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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 7:06 am
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Wally Bird
 
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Originally Posted by Sopwith
I find many of their inane questions are designed to test whether you can answer an unexpected question quickly off the cuff. If you hesitate while making something up on the spot it's an indicator that you're making something up on the spot.
This.

While it's easy to take such impertinent questions personally they are not usually intended that way. Depends on the agent and his/her mood that day.
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