[unclebilly]

I am looking to hire a few mechanical design engineers.

Normally, one of my interview questions is, “Are you mechanically inclined?”

Almost everyone says yes.

My follow up is, “Tell me about a project you have taken on in you home life where you have built or repaired something.”

Today, after an incident with one of my senior engineers, I decided to change up my follow up question... it will now be, “Have you ever changed the tube in a grease gun?”

If they say yes, the follow up will be, “How did it go?”

Alternatively, I am considering bringing a new and clean tube of grease and grease gun and asking the applicant how they would install it, and how the grease gun works. Obviously, I wouldn’t let them get grease all over the place.

What are your thoughts? What weird questions have you been asked at interviews before.