Top 10 Toughest Job Interview Questions for 2015 (And Their Answers)

Job candidates should be prepared for anything during an interview. Keeping this in mind Glassdoor.com has combed through thousands of interview questions shared by job candidates across the world over the past year to compile its list of Top 10 Tough Interview Questions. 

Below are questions that stumped job seekers in USA and UK interviewing with companies such as Goolgle, Dropbox & Accenture. Next to each question you will find different approaches adopted by candidates to answer the question.

Not all questions have been cracked though, so if you have an answer feel free to jot it down in the comments section below. 

Top 10 Tough Interview Questions for 2015 – USA

1. “What would you do if you were the one survivor in a plane crash?”– View answers. Asked at Airbnb.
   
2.  “What’s your favorite 90s jam?” – View answers. Asked at Squarespace.
   
3.  “If you woke up and had 2,000 unread emails and could only answer 300 of them how would you choose which ones to answer?” – View answers. Asked at Dropbox.
   
4. “Who would win in a fight between Spiderman and Batman?”– View answers. Asked at Stanford University.
   
5. “If you had a machine that produced $100 dollars for life what would you be willing to pay for it today?” – View answers. Asked at Aksia.
   
6. “What did you have for breakfast?” – View answers. Asked at Banana Republic.
   
7. “Describe the color yellow to somebody who’s blind.” – View answers. Asked at Spirit Airlines.
   
8. “If you were asked to unload a 747 full of jelly beans, what would you do?”– View answers. Asked atBose.
   
9. “How many people flew out of Chicago last year?” – View answers. Asked at Redbox.
   
10. “What’s your favorite Disney Princess?” – View answers. Asked at Cold Stone Creamery.

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Top 10 Toughest Interview Questions for 2015 – UK

1. “Can you calculate how many tennis balls are used during the course of Wimbledon?” – View answers. Asked at Accenture.
   
2.  “Estimate the total number of cars in the UK.” – View answers. Asked at Barclays Capital.
   
3.  “How many calories are in a grocery store?” – Asked at Google.
   
4.  “How would you sell a fridge to an eskimo?” – View answers. Asked at Harrods.
   
5.  “What would you take to a lonely island with you and why?”– View answers. Asked at Urban Outfitters.
   
6.  “Is batman a super hero?” – View answers. Asked at AlphaSights.
   
7. “You have 17 red and 17 blue balls, and you remove 2 at a time. If the two are the same colour, add in one extra blue ball. If they are different colours, add in an extra red ball. What colour is the final ball removed?”– View answers. Asked at Geonomics.
   
8.  “What cartoon character would you be and why?” – View answers. Asked at ASDA.
   
9.  “What is the wildest thing you have done?” – View answers. Asked at Metro Bank.
   
10.  “What was your opinion of the film Blair Witch Project?” – View answers. Asked at Jefferies & Company.
    

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Top 10 Toughest Job Interview Questions for 2015 (And Their Answers)

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Job candidates should be prepared for anything during an interview. Keeping this in mind Glassdoor.com has combed through thousands of interview questions shared by job candidates across the world over the past year to compile its list of Top 10 Tough Interview Questions. 

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