Hiring managers ask a variety of questions during job interviews to learn more about your qualifications, experience, skills and personality. While they often discuss specific topics that relate to the particular job that you’re pursuing, they may ask questions you don’t expect. Understanding why they may ask these questions and how to answer them properly may help you provide an excellent answer. In this article, we discuss why an employer may ask you what color you are, outline how to answer “If you were a color, which would it be?” and provide example answers to this question.
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Think about your skills
Consider your skill set and professional qualifications. Think about your greatest strengths, especially those that align with the requirements of the position youre seeking. Focus on what you most want to represent about yourself to the interviewer.
Example answers to “If you were a color, which would you be?”
Review these sample answers to help you develop your own answer to questions about which color you are:
Explain your reasoning
Share your selection with the interviewer, and explain why you chose the particular color. Discuss how it matches your personality and skills. Try to connect your response to the requirements of the position youre seeking. If applicable, include examples of how you previously represented your chosen color in the workplace.
Select a color
Think about the different colors and choose one that you feel represents your best qualities. Its important to pick a color that you can logically explain, not just one that you prefer. Also, try to pick a color with positive connotations. If you select a color that may have negative connotations, be sure you can turn these into positives in your explanation.
Aim to pick a color that the interviewer may easily visualize. However, youre able to pick any color you want, and its acceptable to pick an unusual color. Choosing a color different from the standard expected answers may also demonstrate your creative thinking skills.
Here are some examples of common colors and what choosing them may say about you:
For example, you could say that you would be a darker shade of charcoal grey because you’re an efficient and quiet worker, a warm person (because darker colours absorb heat from the sun while lighter colours deflect heat), and you think grey is a chic, understated colour that can complement other colours.
Tailor your answer to the job you are applying for – the more creative you are, the better. If you’re applying for a job in a stressful, competitive industry then a good colour could be blue: it implies that you keep your cool and never lose your head in high-pressure situations.
You should approach this question, as well as any question asking you to pick a colour or other object to represent you, as a way for the employer to gain an insight into your personality. Never answer the question with a random colour you have picked simply because you like it or it’s pretty. This tells the interviewer nothing about you, apart from the fact that you seem uninteresting and uncreative.
The hiring manager looks at you, straight-faced without any hint of transparency, “So tell me, if you were a crayon, what color would you be and why?” Wait… what?! What kind of question is that? Youve not prepared for anything like that. Youre taken off guard, and you feel a slight sweat beginning to form on your brow.
When going into an interview, always anticipate there being a surprise question and try to “prepare to be unprepared.” If you can face this with some humor and a relaxed reaction, youll tackle it just fine!
Youve finally landed an in-person interview at a fantastic company, and you really want the job. Youve prepared your answers for all the typical interview questions. Youve researched the company in-depth, including its COVID-19 response, and also found some recent news articles about partnerships theyve announced. Your suit is fresh from the dry cleaner, your mask is ready, and youve printed several extra copies of your resume. Youve also mapped three ways to drive there if traffic becomes an issue—all set.
So you may be thinking, “How is this question answered?” It is different for everyone. When I was asked what crayon color I would be, my answer was, “I would be aquamarine, because the blue side of the color is calm and the green side has strength.”
These kinds of questions are quite common in interviews for a few reasons. They may be questions like the above example, or perhaps, replace what color with what kitchen appliance, animal, etc. Ive also heard the question, “If you were a bumper sticker, what would you say?” The point is that these questions are meant to take you by surprise and be something you hadnt anticipated or rehearsed. The other thing to point out is that there isnt a right or wrong answer. However, there is a right and wrong reaction (like dismissing or disrespecting the question). So here are some reasons this genre of questions is asked in the first place:
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