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Three Types of Oddball Job Interview Questions

Ever Asked a Strange Interview Question?Ever go on an interview only to be asked who would play you in a movie or if you were an animal, which one you'd be? While these oddball job interview questions may have you scratching your head, there's actually a method to the madness.

"Interviewers are trying to get behind the facade and learn who the person really is," says Pamela Skillings, co-founder of New York-based job coaching firm Skillful Communications. "Can this person think on his or her feet?"There is no right answer to outlandish job interview questions, but career experts say you make more of an impression if your answer is unique. "Everyone says 'I would be a lion because I'm so fierce,' but to be memorable, you've got to come up with something other people haven't said," Skillings says.That doesn't mean you should make something up. After all, you want the interviewer to see the real you. "If you're not a good fit, you don't want to get the position," says Chuck Fried, presiden...

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