What would your gravestone say?
Fucking weird phrasing, but this is a variant on "Describe yourself in three words". They want a sense of who you are and what you're like as a person
Let's say the president came into our store and asked you to grab something off a shelf. Would you help him?
They want to see how professional you are. Tell them you'd help any customer that isn't harming or affecting any other customer, because that's the job and your work ethic
Remember when Hawaii thought they were going to be exploded? SO CRAZY! Walk us through how you'd close up shop in that scenario.
Competency question. They want to know how you react in an emergency, and are testing your thought process by giving you a specific scenario. They don't expect perfection, they just want to see what elements you consider, how thorough you are, etc.
So... how would Willy Wonka get you
Wild phrasing, but they're asking a variant on "What characteristics do you have that you need to work on?" They're doing it in a more fun way to try to put you at ease, but also more importantly to get a sense of your personality. If you're choosing someone to join the team, you generally want to get a vibe of what they're like before you commit to spending 8 hours in an office with them 5 days a week. Do you laugh and treat this question as a fun game? Do you give a single one word answer while staring at them? Do you deliver an in-depth analysis of how the Chocolate Factory's fae-like logic applies to real world human behaviour? This tells them something
And, of course, it also depends on the job. Some jobs may require you to think on your feet, so they might be looking for a creative, snappy response. Others simply want a sense of what you're like.
When I was a hiring manager at an escape room, I would spell out the interview process for the candidates; I would first tell them the logistics of the job and how it worked, so if it wasn't going to work out they could leave without doing the rest of the interview and save time. Then I would tell them we were moving into the Getting To Know You questions, and we'd have a mix of those, including the "fun" types. And then I would tell them we were moving into the competency section, and that's when we'd ask the skills stuff. It meant everyone had a clue about what the questions were getting at, and knew what to emphasise. Unfortunately, most interviewers these days do not do that, and I do think it disadvantages a lot of neurodiverse folks - or, even just inexperienced folks who haven't done many interviews
In any case. Yeah. That's what they mean, for anyone unsure
