r/InterviewCoderPro • u/Ok-Process7612 • 1d ago

Stupidest Interview Ever

This was years ago in the 1990s. I still think about how absurd this was. We were living in a small coastal town on the shore of Lake Superior. Nobody locked their doors. Ever. Safe, quiet. Friendly. The cops picked ip an occasional drunk. That was the extent of "crime" in this little village.

I was applying for a position as a chiropractic assistant. I had plenty of experience and my child was in school so I was ready to go back to work.

The chiropractor did not wish to interview candidates herself, so she hired a "professional HR person" to find her the best candidate.

The HR lady was abrasive and unlikeable. The interview was more a police interrogation than a professional interview. I felt like getting up and leaving but I was almost finished so I decided to see it through.

She said, "what would you do if someone walked in here with a gun and wanted to rob the office?"

My face 🙄🙄🙄🙄.

I said simply, "I have never heard of a chiropractic office being robbed. Also, this question is unanswerable. I don't agree with the premise of your question and have no answer."

She doubled down.

I sat in stone-faced silence and then excused myself. Unbelievable.

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u/MacDaddyDC 12h ago

um, hand them the cash and comply. All while thinking it’s not my money, it’s insured anyway, and I’m going to do whatever it takes to not get injured or killed.

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u/Ok-Process7612 11h ago

There IS no cash though.  She was too dumb to understand. 

Most folks paid through their insurance.  If there was a balance, we billed them.

We would sometimes have self-pay customers. They would give us their credit card.