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What are the best or worst most amusing questions about computer skills you've been asked before?

Either you work at a call center, online sales , accounting, IT , maintenance or any kind of job  you gotta might be asked some kind of paramount , tough , funny, amusing questions about computer skills either in job interview, by friends, colleagues or even customers. For instances you might be asked : " How start Windows Explorer", " What updating means" " computer anti-virus promptly quarantined, please help" .  …etc.

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Question added by Ghada Eweda , Medical sales hospital representative , Pfizer pharmaceutical Plc.
Date Posted: 2016/03/31
Ghada Eweda
by Ghada Eweda , Medical sales hospital representative , Pfizer pharmaceutical Plc.

"People never cease to amaze me". 

 The frequent question I have been asked : "Is the network running slow today?"  My immediate response is usually "Yes, it had a late night..."

Something that happens to me frequently, a friend asked me if the mail server is down.  her deductive reasoning is always "I didn't get any e-mail this morning / the last hour / since yesterday".  She believes that it is more likely that the mail server is down than they didn't have any e-mail (not because of an actual error!). Next other friend emailed me for help one morning.... "Help, my email is not working."  Oh God….

 A last good one

On day I had a friend receive an email that our anti-virus promptly quarantined.  she was frantic, "I must have that email!" I said "I'm sorry, it has a virus.  You'll have to contact the sender who sent it, have her clean her computer of virus's and resend it". She said to me "Can't you just turn off anti-virus long enough for me to get this email?"… Umm…all about computer skills!!!

Mohamed aboulmagd
by Mohamed aboulmagd , web Developer , Rawafid El Tourok

someone asked me, what's your job, I tell him web developer then he looked to me and he say don't worry Better than sitting at home

abdul khayyum bashir ahmed
by abdul khayyum bashir ahmed , Human Resources Administrator , Al Diwan Al Amiri

One of the funiest question i faced is

"ever since i've fixed that paper jam my computer has been running slower why?"

مها شرف
by مها شرف , معلمة لغة عربية , وزارة التربية السورية

Leave this question for specialists. Thanks for the invite. 

Omar Saad Ibrahem Alhamadani
by Omar Saad Ibrahem Alhamadani , Snr. HR & Finance Officer , Sarri Zawetta Company

Thanks

Someday , It was (Humanitarian Field vacant ) interviewer asked me ; Do you have any experience with "Microsoft Office Access"  while the vacant requirement does not support this application and it was in filed .

Thank you for the invitation, I apologized for the answer I leave the answer for the professionals

Syed Javed
by Syed Javed , it consultant , Infosys

One funny claim of a use whose system was cleaned from viruses was that IT staff messed up her computer lol

QASIM KHAN
by QASIM KHAN , Admin & Finance Assistant , English Ville Academy

agree with answers of madam  Ghada Eweda...

 

Abdelmonaam Kallali
by Abdelmonaam Kallali , Data application developer , DragonWave

I was asked this question in an interview by my manager: Can you give me 10 other usages of a metal hanger. the job was for an IT product testing.

a few years later, I actually asked my manager, why he asked that question. He said:" I just want to see how quick you can think." he actually amazed me.

Mahmadayaj Malek
by Mahmadayaj Malek , Senior Oracle Developer , New Mowasat Hospital

When I was working as a Software Specialist I was trying to trouble shoot connection issue. By telphone I informed him to click on MyComputer. Then he asked me how I can click your computer

Hassham Habib
by Hassham Habib , Senior Customer Services Executive , Emenac Soft

Your Question and Answer is perfectly fine Ghada Eweda 

 Ghada Eweda

Ghada Eweda Medical sales hospital representative at Pfizer pharmaceutical Plc.

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