Funniest thing you've heard in an interview

[adventure_rn, MSN, NP]

So, this thread may belong in the 'Nursing Interview' section, but I'm hoping that it will get more traffic from experienced nurses here (as opposed to terrified new grads looking for help).

What's the funniest, weirdest, or wildest thing you've heard during a nursing interview, either from an interviewer or an interviewee?

Here's mine: At the end of the interview, the interviewer always asks, "Do you have any questions for me?" I usually ask, "What is your unit's greatest strength, and is there anything that you're trying to improve on?" It's basically the strengths and weaknesses question; the way that managers respond to the weaknesses element is very telling. As a weakness, one manager looked at me and said point-blank, "Well, we have a lot of drama on this unit." I must have looked dumbfounded because she clarified by adding, "You know, like, cattiness." When I asked if they were doing anything about it, her response was simply, "No."

...Thank you for your honesty, and I'd like to respectfully remove myself from the applicant pool.

[AJJKRN]

I was doing a peer interview one time and asked a prospective outside candidate how many days she had called in within the last year...she stated "well, we are allowed eight call ins before getting in trouble". So we can expect you to call in every chance our staffing protocol allows aye? We told our manager no thank you!

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

From the interviewer. "Do you date coworkers?"

He was really an odd looking gent, and his behavior was strange at best.

Upon being told no, he told me he wouldn't give me the job, and would I like to have dinner?

And then, since he had my phone number, he called repeatedly asking for a date.

[K+MgSO4, BSN]

Me as the interviewer, our organization has a set of values that govern our everyday practice, can you tell me about a situation where you used one of these values.

Interviewee, "o I don't believe in that nonsense"

[cracklingkraken, ASN, RN]

Interviewee, "o I don't believe in that nonsense"

Then why bother applying?...

[klone, MSN, RN]

These are great!

[NurseIndependa]

From the interviewer. "Do you date coworkers?"

He was really an odd looking gent, and his behavior was strange at best.

Upon being told no, he told me he wouldn't give me the job, and would I like to have dinner?

And then, since he had my phone number, he called repeatedly asking for a date.

What a tricky fellow!

[adventure_rn, MSN, NP]

Upon being told no, he told me he wouldn't give me the job, and would I like to have dinner?

[adventure_rn, MSN, NP]

I hate to steal another ANer's thunder, but I remember one AN poster saying she asked the interviewee what her greatest weakness was, and she replied, "*sigh*, I guess I'm just too humble."

[Newbie_RN17]

I know this is 2 days late, but I got asked the following question:

"If you were a bicycle part, which part would you be and why?"

I said the chain...because that's the weirdest question ever. And then when they asked if I had any questions, I turned that one right back on them

[pixiestudent2]

I was asked "if you were an animal, which one would you be and why"

I replied "a monkey, because they have thumbs"

I did not get the job.

[Jensmom7, BSN, RN]

I was asked "if you were an animal, which one would you be and why"

I replied "a monkey, because they have thumbs"

I did not get the job.

Clearly, their loss 👍👍👍