Quote Originally Posted by motz View Post
I think this shows that Benny isn't going to be the type of person we need to rebuild the city of Detroit.
That's what those questions are intended to show. Are you a thoughtful, creative, introspective, patient, person who thinks quickly on your feet, or are you a buffoonish jerk who simply wants to get hired/elected? If you are unable or are unwilling to answer simple, inoffensive questions [[regardless of what the question is), you're probably not the best candidate for, well, anything.

Questions like that aren't usually asked to determine what your actual weaknesses are. It's the quality of the response that is usually more useful. But, whatever, apparently a bunch of people here are HR experts now too.