"And that was the strangest interview I ever had!"

Thinking about topics to post got me thinking about interviews that I have actually been on or listened to.  Two stand out more than others.  I had one for a candidate that I listened into.  The candidate literally said about four words during the interview.

"We need someone to do SolidWorks design at a high level of efficiency.  Can you handle that?"- Manager
"Yes" -Candidate

"Our project is under some pressure to get this done quickly, can you design quickly?"-Manager
"Yes" - Candidate

The end result of this bizarre interview was an offer surprisingly.  I would expect 99% of the time that this type of interview would lead to some pretty heavy backlash from the site manager, but in this case it worked.

I compiled a list of my favorite off the wall interview questions, and hardest interview questions:

• "Tell me about yourself?"

• "What's something you are not telling me that you should?"

• "Why are manholes round?"

• "If you are in a plane and you see a cow out the window, what happened?"

I pulled a few more from a recent post on Glassdoor.com-

• "Name 5 uses of a stapler without staple pins."

• "You're in a row boat which is in a large tank filled with water.  You have an anchor on board which you throw overboard (the chain is long enough so that the anchor rests completely on the bottom of the tank).  Does the water level in the tank rise or fall?"

• "Just entertain me for five minutes.  I'm not going to talk."

What is the strangest interview question you ever had?