An independent school specific HR service in Hillingdon – Schools HR Cooperative make a list of the most difficult questions in a job interview in the UK. The list is composed of thousands of interview questions shared by job applicants. Some questions are challenging, and for some you might thought they don’t make any sense. Here are 20 questions that these brands are used to ask on a interview.
1. What makes you happy when you work on a Friday night? (Tesco).
2. If your friend is seriously injured and you had to ride to the hospital, will you pass on red light? (Barlow Lyde & Gilbert).
3. Do you prefer to fight with a duck as big as a horse or a hundred horses as big as ducks? (BHP Billiton).
4. Why 99% is not good enough? (Parcelforce Worldwide).
5. The fight between a lion and a tiger, who would win and why? (Capco).
6. On how many ways you find a needle in a haystack? (Macquarie bank).
7. How would you explain Facebook to granny? (Huddle).
8. If you get a million pounds, what would you do with the money? (PwC).
9. What is the most useful feature of Excel? (FirstGroup).
10. How can you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? (USB).
11. What do you least like about this job? (BP).
12. If you were the head of Barclays Corporate, what would be your strategy for the European crisis? (Barclays).
13. Tell me about your failure. (Lloyds banking Group).
14. Tell me three words that your parents would use to describe you. (YO! Sushi).
15. What have you done in the past to pull out of an awkward situation? (Virgin Atlantic Airways).
16. If you enter a room full of people with different interests, what would you do? (Ernst & Young).
17. What do you mean by leadership? (Moody’s).
18. By which criteria do you evaluate your own abilities? (Gatwick Airport).
19. What is the main reason that you get up out of bed every morning? (Everything Everywhere).
20. Who is your biggest hero? (De La Rue).