In an interview or job application, it isn’t uncommon for employers or recruiters to ask an array of questions to see how a candidate thinks.
Some of these could be relative to the task at hand, while others could be curveball questions that are designed to see how well candidates can think on their feet.
One candidate has taken to Twitter sharing what she claims to be the “most bizarre question” she has ever seen on a job application.
The question listed on the job application, as was reported by Newsweek, read: “You’ve been given an elephant. You can’t give it away or sell it. What would you do with the elephant?”
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