TOUGH INTERVIEW QUESTION

The questions:

1. “If you were to win £1m what would you do with the money?”
- Asked at PwC, Associate candidate (Birmingham, England)

2. “What do you think is the most useful function in Excel?” 
- Asked at FirstGroup, Business Analyst candidate (London, England)

3. “What makes you happy about work on a Friday evening?” 
- Asked at Tesco, International Deployment Manager candidate (London, England)

4. “How do you fit a giraffe in a fridge?” 
- Asked at UBS, Sales Trading candidate (London, England)

5. “What is it about this job you would least look forward to?” 
– Asked at BP, Category Manager candidate (London, England)

6. “If you were the Head of Barclays Corporate what would your strategy be with the recent European Crisis?” 
– Asked at Barclays, Risk candidate (London, England)

7. “If your friend was seriously injured and you had to get him to a hospital, would you speed and go through a red light?”
– Asked at Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, Trainee Solicitor candidate (London, England)

8. “Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses?” 
– Asked at BHP Billiton, Dry Bulk Marketer candidate (London, England)

9. “Tell me about a time when you failed at something.” 
– Asked at Lloyds Banking Group, Analyst candidate (London, England)

10. “What are the three words that your parents would describe you with?” 
– Asked at YO! Sushi, Team Member candidate (London, England)

11. “What have you done in the past to get out of a tricky situation?”
– Asked at Virgin Atlantic Airways, CSA candidate (Heathrow, England)

12. “Why is 99pc not good enough?” 
– Asked at Parcelforce Worldwide, Delivery & Collection Manager candidate (Milton Keynes, England)

13. “How many ways can you get a needle out of a haystack?” 
– Asked at Macquarie Bank, Senior Java Developer candidate (London, England)

14. “How would you explain Facebook to your Grandma?” 
– Asked at Huddle, Sales Executive candidate (London, England)

15. “If you entered into a room full of people with different interests, what would you do?” 
– Asked at Ernst & Young, Actuarial Analyst candidate (London, England)

16. “What do you mean by ‘leadership’?” 
– Asked at Moody’s, Marketing Strategist candidate (London, England)

17. “By what criteria do you judge your own performance?” 
– Asked at Gatwick Airport, Project Manager candidate (Gatwick, England)

18. “Which football team do you support?” 
– Asked at Sky, Reporting Analyst candidate (London, England)

19. “What is the main thing that gets you out of bed each morning?” 
– Asked at Everything Everywhere, Customer Advisor candidate (Royal Leamington Spa, England)

20. “Describe the hardest decision you have faced in the past 12 months.” 
– Asked at Accenture, Software Developer candidate (London, England)

21. “Who is your biggest hero?” 
– Asked at De La Rue, Procurement candidate (Basingstoke, England)

22. “Give me an example of your extreme levels of tenacity.” 
– Asked at ALDI, Store Manager candidate (Chelmsford, England)

23. “In a fight between a lion and a tiger, who would win & why?” 
– Asked at Capco, Associate Consultant candidate (London, England)

24. “How would your delegates describe you?” 
– Asked at Harvey Nichols, Learning & Development Manager candidate (Edinburgh, Scotland)

25. “Do you think the quality of our menswear products are as high as our home department products?” 
– Asked at Marks & Spencer, Technologist candidate (London, England)