In the past, when you could just walk into the GM plant and get a job, it didn't pay 60 grand a year. It was more like 20 to 30 grand. We had to go on strike a lot to get it up to 60. But you know that people condem unions these days and that's why those days are over.

The ‘what animal would you be’ is a trick question. It’s been used for many decades and your answer indicates to an employer, or anyone asking the question for that matter, the kind of person you are ie. small and weak (I’m a bunny...), big and strong (I’m a grizzly bear...), stealthy and smart (I’m a dolphin...), slow and lazy (I’m a sloth) etc.
Your answer, at least according to theory, is how you see yourself subconsciously, and will play out in the working world. So, they really aren’t ‘fucking with you’, they’re making sure they fill the position within the right person.

Back in the early 90’s, a prof interviewing me for a limited spot on a popular course asked me “if a bear was chasing you down the street, what would you do?” At the time i remember thinking, what a ridiculous question! Afterward, someone older and wiser explained they were interested in my reply as a measure of my character in tough, stressful situations. Do i run and hide, do I turn and fight, or maybe come up with an ingenious answer to deal with the bear, quickly and efficiently. I understood immediately.

“Hey moron... It isn’t your job to decide whether I’m a good fit or not”. Here’s some advice from a successful middle aged git - it is of course their job!! And your poor attitude is going to work against you in the field. Practice being a little more humble rather than acting like some 20-something who thinks they know it all. Jump through the hoops and play along because those asking the ‘weird’ questions know far more than you. Don’t let your youthful ignorance get in the way of your potential success. Good luck.

You can tell that employers who ask stupid questions such as what your favorite colour or ice cream flavour is are not serious. I’d just fire back back and ask them how those ridiculous questions even pertain to the job duties. There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.

Experience shared...

Went to an interview.. Waiting room... Its a fucking group interview.
It lasted an hour twenty minutes and kept going I literally left.
They asked us to play tic tac toe with the person next to us. The goal in the end. They told us they wanted tonsee how well our team skills were.
The next fuking weird thing.. They asked us to draw a pig.
They concluded that a study found that people whondrew pigs wit curly tails had some personality trait attached to it vs no tail .. They went on about the ears and the nose.

This was for a job in a care home in Maillardville BC. I wish i knew the name because I would share it and make management feel like the morons they were.
Its a care home. You take care of people who are vulnerable and you make their day the best you can until the end you share part of your life with people you see everyday.

So what the hell does drawing skills have to do with that?

Supply-demand problem.
Automation was just beginning and population was much lower back then. Now there are perfectly qualified foreign workers that can offshore your job for less. Otherwise, most of everything else will be done by Real Canadian Robots (tm) soon (but they'll be imported from cheaper places, ironically).
It costs so much to employ humans now. Especially in Canada, one of the highest-cost jurisdictions in the world. And not because you see that money. It goes to banks and governments and "organizations" and well-connected "entities" with murky ownership structures. You get what's left over.
Also, consider the power dynamic. Anyone who has more than you do, may abuse it. HR is the poster child of this. You need the job more than they need a candidate. This is last item is also termed a "resource", but human (for now) instead of, say, a petroleum barrel. There's no part of this process that is not dysfunctional and opaque. Let's not use "corrupt", it's obviously too soon (corporatism, college admissions, etcetera).

So many small-minded comments. The fools who are complaining here, are the ones who simply don’t get it - neither the reasoning for such questions, or the job itself. And holy fk, the grammar and spelling here is atrocious and embarrassing!

@Agreed, man are you for real? You don’t understand why they’d want to see how you work in a team environment??

We have a modern world full of idiots. Young people not knowing what’s up or down; faces buried deep in their social media accounts, and having zero understanding of how real human interactions work. Gooooood luck.

I was asked if I was a salad what kind would I be...ie. glass bowl, wooden bowl, what kind of vegetables and dressing. What protein if any. Now that’s a mind fuck.

Yep, HR is always going to come up with creative/annoying/odd questions to see if interviewees fit in with the work culture.

But "why would you be a good fit for this job" is pretty standard.

Before an interview I like to make a table and put all the bullet points in the job description in the left column. I then look at each bullet point and think about what skills/experience I have that demonstrate that I can do the task. I write these in the right column.

Thinking of it this way, I am tailoring all that I have to offer to meet that particular job description – which prospective employers likely hope I've taken the time to do.

Good luck!

That is the stupidest thing ive ever heard hahaha . You know some people might just choose an animal because they like it and I dont think humans are as simple as big and strong vs the small and weak

is a key globalist policy.