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[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Then proceed to not work there.

Indeed.

Part of me thinks that my unrelenting need to be professional would override the urge to have a little fun with this kind of thing, especially if it were a job interview that I had worked really hard towards or it was a job I really wanted or I was desperate or something.

Then another part of me thinks that if this is a job interview question and they're deadly serious then this is clearly a place where I would not enjoy working, and my opinions will not be welcome. In which case, why not have a little fun? If one of the interviewers reflects on their ridiculous interview questions in light of your baffled 'what-the-hell-kind-of-linguistics-test-is-this?' response to their question, then perhaps it wasn't a complete waste of time after all.