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Why Top Employers Ask Such Weird Interview Questions

Lloyd Blankfein walks into your interview and asks “If you were shrunk to the size of a pencil and put in a blender, how would you get out?”.

Clearly the real questions here is “Why the hell did I apply for a job at Goldman Sachs?”.

Anywho, it appears intelligence is the first quality employers look for in candidates, see why (courtesy of SuperScholar.org) below.

Takeaways:

  • 71% of employers value emotional intelligence rather than IQ.
  • Google ask: Why are manhole covers round?
  • Petco ask: If you could be anyone else, who would it be and why?

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