Why did an interviewer ask me a question about people eating curry?

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Published on 2010-09-15T19:32:58Z Indexed on 2012/04/13 17:42 UTC
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I had an interview question once which went...

Interviewer: "Could you tell me how many people will eat curry for their dinner this evening" Me: "Er, sorry?" Interviewer: "Not the actual number just an estimate"

I actually started to stumble my way through it, when I stopped and questioned what it had to do with anything about the job. The interviewer mumbled something and moved on.

I guess the question is, what is the point in the ridiculous questions? I just don't understand why they started coming up with these things.

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