Weird questions asked in job interviews

Is it alright to snitch on a co-worker? What tree do you resemble most?

Would you be surprised to face one of these questions in a job interview? You're not the only one.

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However these are actually some of the curveball questions modern employers are using to throw off candidates, according to new research.

A new study by GoDaddy polled recent graduates and hiring managers and found 53% of the hiring managers polled will deliberately ask a thought-provoking 'curveball' question during an interview to throw off those they're talking to.

And those heading to a job interview don't have long to make a good impression - the average time cited for a hiring manager to form a hard-to-change impression was just four minutes.

More than half of the interviewers polled build a first impression based on the quality of the handshake, while two-thirds said the ability to simply show up on time screams volumes.

But the assessments are made online as much as off and the study by GoDaddy found many candidates are surprisingly still being undone by their online presences.

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Flying high literally as well as metaphorically, pilots top the salary scale this year. There are various routes into the job, from university courses to airlines' own training schemes; private training will set you back as much as £50,000 to £60,000.

"I most enjoy the variety of the job, working as a team, to a schedule, with the responsibility of safely transporting hundreds of people to their destination. I would advise aspiring pilots to thoroughly research training routes, understand the serious financial outlay required with no guarantee of a job after training and to consider other routes such as flight instruction."