Think logically

Some of the  HR questions asked to find out if the candidate thinks “out of box”.

Que 1:

“What will you do if I run away with your sister?”

The candidate answered ” There won’t be better match for my sister than you, sir.”
Que 2:

(to girl student) – What if one morning you found that you were pregnant when you woke up ?

I will be very excited and take a day off, to celebrate with my husband. (Why should I think it in the wrong way, she said later when asked.)
Que 3:

Interviewer  ordered a cup of coffee for the candidate. Coffee arrived and was kept before the candidate, then he asked “What is before you?”

Candidate: Instantly replied “Tea”.
Answer: Alphabet “T” before Alphabet “U”.
Que 4:

Where Lord Rama have celebrated his “First Diwali”?

People will start thinking of Ayodya, Mithila [Janaki's place], Lanka etc…

But the logic is, Diwali was a celebrated as a mark of Lord Krishna Killing Narakasura. In Dusavataar, Krishnavathaar comes after Raamavathaar.

So, answer is nowhere.
Que 5:

You are driving along in your car on a wild, stormy night, it’s raining heavily, when suddenly you pass by a bus stop, and you see three people waiting for a bus:

An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
An old friend who once saved your life.
The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing very well that there could only be one passenger in your car?

This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job application.

The candidate who was hired (out of 129 applicants) had no trouble for his answer. What was his answer?

He simply answered:

“I would give the car keys to my Old friend and let him take the lady to the hospital. I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner of my dreams.”
Que 7:

Int: “This is your last question of the interview. Please tell me the exact position of the center of this table where u have kept your files.”

Candidate confidently put one of his finger at some point at the table and said that this was the central point at the table. Interviewer asked “how did you decide that this is the central point of this table?”, then he answers quickly that “Sir you are not supposed to ask any more question, as it was the last question as you promised …..

Que8. Questions That Have a Correct Answer

Question: You’re in a room with three light switches, each of which controls one of three light bulbs in the next room. Your task is to determine which switch controls which bulb. All lights are initially off, and you can't see into one room from the other. You may inspect the room only once. How can you determine which switch is connected to which light bulb?
Answer: Call the switches 1, 2 and 3. Leave Switch 1 off. Turn Switch 2 on for five minutes and then turn it off. Turn Switch 3 on and leave it on. Enter the room. The bulb that is on is controlled by Switch 3 (the one you left on). Feel the light bulbs that are off for heat. The bulb that is off and warm is controlled by Switch 2 (the one you turned on, then off). The bulb that is off and cold is controlled by Switch 1 (the one that you didn't turn on).

Que9. Questions That Don’t Have one Correct Answer

Question: How would you weigh a Boeing 747 without using scales?
Answer: There are many solutions, but one possible response is: you put the jet on a large boat and paint a mark on the hull where the water line is. Now remove the jet and the boat rises. Then, load the ship with items of known weight until it sinks to the line you painted. The total weight of the items will equal the weight of the jet.

Que8. Questions That You Have to Break Down

Question: Here's a mobile phone. Deconstruct it for me.
Answer: This question might not be about mobile phones at all. They might ask you to explain something else entirely. All you have to do here is explain what the thing they're asking about does. So describe what it is as simply as you can, e.g., "this is a device you use to communicate with people in your business and personal life".
Then, just go through and talk about what it does, e.g., "this can be used to store contact details, make phone calls, send emails, take photos or videos, etc." You could also relate it to the job or the workplace and talk about how the mobile phone would be used.

Que10. Questions That Test Your Performance

Question: Please take this pen and sell it to me. Tell me about its design, features, benefits and values.
Answer: Again, it might not be a pen, but whatever the object is, you have to think about what you can say that will convince the interviewer to buy it. You can be creative and make up some different uses for the pen, e.g., you could use it as a hair pin, you could use it to pick a lock, you could use it to scratch your back, etc. The way you deliver this answer is important too - you need to get excited about the pen as a product you really believe in.

This is what Interviewer expects from the Interviewee.

Think out of box in interview