Gimmick Interview Questions Are Nothing New

Gimmicky interview questions (the “How many ping pong balls would fit in a school bus?” sort of thing) are super popular at companies like Google, Yelp, and more. But as this post from mental_floss shows, trick questions like this didn’t get their start with the tech boom.

No, Thomas Edison was also an asker of trick interview questions.

“To test the mental mettle of incoming job seekers, he administered to each a series of 150 questions, tailored to the position for which they were applying.

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