Creative Interview QuestionsCEOs Swear By

CREATED BY SUSIE ALMANEIH

CEOs often know what they want, and somehave creative ways of figuring out who can

deliver.

WHY do they do this?

They want to step outside of the traditionalinterview box, and provide an opportunity to

watch a candidate work his or her way througha problem live, right there, in that moment.

“On a scale of 1 to 10, howweird are you?”

-Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos

“What’s your spirit animal?”-Ryan Holmes, CEO of Hootsuite

“What would you do in theevent of a zombie apocalypse?”

-Ashley Morris, CEO ofCapriotti’s Sandwich Shop

“Tell me something that’strue, that almost nobody

agrees with you on.”-Peter Thiel, PayPal

cofounder and president ofClarium Capital

“What was the lastcostume you wore?”

Neil Blumenthal, co-CEOof Warby Parker

“Summarize yourlife in three minutes”Brian Chesky, CEO of

Airbnb