Interviewers who ask what animal you’d like to be are not really interviewers. They are people you should feel sorry for.
Just because someone is conducting a job interview doesn’t mean they actually know how to interview. Dumb interview questions come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and so do interviewers.
“What animal would you like to be” is one of the classic dumb interview questions that non-skilled interviewers who are trying to kill time might put in front of you and not realize you have stopped taking them or their company seriously upon being asked this meaningless question.
Sometimes you’ll attend interviews where the person interviewing you genuinely seems interested to learn about you and asks questions to learn about you as a person. Other times, you’ll take part in interviews that are strictly business where the only questions asked relate to the job and your ability to do it.
When I was first looking for a job as a recruiter, the co-owner of a well-established recruitment firm I was interviewing with started asking me questions about my family which I thought was odd since interviewers generally stay away from questions like this for legal reasons. I didn’t mind answering the questions but I did find it odd, especially coming from the co-owner of this successful recruitment company who probably should have known better. Besides, he was looking to hire me, not my family.
At the end of the day, getting asked silly interview questions is probably something you’re probably going to have to deal with at one point or another. Especially if you happen to really want the job you are being interviewed for.
For the record, if I was an animal, I’d hope to be human because I assume the company I was interviewing with was planning to hire one.
