They Asked What?

We know that some companies are known for asking bizarre interview questions (we’re looking at you, Google).

But it ain’t just Google that likes to throw interviewing curveballs.

These questions, from Shine.yahoo.com, all come from real hiring managers asking potential interns to do ridiculous things like estimate the number of airplanes flying at any given moment or describe how to play ping pong.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car likes to ask, “Would you be okay hearing “no” from seven out of 10 customers?”

Merrill Lynch asks, “Tell me about your life from kindergarten onwards.”

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