolia]
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13. How many square feet of pizza is eaten in the U.S. each year?

Goldman Sachs asked a potential programmer analyst to guesstimate this answer, although one commenter on Glassdoor.com notes that these sort of market estimation questions are actually pretty common during interviews with international banking and consulting firms. [Image: Fotolia]
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14. Can you instruct someone how to make an origami ‘cootie catcher’ with just words?

Looking for somebody with descriptive language skills, LivingSocial asked this question when interviewing a recent consumer advocate applicant. [Image: Fotolia]
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15. If you were 80 years old, what would you tell your children?

An interviewer for consulting firm McKinsey & Company asked this perspective-challenging question while interviewing a potential associate. [Image: Fotolia]
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16. You’re a new addition to the crayon box, what color would you be and why?

Retailer Urban Outfitters posed this question to a sales associate applicant in Los Angeles, Calif. One Glassdoor.com commenter joked that their color would be called CEO. [Image: Fotolia]
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17. How does the internet work?

The Cambridge, Mass.-based tech company Akamai asked a potential director to answer this complicated question. [Image: Fotolia]
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18. If there was a movie produced about your life, who would play you, and why?

An applicant for an inside sales consultant position at the New York-based tech company SinglePlatform was posed this entertaining question. [Image: Fotolia]
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19. What’s the color of money?

An interviewer at the American Heart Association asked a potential project manager to answer this odd, yet though-provoking question. [Image: Fotolia]
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20. What was the last gift you gave someone?

Known for polling just about everyone, the consulting firm Gallup asked a data analyst applicant to reveal a little about his or her giving nature. [Image: Fotolia]
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21. What is the funniest thing that has happened to you recently?

An interviewer at Applebee’s in Wauwatosa, Wis. asked a potential bartender to share this story of recent laughter. [Image: Fotolia]
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22. How many snow shovels sold in the U.S. last year?

This odd question was asked as part of an interview for a position in the leadership development program at the conducted electrical weapons manufacturer Taser. [Image: Fotolia]
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23. It’s Thursday, we’re staffing you on a telecommunications project in Calgary, Canada on Monday. Your flight and hotel are booked; your visa is ready. What are the top five things you do before you leave?

A junior consultant was asked this prep-and-planning question during an interview with global IT consultancy firm ThoughtWorks. [Image: Fotolia]
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24. Most unexpected question: Describe to me the process and benefits of wearing a seatbelt.

An interviewer with Active Network asked this question of a client applications specialist applicant. [Image: Fotolia]
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25. Have you ever been on a boat?

An interviewer in the Atlanta, Ga. office of Applied Systems asked a potential graphic designer to answer this question. [Image: Fotolia]
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