10 Tech Job Interview Questions Asked By Real Companies..!

Interviews can be very interesting sometimes. No matter how many books you read, some interviews will still surprise you. The good folks over at CIO.com compiled this list of odd questions that were asked at real interviews for tech jobs. Take a look and see if you have any answers for them...

1. “If you were a pizza delivery man, how would you benefit from scissors?”

This question was asked at an Apple interview for the position of Specialist.

2. “Why is a tennis ball fuzzy?”

This was an interview question asked to a candidate trying for the position of client manager for Xerox.

3. “If you could throw a parade of any caliber through the Zappos office, what type of parade would it be?”

Employer Zappos asked this question off a candidate interviewing for Customer Loyalty Team Member.

4. “How does the Internet work?”

Akamai asked this question to a candidate applying for the position of Director.



5. “Are you more of a hunter or gatherer?”

This was a question put forward by Dell to its candidates for the position of Account manager.

6. “Can you instruct someone how to make origami “cootie catcher” with just words?”

Living Social asked its candidates for Consumer Advocate.

7. “If there was a movie produced about your life, who would play you and why?”

You might have to answer this question if you want to be an Inside Sales consutant at Single.

8. “How honest are you?”

If you want to be an Executive Assistant at Allied Telesis, then you may have to face this question as the interview.

9. “How many square feet of pizza are eaten in the U.S. each year?”

A programmer analyst applying for Goldman Sachs is likely to get this question in their interview.

10. “If you were on an island and could only bring three things, what would you bring?”

Search quality analysts beware of this question if you’re applying for a position at Yahoo.