985 college graduates go to a company for an interview, and the examiner asks: What is the name of a horse that ran from China to the United States? Graduates answer: Maxima. The examiner said, "Maxima is wrong." The graduate replied: Is it Wanlima? The examiner said, "That's not right." So, what exactly is the answer to this question?
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In the golden autumn of September, it is the annual graduation season again, and the college students who are about to go out of the society are full of longing and hope, but they have encountered a slap in the face on the road to job hunting.
Many college students' resumes are lost in the sea and interviews are repeatedly hit by a wall, which makes them start to doubt life: Is it because they are not good enough? Actually, of course not!
With the development of society, the demand for talents in enterprises is also changing, and a beautiful resume and excellent professional skills may be able to knock on the door of the workplace.
In today's talent-rich market environment, companies pay more attention to the comprehensive quality of job seekers, especially innovative thinking and adaptability.
In order to select the real "Maxima", the interviewers can be said to rack their brains, and even do not hesitate to sacrifice all kinds of strange questions, so that the job seekers are unable to guard against it.
Xiao Li (pseudonym) is a top computer student who graduated from a 985 school, and he has personally experienced such an "interview dilemma".
With excellent grades and rich project experience, Xiao Li's resume stood out among many job seekers and successfully entered the interview process of a well-known Internet company.
However, a question thrown by the interviewer made Xiao Li instantly confused: "A horse ran from China to the United States, what kind of horse is it?"
Xiao Li's brain is running fast, could it be a special breed of horse? Maxima? Sweaty BMW? Or the legendary "Divine Horse"?
However, these answers were rejected by the interviewer one by one, and in the end, Xiao Li could only reluctantly admit that he couldn't answer this question and missed out on his favorite job.
After the interview, Xiao Li posted this experience on social platforms, wanting to seek help from netizens.
For a while, the comment area exploded, and netizens turned into "Sherlock Holmes" one after another, trying to solve this "problem of the century".
"It's a seahorse! Because it has to swim across the Pacific Ocean to reach the United States. ”
"It's supposed to be a zebra, and it moved to the United States, so it's a zebra!"
"Could it be a Trojan horse? Hacking, remote control, everyone who knows it! ”
Seeing the brain-opening answers of netizens, Xiao Li couldn't cry or laugh, and he realized that this seemingly nonsensical interview question was actually testing the thinking flexibility and adaptability of job seekers, and he obviously fell into the trap of mindset.
In fact, similar bizarre interview questions are not uncommon in the job search process, as early as a few years ago, I saw a simulation of such an interview scene, the question is: "What would you do if you found that the interviewer's pants were not zipped during the interview?" ”
This question can be described as a dilemma, if you directly remind you for fear of offending the interviewer, if you don't remind you and worry about the interviewer's embarrassment afterwards, it will affect the interview results.
So, how to skillfully resolve this embarrassment?
Some netizens suggested that you can use your eyes to hint at the interviewer, or pretend to bring up related topics inadvertently, simply put, these interview questions are to test the interviewer's on-the-spot reaction.
It can be seen that in the face of these strange interview questions, what job seekers need to do is not rack their brains to find "standard answers", but to think outside the box and show their flexibility and creativity.
Of course, when designing interview questions, companies should also grasp the "degree" to avoid being too tricky and eccentric, causing unnecessary pressure on job seekers, after all, the ultimate purpose of the interview is to select talents, not to "embarrass" job seekers.
For the majority of job seekers, in order to stand out in the fierce competition, in addition to having solid professional knowledge, they must also pay attention to cultivating their innovative thinking and adaptability.
In daily life, we should observe and think more, learn to look at problems from different angles, and find solutions to problems.
Interviews are both a challenge and an opportunity, and I hope that every job seeker can deal with it calmly, show the best version of themselves, and finally find the job of their choice!
