Hardest interview questions

Out of pure curiosity, I wanted to know what everyone's hardest interview question was. I interviewed at three schools and all asked "what can you tell me about yourself?". An easy question, but I can't keep myself from wanting to say "well, I'm 6 feet tall, 190lbs. I like punk rock and ...". Actually, the hardest question I had was at LaRoche College/Allegheny Valley Hospital where they asked me to explain all the electrolyte imbalances in a patient with acute renal failure. Fortunatley, I recalled much of the info from nursing school. That was a painful interview. What's your hardest interview question?

In hindsight, this isn't that difficult but during a stressfull interview, the one that stands out was a question asking me about venous gases.........when to use, what they tell you, implications, etc.........
My interview was very fair and didn't ask nonrelevant questions like some programs do. Was mostly about swans, svo2 monitoring, abg's......and how to correct poor results, venous gases, drugs and their specific actions, etc.

The interview ask "why don't you tell me about yourself", because they are trying to find out your personal situation. Its illegal for an interviewer to just come out and ask this question. But they are trying to figure out if you are married, single or have any problems at home that would interfer with the postition. They really want to know your family situation so they know how dependable you would be working for their company/hospital. Is sick kids going to be a problem? How far away do you live from work? Thats why they ask that question.

Many interviewers ask the same questions because use the same protocol. They will ask you "where do you see yourself in five years?" This is commonly asked because they really want to know what your long term goals are , so they can figure if its worth their time to hire and train you. It cost alot of money to train and orient new hires. They also ask because they want to see if you would be unhappy with the position or get bored with it after working a short time.

Never talk money or ask what the postition pays during the first interview. If they ask you how much money you expect, just reply with "how much would you be willing to pay the best candidate for this position?" This leaves the door open for negotiations, because you do not want to accidently sell yourself out.

The last question seems to always be asking you why should you be the one they hire? Its to give you time to wrap the interview up and SELL, SELL,SELL YOURSELF! Keep in mind, interviews are a procedure to elminate people that do not fit their criteria. They are not for positive reasons. It takes practice to interview well.

There is an 80 percent divorce rate in graduate school.

After alot of pretty involved questions that I answered in detail, I fumbled on the one yard line with this one;
How many ucg's in a gram?
I said, 1 million.. no 100 k, no wait a million. I couldn't get my brain on straight for the easiest question of the day.