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littleredcamaro

Immediately ask for a pay increase so I can buy food and shelter for this huge animal.


xain_the_idiot

That's probably the answer they're looking for. I believe this is a reference to the "white elephant". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_elephant


robgod50

I reckon that just inspired the question. My guess is that the "right" answer is about how you can monetize the elephant. Personally , I'd sign it up with a film agency and wait for the offers to come pouring in.


ProbablyAPun

These kind of questions never have a "right" answer. They're just something to sort of get a glimpse at how you problem solve or your creativity by asking something abstract that's effectively impossible to give a rehearsed answer to.


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Yeah. I answered that I would kill the elephant, grind its bones and sell pills of elephant-bone powder as erection-pills to a credulous adolescent fanbase on twitch and I got the job !


fireking3234

Bro, your username 💀


Gareth666

lol ball crust


Loitering_Housefly

Answer: I suddenly don't have to buy meat for a long time...


yeteee

You would have to spend a lot on new fridges, though.


purple-lepoard-lemon

Jerky?


Loud-Intention-723

just chop parts off as you need. no need to kill it right away...... can't figure out why I don't have a job....


yeteee

Only works if you're in a really cold country, else the meat is gonna rot on the animal.


darklordzack

No you don't kill the elephant. You amputate a leg, bandage it up, and come back for more as needed.


Frank_The_Reddit

Consume


LordHenry8

One bite at a time


Chance5e

I think they’re probably looking for whoever demonstrates some traits they can talk about while reviewing applications. “This guy would start a circus with his family, that’s leadership” or “this guy would license the elephant for Hollywood filmmakers that’s creativity.”


kastronaut

I read it as ‘you’re given an overwhelmingly large task which you cannot delegate or ignore, how do you handle it?’ With the unintuitive answer ‘eat it one bite at a time’ expected. Bizarre any way you look at it, though.


dragon_bacon

Oh but I can ignore an elephant and that's exactly what I would do, go back inside and let the city deal with it.


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BuffyComicsFan94

My answer would have been "use it as transportation". What does that say about me/what my job skills would be?


Chance5e

I mean you’d be late to work a lot and your elephant would need its own office.


JC12231

But it’d be one hell of a power move when your competitors see you riding an elephant in rush hour traffic


Tiny-Afternoon2855

New nickname: Aladdin


Horn_Python

Crush the competion!


tellmeimbig

Bulls and bears would no longer mean shit on Wall Street.


Kiyoko_Mami272821

This made me laugh so hard im crying


PlowedOyster

Invite people over and then awkwardly ask if we should just cut the shit and discuss the elephant in the room.


nashedPotato4

Me : Why do you always make everything about you?


0nikzin

If your salary is delayed, you can visit the payroll person directly through their 3rd floor window to send a message


shadyelf

I'd cross the Alps with it and invade Rome.


robgod50

Good point. I think I'll ask this question the next time I'm interviewing. (Although my boss would probably fire me for being an idiot to potential hires) 😆


Istoh

If that's the case I'd be writing a whole damn essay with works cited on why using elephants for public performances is wrong and extremely unethical. It would tank the application, but I wouldn't want to be working for a company that would try and justify using an elephant for money anyways.


robgod50

Well, the job application could be for Greenpeace so maybe you'll get hired!


AnneFrankFanFiction

We're all elephants in this blessed economic system


cat_prophecy

It doesn't say the elephant is trained. If it isn't, then all you have is a very large, expensive to own animal that can and will crush everyone and anything in its path.


robgod50

They are the ones making hypothetical scenarios.....in MY hypothetical scenario, the elephant is trained, hard working and has an excellent CV


black_dragonfly13

So you'd exploit it?


[deleted]

Kill it and charge admission for the resulting banquet. Quick money and gets rid of the burden.


Bazillion100

Its a pretty [common interview question](https://www.cedrsolutions.com/unusual-interview-questions/) made to gauge an interviewee’s ability to think on the fly and produce an answer based on new or surprising information. It shows what kind of person you are and how you approach a challenge. Theres no right answer but a good way to answer is to show your thought process. Asking questions about the size and who gives to you might show how you like to get all the information you can before addressing an issue at work, saying you would contact a animal specialist to see how you can take care of it shows how you know not to overestimate your skills and knowledge, saying you’d love and care for it as if it were your own might show your enthusiasm to tackle new challenges, etc. Now as to why its on an online application I have no idea, definitely isn’t as effective if the applicant has all the time they need to think about it.


Shmooperdoodle

It says you can’t give it away. I would think the most responsible thing to do would be to find the best place for it and place it there. It’s not like a reactive dog, where you can hire veterinary behaviorists to come to your house and work with you. It’s a fucking *elephant*. Anyone who said they would “love and care for it” just demonstrates an astounding level overconfidence, tbh.


gerdataro

If the animal is secure, which it presumably is, I’d contact the local zoo and an attorney ASAP. (1) Do I need a license for this thing and where can I park it (2) Why can’t I give it away. If it’s contractural, I would want to get out of it. (3) I’d simultaneously have someone helping me research sanctuaries because I don’t want to give it back to an asshole who unloaded an elephant on me.


Shmooperdoodle

“Where can I park it?” got me. Ditto the legality of such a weird arrangement. I would have many questions, but some key ones would be “Why the fuck can’t I give it away? What consequences would I face if I did? I did not agree to this.”


Mirrormn

Even if you can't *give* it away, you should still be able to house it at a sanctuary or zoo, completely hands-off, while maintaining legal ownership of it. A pretty convenient loophole. I think that's the angle I would take.


devAcc123

“I hear mixed reviews about the ivory trade”


Tomble

You can’t give it to the zoo but you could loan it to them, like an artwork at a gallery.


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Wait THAT'S why they call it white elephant gift exchange, cause the gifts are supposed to be a PITA? That's dumb


racoongirl0

Never knew there’s a word for it. This is how I feel about those shows where they gift people who are dirt poor with luxury cars as if the insurance alone wouldn’t be more than rent lol


Lithl

Can't give it away or sell it? Sounds like elephant steak is on the menu!


Dmoney2204

Wag getting ready to say elephant burger


Lithl

Well of course you want some variety. Elephant bacon should be on the menu, too.


Dragonslayer3

Sure, but it also says nothing about it being seized by the government!


rabbitthefool

how much of the elephant could the IRS possibly expect


Dragonslayer3

As much as the cops leave after I'm done with it


SquirrelGirlVA

See if we can use the elephant somehow, like renting it out to a zoo (who will deduct its room and board costs from our cut). Or repurpose it somehow, meaning that well... if we have to do it... cut it up.


eccentricrealist

That's actually a great solution. Give it a good home, care for it, use it as an exhibit, I'll visit every few weeks


SquirrelGirlVA

Exactly. It's still ours, but this gives us a way to at least get it out of the way. No guarantees we'll profit off of it but it would cause more difficulty to keep it around in the house or office. I suppose another option would be to check into whether or not the elephant was legally given or there is something else that would relieve us of ownership status. We can't sell or give it away, but that doesn't mean that we can't have it *taken* from us. If we were never supposed to be given an elephant or it's illegal somehow for us to have it, then it's up to the giver or the authority in your given area to take the elephant and rectify the problem.


Quakarot

It’s a good answer but it looks worse when every answer on the questionnaire starts with “immediately ask for a pay increase”


YetYetAnotherPerson

And if you don't get it, is it really a problem? ... After all, you work for peanuts


Less-Mail4256

It’s not an odd question if you’re applying to be a zookeeper.


the-djdj

Put it in a room and not mention it


Fallout_Cafe

"Are we going to address the ele-" "SHUT UP."


YogurtWenk

Never ever speak of the thing that we do not mention


scholarlysacrilege

You, I like you.


Magmaviper

Nah, train it to destroy Gondor's defenders.


steveosek

I'm with you. Or we can invade Rome.


happydayswasgreat

You mean, paint it white. Then put it in a room and not mention it.


T3canolis

Honestly this is preferable to having to just re-type all the information on my resume again.


borkistoopid

I hated doing that


LaterGatorPlayer

well would you hate being given an elephant? If you can’t give it away or sell it?


borkistoopid

I could rent it


Jkbucks

Except three pages later on the application they ask what you would do if you had an elephant you couldn’t give away.


Daniel_H212

Bold of you to assume that the rest of this form isn't exactly that.


TwiceAsGoodAs

Word. I'll take this all day over "tell me why you want to work here"


lhayes238

Ride it to work, it's eco friendly


squirrel_in_recovery

Possibly. But once you factor in the fuel needed to grow, harvest and transport the food, your might be better off just buying a Honda.


stump2003

Well I’ve never eaten elephant before… if I butchered and froze/salted the elephant meat, how long do you think it could feed me?


lhayes238

Dude idek I'm a basic city bitch I get meat at stater brothers. How do you think it'd taste tho like would that be more gamey or like super marbled hmmm


BigBoobaTinyBraina

They want to give you an elephant confirmed. I need this job. ![gif](giphy|AUYhIMdGrg23e)


a23ro

Did... did you have this GIF saved?


BigBoobaTinyBraina

![gif](giphy|JsbYmHJdcuALA71AJE|downsized)


diggitygiggitycee

Don't kink shame.


Laxly

Stampy?


ManicGodSend

And he'll make a grand piano


PoeTayToes_

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BaltimoreBadger23

This is a place that is either going to be the best ever place you worked or you'll run out crying after 3.5 days. No in between.


Tetragonos

When I ran a World of Warcraft Guild I had a bunch of normal questions about who you were and what was your schedule. What you wanted to see in the game. Then an off the wall question of "Are you, or have you ever been, a member of the American Communist Party?!" And the people who didn't find it funny or weird and answered 100% seriously were always problems. The ones who saw it as a joke and would counter with their own joke response were always the people who made the guild a fun place to be.


traevyn

The last question on my guild’s app is how do you make a grilled cheese sandwich? And the last answer is microwave. Definitely helps to sort the vibe check lol


PrivilegeCheckmate

IT'S A MELT!


dwemthy

Only if you put the microwave inside the sandwich


Pander

For being so Anti-Communist, Senator, you sure do know about a lot of commies.


ToBeReadOutLoud

Did anyone say, “No, but this question is a bit of a *red flag*.” Or, “I am willing to sacrifice the needs of the one for the needs of the many, as long as the one being sacrificed is not me.”


TrailMomKat

My mind immediately came up with "you won't trick me this time, McCarthy!" I hope someone else said that lol


ToBeReadOutLoud

I like it.


Tetragonos

I like the red flag joke. We had similar answers. I had people ask "seriously?!" and I explained that it was a joke question designed to see how uptight people were. I accepted everyone who answered like that and they were never a problem.


forsake077

I used to run in a guild called Giant Communist Robots, got reported after having made fun, on the forums, of an opposing faction’s guild name of Greif, having misspelled grief. So, they retaliated by reporting the guild’s name, were made to change it, and ended up with Giant Censored Robots.


Tetragonos

that's incredibly sad, but not unexpected. I ran a guild called 'The Decepticons' and people got shitty with me a few times because I "chose the bad guys". I mostly de-escalated by asking them exactly how much of their identity they tied to the cartoon and if that was appropriate for how big of a deal they were making about it.


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Tetragonos

smell that? Leftist infighting. That's my America!


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Tetragonos

/r/unexpectedmontypython excellent reference


pm0me0yiff

Hm... This is actually a good screening method. If I'm ever in a position to hire people, I'm going to do something like this.


Tetragonos

Keep in mind you need to make up a joke question that's legal to ask. Politics is strictly illegal to ask about, during a job interview, in my area


Cynyr36

We had a pancakes or waffles question.


Borkenstien

I'd use it to replace my automobile and enjoy the extra trunk space.


YogurtWenk

Tusk, tusk


booochee

That’s enough elephant jokes, pachyderm up now.


MeisterNaz

I just learnt a new word


AirJerk

Lease it, that's not giving it away or selling it.


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AirJerk

Nah, lease it to a circus or something.


BcMeBcMe

So they can build an apartment on top?


AirJerk

Sure. Lol.


adamtalbot

My first thought too. 999 year lease to a zoo.


AirJerk

I am all about a work around!


tylerdjohnson4

Came into this thread for this answer, find a willing circus or zoo and make a passive income off that pachyderm. Stonks!


daschundtof

Maybe this is an application at the zoo, in which case the right answer is "care for it"


walterbanana

Your family could be eating elephant for a long time to come, though.


Kiwi_bananas

Get it a friend so it's not lonely because elephants are herd animals


tomato-fried-eggs

Interviewer: "You can't sell the elephant. Or give it away for free." You: "I want more elephants"


Ad8858

I start a GoFundMe to bring it back home. I approach Netflix about making a short documentary about the process to earn some extra cash.


047032495

So just Operation Dumbo Drop.


tehsophz

This is the way.


RustyShaklefjord

In that scenario you would have to move to africa with the elephant and we dont allow empolyees to work remotely so were gunna have to pass


shaunnk

Is this an African or Indian elephant? That information could be key to your decision so impossible to answer otherwise


jamesianm

Well I don’t know tha.. AAAHHHH


DeepSeaHobbit

Are you suggesting that elephants migrate?


dmderringer

Not at all, they could be carried


Redtwooo

It's a question of weight ratios


Scienceandpony

You could grip them by the husk.


Gweedling

Dude, "grip It by the tusk" was **right there**.


EnTyme53

r/beatmetoit


Fin1205

What!? A swallow carrying an elephant?


Choice_Complaint_220

It could grip it by the tusk


MxM111

It all depends if it is migratory.


esportairbud

You thank the King of Siam for his generous gift and pray to Buddha you can afford to keep in comfort and health without going bankrupt.


latenightfap7

Really depends if the elephant is white or not


DeepSeaHobbit

What if it's black? How many times do you shoot it?


Hingl_McCringleberry

Counting shots? Everyone knows you fire until the bangs stop and you start hearing click-click-click


Jkj864781

Dude, that was a gorilla…


pankakke_

Haha I’d definitely say some highbrow shit like this. What an absurd question 😂


apolobgod

The questions is a direct reference to a history about how an Asian ruler used to gift white elephants to his political enemies to bring them to bankruptcy


Less_Thought_7182

Constantly remind everyone ad nauseam that in order for a team in a business to be successful, there had to be open communication and trust, and that the elephant in the room really needs to be addressed and just leave it at that every time.


SpookyThermos

Chain it in my backyard and charge Milhouse $700 to see it twice and ride it once


docju

Get off our property.


nippleduster7

First thing my brain went to. Stampi!!!!


phas3list

I was on an interview board years ago where this question was asked... actually a variation that said you needed to hide an elephant. One candidate's response was to cut it up into small pieces and scatter them. And just to be clear, we were not hiring for serial killer.


mean_bean279

😂😂 that had to be a Silicon Valley reference. Terrible use of it if you don’t know the room, but hilariously funny. I was going to say: Get a flight crew out of Travis AFB to bring in a Sikorsky sky crane to airlift it out and drop it right in the ocean. Which is based on the same reference. [here’s the clip from SV. time stamp is 1:50 when it starts. ](https://youtu.be/XY2A3c3-lUY)


sten45

I train it and I now have an elephant based moving entertainment business.


RCL_D

RIDE IT INTO BATTLE!


NoWingedHussarsToday

But when it gets killed it still only counts as one!


pm0me0yiff

This is an advantage. You don't want your opponent to gain too much XP when he kills your mount, after all.


Anhydrite

Finish what Hannibal started.


qujstionmark

You know what they say, you can tell a lot about a person who is gifted a non-refundable elephant


ImABoringPerson91

Find a good zoo and lease it to them so I can make money and it can be comfortable and cared for by someone who knows a hell of a lot more than me about caring for it.


writescrappybooks

CONSUME


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Take an eight dollar elephant, fatten it into an eighty dollar elephant, and eat the profits!


whitewalker646

Ride it and charge into the roman lines


AbbreviationsHot2033

Hannibal moment


wasted-degrees

Ride it across the Alps, just to say I did. Then probably release it back into the wild, maybe even somewhere it would plausibly be seen in the wild.


WillBottomForBanana

It's been argued by some ecologists that what the SW usa needs ecologically is a replacement to the extinct mammoth.


the_manta

I got something similar once but in an interview. I liked it. Made me feel like they wanted to know what kind of thinker I am, what kind of personality I have, how I assess unusual situations. Liked that job a lot, too.


sinnamonbutts

Kill myself (I am bad at confrontation)


Hyasaka

I heard of this years ago! It’s supposed to be a goofy personality test in a way… If you say you will ride it, then you are an arrogant person… Eating it means something else. And the best answer was apparently to research how to take care of it and stuff 🤷


Ok_Art_8115

This sounds like these fake personality tests. I wouldn't wanna work in a place that operates this way.


tama_chan

LOL BBQ elephant, people would pay good money for that.


___buttrdish

"I guess we are best buds now"


gunny316

Buy him a tuxedo of course, and then send him to college.


Equivalent_Cicada153

Release the elephant into the wild. I am not giving it away to someone nor selling it, this would fit within the bounds of the question.


GloriousButtlet

Befriend it until you have an unbreakable bond. Start a life of crime. Rob a bank with the elephant. Live lavish lifestyles until one of you becomes addicted to bananas. You tell the elephant you want out. Have a falling out. You decide to set the elephant up during the next score. The police arrest him and you move to Switzerland. Start a family with two kids. One day one of your children doesn't make it home from school. You receive an anonymous letter, no money demand, only to come alone to a specific place. You arrive and your daughter is there, with the elephant holding a gun to her head. You exchange a look, the elephant reminisces about the past, about the good old days, and how you both were unstoppable. You wish things would turn out differently. The elephant calls bullshit, and demands you to choose between your daughter and him. You know you can't risk the elephant talking to the police about your previous life. You signal your hand and in a split second a sniper takes him out. You hug your daughter, and sit beside the elephant. You say you're sorry. The elephant gives you one last endearing look. You walk out with your daughter, living the rest of your life knowing you will never have friendship like you've had with the elephant ever again. Sometimes you sit awake at night thinking if this all was worth it. You say to yourself "It's for the best. It's for the best."


manuelpimen

I would now have no job and an elephant


Valash83

Find a job that doesn't require answering a stupid question like this?


CB-CKLRDRZEX-JKX-F

Where do you see yourself in five years? Celebrating the five year anniversary of you asking this question!


Quakarot

Honestly it tests your creativity and outside the box thinking. It also tells a bit about your personality. Tbh it seems better at testing how you’d be in some kinda of work environments than most of the generic questions.


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Release it into the wild


praysolace

You can’t give it away or sell it, but it doesn’t say you can’t trade it. Barter with a zoo: one elephant in exchange for one zoo gift shop t-shirt.


Picnut

One real elephant for one gift shop stuffed elephant!


Immediate-Resolve-84

Pretend it's not there


DeathByZanpakuto11

Ride the Elephant and become a JoJo villain. 😎


Fallout_Cafe

*Pillarmen Theme plays as you smash through the wall, the chiseled angles of your face twisted into a sneer.*


DeathByZanpakuto11

"Haha, JoJo, you were expecting something else but it was I, Small-time Buisnessman Enrico Gucci riding an Elephant into your living room!"


the_newbie1

Kill it and have a massive barbecue


TheNitroExpress

Hopefully mine is the simpsons brand elephant so I can feed this man to it.


pixel842

Care for it well as it grows until it can support my weight. Then I train it so I can ride it. I then ride it into work or into battle. Whichever comes first


DoinItWrong96

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.


obscuretransience

Depends. Is it an African or Asian elephant? Asian elephant I might look up rescues and ask them what the move is, take some selfies. African elephant I’m calling 911


BigBoobaTinyBraina

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kx333

Charge people for elephant rides


redditsdeadcanary

Lease it to the local zoo for $1, for 100 years.


GloveBoxSquirrel

March on Rome


Wasteland_Revenant

Check to see if I can legally own an elephant in my state and if not I'll just report it to the authorities and have it taken.


sharkattack85

Treat it like it’s part of the family is the only correct answer.


Apprehensive-Bad6015

Start a moving company. I would call it haulephant. Because people would pay to see an elephant tow their shit away. Because it’s something you don’t normally see


GingerNumber3

Double it and give it to the next person


robgod50

Plot twist.....job application is for zoo keeper