set it free .... but that is probably not the answer they are looking for ....

Set it free on the white house lawn, then

Release it back into the wild... I'm not giving it away or am I selling it... The elephant needs a place to eat and drink, so...

I'd just set it free.

Yes! I'd set it free where I live. In downtown Boston. And the fun begins!

Rent it out

To a local zoo. I'd visit often!

Rent out to Dem candidates for target practice.

To be given something requires that you accept it first. I will not be accepting any elephants! Right after I slam the door in your face, I will be calling up the po po, who will be there before you're able to go "give" someone else an elephant.

I would love him and kiss him and squeeze him and call him George. He would sleep with me and we would go for walks. I would be honored to spend my life with a Paccy!!

This is the correct answer

The REAL elephant in the room

Make paintings together!!!🐘

Questions like this, "if you were a tree, what tree and why" & "if you were a kitchen appliance, what and why" are red flags to me. Once interviewed for a job when I first moved to the USA. It was going well until they focused on me being English. 10 minutes asking about cars and Top Gear. I left.

Find a way to get it home and release it back into the wild. Who is giving out elephants at interviews ?! 😆 seems a costly way to judge someone’s empathy and ability to think on their feet.

I mean “free it” is the only correct answer, right?

Eat it. Bite by bite.

Name it Clarence and commute to work on his back

Take it on vacation, think of the places you can get to with an elephant that you can’t without one!

I would interpret this question as one that is trying to understand how law abiding you are. There are many states where it is unlawful, a code violation or requires a license to own a wild animal.

Lend it to an animal preserve.

I'd lease it to a safari park in Africa....$0 a year

Came to say this.

Why would I want to give it away or sell it?

I would sell tickets for elephant rides and elephant petting and turn it into a source of income so it could provide for both of us.

Being ridden hurts their backs.

Easy. Murder it. Take the edible meat and dry it/cold store it. If it has tusks, make them into figurenes/jewerly and give as gifts. Dump the bones on a bike lane/ park in New York. Done.

Obviously few know the original meaning of recieving a 'white elephant'.

I would recruit more elephants and send them on a rampage through the Florida and Texas legislatures.

The answer is simple “I’d have no other choice than to care for it.”

Refuse to accept the #Elephant. They said you couldn't sell it, or give it away. But nobody said you had to take it!

Thank you for posting this. I enourage my students to practice interviewing in class, and this led me to a deep dive on "Behavioral Interview" questions. If you understand why they ask you for an example from your past instead or a hypothetical scenario, you'll be one step closer to getting the job!

Guess I'd fail with my "marry it, and run away to Mozambique" answer. 🤷🏽‍♀️

why would you fail? id argue that your answer shows: a sense of humor creativity compassion loyalty seeking out adventure a will to travel ... 😆

Or. Put it in the room!

I'd rent it out.

Go full Monthy Python… « Is it an African or Asian elephant? » And hop, program crash, you get to pass!

One bite at a time.

Eat it. One bite at a time.

I'd hire it and pay it peanuts.

"I'd keep it in the Elephant house with my other Elephants".

You have an elephant house? .. Go you !!

How big is the elephant? Is it alive? If it's alive, am I given a stipend to feed, house and provide medical attention when required?

I would take it back home to Africa and set it free. And if you don’t like that don’t hire me.

Outside voice, "I'm sorry I can't work for you. Thank you for your time." Inside voice, "Are you f'ing kidding me. I just dodged a bullet."

The elephant wasn't property in the first place, so it isn't mine to give away or sell. I would arrange for transportation back to where it came from, where doubtless it still has friends and family. Then, I would gather all the shit and fill the car of the person who thought of this.

Best answer

Best answer ever

That last sentence is GOLD!!! 🥇

Following both of you!🤣

Followed back thanks for letting me know

Me too

Got you

Me three!

Gotcha

Complete gold. And not only that, the answer was a good one and then there’s his name……

For sure!!! Oh yeah, his name kicks ass!!!

Yep, that’s a follow

Same as Project 2025 the multiple choice is a MAGA psychological test! Loyalty to Trump above all others!

Put it in the middle of the room of course .

We're not talking about that.

I would give rides to all my neighbors

I would ride it to the job you are about to give me.

Lease it

In the immortal words of Groucho, " One morning, I shot an elephant in my pajamas, how he got in my pajamas I will never know.

😆

My answer: train it to blend into urban environments by getting it to carry a clipboard like a pollster or census taker (those people are invisible), or get it to skulk around in alleyways whilst wearing a trenchcoat and sunglasses.

Make popcorn, set up the lawn chair, and set it free and watch the chaos while eating the popcorn.

Train it as a war elephant and turn it lose somewhere in particular in 2028.

There’s an elephant sanctuary down the road from me

Bring it to DC

The Talmud in Tractate Succah says you can use an elephant as one of the walls of your Succah. So that's what I'd do with it. Use it as a wall.

That’s a follow👏👏👏🏆

Lease it to a conservation group.

Free it. Put it back into the African jungle where it belongs.

Or Indian.

Set it free in its native habitat?

I call animal control and ask them politely to impound this obviously illegal exotic animal.

The first and most obvious question is, “Is it white? Because if it’s a white elephant, well, that’s just a whole different story. So, I guess you need to write better questions and communicate more clearly what it is you’re looking for in new hires; is it sarcasm, empathy, journalistic skills…?”

Yeah, you’re not getting hired. ha

It was sarcasm.

I know.🤣

Yeah Nobody Answering This Question Legitimately Is Getting Hired Either.

I don’t know about that. I’ve seen some pretty clever responses.

🤣😅😂

🤣🤣🤣

I think it’s pink and the person who wrote the question is drunk.

Is this for real? How about if we answered, “I’d shove the elephant up your ass except that would be unkind to the elephant”

Thinking back on lost childhood dreams... Maybe this is my chance to start my own circus!

Ask @sheldricktrust.bsky.social for care and nurture advice would be my answer.

🤭

No worries. The community association would round it up in a matter of hours after a neighbor complained about unlawful livestock in the yard.

Well, I guess my answer would be a question. Is it an African elephant or an asian elephant?

How large are its ears and can it fly?

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen elephant?

Exactly!! You get it!

Fuck it ?

Train it to poop on RFK jr

I think the correct answer is "I don't want to work for a company that asks these kids of questions".

I don't want to answer this kind of question.

My thought exactly!

I once filled out one of these stupid things for a company. Spent a lot of time and thought on my answers only to get an AI ding a few hours later. I will never work for or utilize that company's offering ever again given it's obvious disrespect the people's time and effort.

Yes, that was pretty much my point as well. There is also a large body of psych research that shows that outside of testing for specific job-related skills, these sorts of interviews and questionnaires not not predict employee success or effectiveness, so essentially they are a waste of time.

Oh, I was agreeing. I actually enjoyed answering the question insofar as there was no right answer and the point could have been to show flexible thinking (relevant in my field), but the fact that noone actually read, much less engaged with my response was proof that I was wrong about the point.

and that is then real problem there!

My answer, "Kill the elephant and eat it."

That's RFK, Jr's response

😹😹😹

😹😹😹💫

The “How do you eat an elephant question” Of course the right answer is, “one bite at a time” (meaning how do you tackle big problems).

Listen, you can't just go around stress-eating everything, krzy. Lol

That's probably the answer their looking for.

😹😹

LOL that was my "psychotic self" answer

I liked the person who said they'd flip the question to ask about the company's pet policy. A good sense of humor can go a long way in a stressful workplace.

Yeah. I have an elephant as a support animal. LOL

I would’ve said: I’d use it to get back and forth to work in the event my car breaks down because if I have to spend 8 hours of my day at this circus I may as well look like a clown on my way there.

Brava!!!! Now I have to clean my laptop 'cause it has Orange Crush all over it🤣🤣🤣

I just snort-laughed. Great answer.

Fantastic! 🤣

Very creative!🙌🤣

Definitely. Not inherently given at all. Just totally creative. How creative of you…❤️

That’s a follow for sure

Is the elephant a billionaire? If so, eat it.

How do you eat an elephant?

One bite at a time.

This is why I’m here👏👏👏💀

I'll rack em up, you knock em down 😄

S...l...o...w..l..y....

It's obvious that you rent it out of course!

Research & evaluate the context of the elephant (alive or inanimate), the needs of the elephant, the purpose of the elephant, etc. Use that relevant information to determine the best action to take. Making any decision without that information is a waste of time & resources, like this question.

Ride it to work

Use Plutarch, that's what I'd name him, to go to and from work every day, and let him come to meetings with customers where he would marvel them with his grace, or act shy and hide behind some furniture.

What a stupid question !!! Obviously one would make friends, ask for a ride, & feed it snacks as we ambled through town. Companies these days…. 🙄

My favorite so far! 😁😁

While I have asked this in interviews, putting this on an application is wild. The point is supposed to be to observe the person working through an abstract problem with no real answer to learn about their thought process. It doesn't work when not in person.

Feed and clothe it!

Shove all the 800 pound gorillas used to getting their way in to the room with it.

Travel in elephants, of course! I'm betting nobody gets this without googling.

Is it a live elephant?

Lol. Wow. I wouldn’t even know how to start answering that.

Crazy

Introduce it to my wife, daughter and grand-daughter. That'll keep everyone occupied for a while whilst I come up with a proper solution. I'll have time as I'd actually have binned this application rather than overthink this question.

That's a big room.

My ex wife used to ask a similar question when co ducting job interviews. It just helps interviewers understand the way you process information and your creativity

Does not say I can't donate it to a Zoo.

I would “lease” the elephant to a local zoo for $1 per 50 years.

An accountant's answer!

Release it back into its natural habitat. It’s not being given away or sold. If it’s too domesticated for that, I would loan it (again not giving it away or selling it) to a responsible nature preserve or zoo. Third option- have it trample the person who made that question.

"Eat it"

I would Teach the Elephant to do CPR And the Heimlich Maneuver w/its Trunk, so it could roam the earth like Kwai Chang Caine saving Lives & bringing happiness to people around the world. 🥳😝😂

"Where am I currently storing this elephant and do you know something I don't?" 🤨

I do believe the correct answer is: “ I would eat it. One bite at a time. “

ElephIknow

I would help it to get a job and teach it to clean up after itself.

Bring him to a sanctuary ❤️

Nice

Pretty simple question if applying for a job in a SA Game Preserve...

Turn the elephant in to donkey 🫏!

🏆 Love it!

Put it in the room

Well the one thing I don't do is nominate it to be President again.

Answer: I would attack Rome

Lmfao

“Congratulations! You’re hired as our new elephant!”

That's the right answer. You're hired.

um, hannibal failed...

It's a joke dude.

Not cuz of the elephants

Yes and no. He actually did succeed in smashing Roman army after Roman army. But in the end they won as they just stubbornly kept mustering armies to chuck at him. Lack of enough of a siege train and the numbers to take Rome didn’t do him any favours either though.

same way the allies won ww2 and the union won the us civil war attrition

🤣🤣🤣

Set it on my desk to remind me that there are no obstacles I can't overcome. The elephant is a statue of Ganesha.

Trade it for a donkey. Elephants have gotten a bad rep.

Here's an answer: www.cedrsolutions.com/unusual-inte...

Interesting...

I'll start a circus, I won't have any problem finding clowns.

Loan it to a rehabilitation center

Gardeners is 🐘 💩 👍 4 gardening?

Don’t say eat it, that’s a bad answer

The "This is a required question" part threw me.

Name it stampy

I would let it play with my lion.

I would answer with a question and ask about their pet policy.

Exactly. When is the “Bring your elephant to work day?”

It's a valid question can my emotional support elephant hangout here in the office

I can't give it away, but I can rent it to the zoo.

😆👏🙏

Pay a zoo to look after it for me.

This was almost my thought, except I would lease it to the zoo for the sum of zero dollars per year for 99 years.

I refuse to accept that there isn’t a solution for any problem even if a solution fails. If I can’t give it away or sell it then I will trade it. I hate these types of questions.

Have it converted to electric and shit on Teslas.

Would letting it live in the Capitol building in DC be the right answer for MAGA employers? Since MAGA are the 1/6/21 defenders, who plotted fake electors, beat cops, & accepted that elected politicians could handle chaos, surely they can all figure out how to navigate an elephant in their rooms.

Bobby Kennedy team members are using intake forms created by a crazed “psychologist” that asks personal questions of sex and frequency …for his and others own Govt staffers. Bizarre questions that should never be asked as part of an application www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-26703...

simpsons already did it

I would name it George. And I would hug it and squeeze it.

Does anyone know what the point of questions like this are? Is it to test your reading comprehension and writing skills? Creativity? Patience for pointless tasks?

Get a bigger back yard.

You couldnt give me an elephant for just those reasons

I'd give it a large meal and walk it over the greens, one by one, at Bedminster. (Did I get the job?)

Send it to rampage at Mara lardo.

UPDATE: According to CNN, a female student was the shooter at a Madison Christian school.

Do I have the option to lend it to an accredited zoo in exchange for lodging and care while still retaining ownership?

Elephant = G.O.P. WTF are we going to do?😢😢😢😢😢

The answer is clearly to use him/her as an Uber

Is “make it an enormous bathing suit out of old balloons” the reason why I’m unemployable?

“free it” would me my answer. Then a very hearty f*ck all the way off for being such a dumba$s question. Normal people are so so screwed in this country

We know what RFK junior would do with it ...

Rent it out as a land clearing service.

I've seen this question before and my prepared answer is, "Talk about it."

I would pat it and feed it and call it George.

Exactly. 😁

I was asked this question in an interview for a job with a school district. 🙄

It actually says everything about ones character. These seemingly nonsensical random questions are psychology 101. And the answers can be dealbreakers.

African or European Elephant?

I'm either going to file a lawsuit against someone for trying to force me to be a party to animal cruelty, or permanently loan it to an elephant sanctuary. Then I'm going to leave you a bad review on Glassdoor.

Shoot it and freeze the meat. I can’t afford to feed a damn elephant, if I did I wouldn’t need this Fricken job.

I think we found RFK Jr's bsky!

😂

You name it Stampy and charge everyone in the neighborhood $5 to see it.

I love this song. Reminds me of elephants.

See right about here I see Yosemite Sam wacking an elephant on the ass with a plank…

😄👍

Since my favorite animal is an elephant we would be best friends. But then I would REQUEST that he be allowed to stay at a wildlife preserve and he would still belong to me.

I was thinking how there is a lovely elephant wildlife preserve where they get to do art.

Sell to Campbell's. There's high demand for Cream of Elephant soup.

Vote it out of office.

I guess they're just addressing the elephant in the room...

Keep it!!! OMFG I have always wanted an elephant!!!

I'd pack its trunk.

Lease it to the zoo for $1.

I think my answer would be: Who told you about the elephant? We aren't supposed to talk about the elephant.

Someone must have read the book by Vaseem Khan, "when the going gets tough, a determined elephant may be exactly what an honest man needs". The unexpected inheritance of Inspector Chopra.

Shove it into the VW Beetle, along with the other 3...

"I refuse to answer any more asinine questions that have nothing to do with the job description or my ability to show up on time, do the work and go home. You don't give a shit about my answer to this question any more than I do. My time is valuable and so is yours. Let's move on."

Ouch!

Set it free?

... like, where did it come from? Why can't it go home to its family? Why are you giving non-returnable elephants to job applicants?

Set it free in the middle of Nebraska.

Paint it white!

I'd rent him to a natural reservoir for $0.01 per year.

If I thought this was a serious question that actually required an answer, I would answer that I would do a GoFundMe to collect airfare to send the elephant to Hwange National Park between Zimbabwe & Botswana and set it free. I didn't give it away or sell it - I just let my pet elephant roam free

You are my kind of people. 🥰

There is an elephant sanctuary in Georgia USA

I was thinking only to set him free, not considering how I would be able to do it. You sir, deserve that job! Whatever it was 😅

Perfect. Boarding school!

My thoughts exactly! If I were that elephant, I would want to be reunited with my family. “Do unto others as you would have done unto you”🩶

That was my answer: release it in the wild!

this is really good.

Presuming it's not an Asian elephant 🤣

In which case you could just turn it loose in the streets of Bangkok.

youtu.be/rgc_LRjlbTU?...

This road leads to a Monty Python skit, I’m sure

I would rent it to a zoo for a nominal sum like $100 for the life of the animal.

Very nice!

Damn!

Stuff it up a MAGATS A$$!

Bring it to work with me everyday?

It's a start

Train it to hunt CEO's, obviously.

"Mount it, let it flap its ears and fly away away from this dumb and childish HR department?"

This actually seems like a nightmare to me. There is no world where I would have the reasorces to care for such a critter. My only response would have to be "something along the lines of free willy but a bit of elephant stalking to make sure they don't get poached, starve, or too lonely"

Do what they do for old horses. Put the elephant out to pasture. Providing that you have one. Then buy another so they can start a family. Soon you'll have an elephant farm.

Make a lot of sandwiches.

African or Asian elephant? Male or female? If it's a male African elephant it's going to be HUGE! There's no way I could keep him and feed him. I would have to say, "I don't need to work for a company that asks such a foolish question"

Name it Stampy and hope the interviewer is a Simpsons fan, too 😅 🐘

I would keep him, then I would hug him and squeeze him and love him all day!

Eat it one bite at a time?

😂

1st I'm gonna have a conversation with the me that said "sure I'll take the elephant" then kick my ass.

Who would give away an elephant!?

I'd eat it piece by piece

Train it to assist with good causes that help people and start a go fund me to pay for the housing and food for my elephant

Eat it, one bite at a time.

I've seen some of those on the employment evals part of job apps

Easy put him to work

Huge sign that the employer is going to dump elephant-sized tasks on the employee and not provide the right support or tools to accomplish the task. Run away!

'Just the usual stuff, breakfast, go to work, sports and watch Star Trek.'

I'd have the Kitty Litter DELIVERED!

Obviously, I'd start a petting zoo.