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Mr.Dion D’souza – You’ve been given an elephant as a Gift. What would you do with the elephant?
But, if you as the interviewer insisted that I stop being so literal and answer the question, and I push back too hard and am NOT willing to play along, that might tell you that I was inflexible. In that case, I might not be what you want in a manager.
While the following question is ODD, here is what you could learn from it if the person asked was to fill a managerial role.
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Hiring the right person is a process. And, of course, asking good interview questions is one of the most useful tools available to you when it comes to separating the applicant wheat from the chaff.
At CEDR, we recommend that employers lean primarily on behavioral interview questions to make sure they are getting the most actionable information possible from candidates during an interview.
Job-search site Indeed includes the elephant question on its list of 30 funny interview questions and explains: “Interviewers may ask funny interview questions to see if you fit in with the rest of the team.
One Twitter user said: “Its a trick question, the answer is neither give it away nor sell it. The answer is you go to war with Rome.” Another said: “The answer is to raise it like your child and start a wildly successful Instagram account documenting your life with an elephant son.”
Ben Osick said: “I took a class on how to respond to job interview questions once and they used this exact one as an example. The answer theyre looking for is Open a business where you hire the elephant out for events like birthday parties.”
Other questions on Indeeds list include “Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or one horse-sized duck?” and “How would you sell hot chocolate in Florida in the summer?”
Kaitlin Monkman suggested forgetting about the job and riding off into the sunset with their new elephant friend, answering: “Unfortunately I can no longer work here, raising this elephant is my full-time job. We are going to travel from town to town solving mysteries.”
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I was once asked the crazy interview question “What would you do if I gave you an elephant?” I replied with a question “Is it black or white?” The interviewer (IBM), did not expect the answer. She just said, “What?” I repeated my question. My interviewer told me what has color got to do with it. I replied, color has everything to do with it. A white elephant is a source of pain and I told her the story of how the King of Siam used to punish people by giving them white elephant(s) as gift. My interviewer told me that this was the first time, a question was answered with a counter question and she did not expect that answer. I did not get the job. -Satish This feature requires JavaScript to be turned
FAQ
What does it mean if someone gives you an elephant?
How do you answer what animal you would be in an interview?
- Identify variations of this question. There are several variations of the “What animal would you be and why?” interview question. …
- List your positive traits. …
- Research animals that match your traits. …
- Choose an animal that matches your selected traits. …
- Give a specific answer. …
- Be creative.
Why is it so easy for an elephant to get a job answer?
