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Woman Shares the Weird Question She Was Asked During a Job Application, Sparks Debate on Social Media

Friday, May 07, 2021 at 9:34 PM by Stefan Mack Kelly Lippke

- A young lady caused an uproar on social media as she revealed the awkward question she was required to answer during a job application

- She described it as the most bizarre question she has ever seen

- Social media users tried to provide an answer to the question just as many others expressed surprise that such a question was even asked

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A bewildered lady shocked many people on the internet with the question a job site presented to her.

The woman @beetagolsh shared on Twitter a picture of the question she thought was the most bizarre question she had come across on a job application.

Woman Shares the Weird Question She Was Asked During a Job Application, Sparks Debate on Social Media — The stunned job hunter said it is the most bizarre question she had come across Photo Credit: @beetagolsh
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The question read:

"You've been given an elephant. You can't give it away or sell it. What would you do with the elephant?"

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Tweeps were divided over the nature of the question. While some tried to proffer an answer they think is best appropriate for the question, others frowned at it and wondered the rationale behind such a question.

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@ThatsMeiAmT wrote:

"That's literally amazing. I want to hug the creator of that question. Then immediately find and hug the boss of said creator for allowing that question on an application. I adore seeing bits of "Lost Boys" fun from adults. Our inner child needs to breathe daily!!"

@treblingoniqua said:

"My first thought was find a humane way to kill it and dispose of its body because otherwise it's going to suffer and die because I cannot afford its upkeep.''

@PlushDogPolitic commented:

"Welcome to employment in 2021....your dream job and ticket out of poverty dashed by the most inconsequential gotcha questions imaginable in an attempted profiling of you from an algorithm."