Wasting the Prince of Darkness

From "Pete" (not his real name):

I walked into my first technical interview at Microsoft, and before I could say anything, the woman says, Youre in an 8x8 stone corridor. I blink and sit down.

Interviewer: The prince of darkness appears before you.

Me: You mean, like, the devil?

Interviewer: Any prince of darkness will do.

Me: Ok.

Interviewer: What do you do?

Me: <pause> Can I run?

Interviewer: Do you want to run?

Me: Hmm I guess not Do I have a weapon?

Interviewer: What kind of weapon do you want?

Me: Um something with range?

Interviewer: Like what?

Me: Uh a crossbow?

Interviewer: What kind of ammo do you have?

Me: <long pause> Ice arrows?

Interviewer: Why?

Me: <floundering> Because the prince of darkness is a creature made of fire???

Interviewer: Fine so what do you do next?

Me: I shoot him?

Interviewer: No what do you do?

Me: <blank stare>

Interviewer: You WASTE him! You *WASTE* the prince of darkness!!

Me: <completely freaked out and off my game> Holy crap what have I gotten myself into.

She then tells me that she asks that question for two reasons. 1) Because she wants to know if the candidate is a gamer (which is apparently really important please note: Im not a gamer) and 2) because she wants her question to show up on some website. I hate to accommodate her, but this is definitely the weirdest interview question Ive ever heard of.

Well, here you go, weird-prince-of-darkness-wasting-lady...

This is by far the funniest interview question I've ever seen. I blogged about it: http://www.forrestiandola.com/blog/2010/05/best-interview-question-ever/

I hate the fact that people utilize unrealistic questions to judge one person's ability to do work.

Since America has more than 53% of divorce, what should be used to judge a person's ability is their marriage status.

If you are divorced, you don't get a job. You could not even communicate with the closest person of your choice. You made the wrong choice. You screwed up!!!
You could not even handle one good bond with one person how can you have good bond with a team. You are fired.

Dear "bunch of sh",

Just curious--what documentation have you found to demonstrate discrimination against divorcees in the job search?

Best,
Forrest

this is what I would answer:

Interviewer: What do you do?
Me: <pause> I hit Load, obviously, this save is crappy ... <note to self: do a chkdsk later>

@bunch of sh:
 Lol, I totally agree.
@Pete:
 That is hilarious.

thanks for cheering me up.......I am finding the whole job hunting process to be a big load of "sh"..... I do rather like the divorced exclusion.....it might even have merit!