The word “extreme” has been used to market a variety of products and activities. Sports broadcasters market “extreme sports” like street luging and mountain biking; gyms and fitness influencers promote extreme workouts; even Doritos has a line of “extreme” chips.
But one place one might not expect to see the “extreme” adjective is in the context of job interviews. That’s what observers have started labeling a recent trend in interviews in which interviewers throw seemingly random, often bizarre questions at candidates to see how they respond and react.
