The meaning behind stupid interview questions

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If you’ve been in the nursing game long enough, the same lame questions will manage to show up in interview after interview. Where do you see yourself in five years? What’s your greatest weakness? You know, the small-talk questions that fill up the time between the really important questions.

But all those seemingly meaningless questions actually have a purpose — which is why most hiring managers use them. But what are interviewers really trying to find out with these asinine questions? We’ve put together a list of the seven “stupidest” interview questions to help you discover their underlying meanings.

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  1. I have also been asked many a time. How can one tell what he will be after 5 years..when he exactly don’t know what happens to him in 1 hour..Hope people stop asking this useless question and ask questions related to topic!