13 weird job interview questions the best companies in America are asking

双语：想进美国大牛公司 先来回答奇葩面试题

　　With excellent perks, great pay and benefits, and high job satisfaction, employees at the 50 best companies to work for in America seem to have a pretty good deal going for them。

　　高津贴，高薪水，高福利，高工作满意度，美国50强企业员工的工作待遇看起来非常不错。

双语：想进美国大牛公司 先来回答奇葩面试题

　　But before you start seething with envy, you should see some of the questions they had to answer to get there。

　　但是，在你羡慕嫉妒恨之前，你应该看看他们在进入这些公司之前被问到的问题。

　　To find these odd queries, we sifted through hundreds of reviews on Glassdoor submitted by people who interviewed at these companies in the past year。

　　为了搜集这些奇怪的问题，我们筛选了玻璃门网站上百份评论，这些评论都是去年那些公司的面试官提交的。

　　If you're thinking of tossing your own hat into the ring, be sure to prepare for some of the most ridiculous interview questions you've ever heard。

　　如果你正考虑参加面试，你需要确保做好充分的准备，以应付你听过的那些最荒唐的问题。

　　"Choose a city and estimate how many piano tuners operate a business there."

　　“选择一个城市，然后估算一下那里有多少个钢琴调音师在经营业务。”

　　Asked by Google for a project manager position。

　　谷歌项目经理职位面试题。

　　"How much do you charge to wash every window inSeattle?"

　　“要是让你清洗西雅图所有的窗户，你会收取多少费用？”

　　Asked by Facebook for an online sales operations position。

　　脸书在线销售员职位面试题。

　　"What do you think of lava lamps? And Dilbert?"

　　“你如何看待熔岩灯？呆伯特(Dilbert，美国漫画人物)呢？”

　　Asked by Boeing for an engineer position。

　　波音公司工程师职位面试题。

　　"How many children are born every day?"

　　“每天有多少个孩子出生？”

　　Asked by Apple for a global supply manager position。

　　苹果公司全球供应经理职位面试题。

　　"What's your favorite color?"

　　“你最喜欢哪种颜色？”

　　Asked by Hess for an assistant manager position。

　　阿美拉达赫斯公司(Hess)副经理职位面试题。

　　"Design a spice rack for the blind."

　　“为盲人设计一款调味架。”

　　Asked by Intel for a hardware engineer position。

　　英特尔公司硬件工程师职位面试题。

　　"Tell me a story."

　　“给我讲个故事。”

　　Asked by Celgene for a corporate communications position。

　　新基医药公司(Celgene)企业传播职位面试题。

　　"If you had a choice between two superpowers (being invisible or flying) which would you choose?"

　　“如果你可以选择的话，隐形或飞行这两种超能力，你想选择哪种？”

　　Asked by Microsoft for a high level product lead/evangelist position。

　　微软公司高级产品支持职位面试题。

　　"Why are manholes round?"

　　“为什么井盖是圆的？”

　　Asked by St. Jude Medical for a electrical engineer co-op position。

　　圣犹达医疗公司电力工程师职位面试题。

　　"What do you do if you are approached by an employee who is complaining about a colleague who has horrible body odor?"

　　“如果有同事跟你抱怨另外一个同事有体臭，你会怎么做？”

　　Asked by MasterCard for an operations leader position。

　　万事达运营经理职位面试题。

　　"What kind of tree would you be?"

　　“你会是哪种树？”

　　Asked by Cisco for a senior technical writer position。

　　思科公司高级技术文档撰稿职位面试题。

　　"What were you like as a child?"

　　“儿时的你是怎样的？”

　　Asked by Biogen Idec for an area business manager position。

　　百健艾迪公司地区业务经理职位面试题。

　　"What do you think you will hate about this job?"

　　“你觉得你对这份工作不喜欢的地方是哪里？”

　　Asked by Medtronic for a diabetes therapy associate position。

　　美敦力公司糖尿病治疗助理职位面试题。

　　Vocabulary

　　perk: 津贴

　　seethe: 躁动

　　toss one's hat into the ring: 参与竞争

　　(英文来源：商业内幕 译者：梁玉嫦SCNU 编辑：马文英)