I had been warned by my friends that they ask weird questions in the interview. So I prepared answers to all sorts of questions, such as “if you were an animal what would you be?”, “If you were a flower…”, If you were a drink…”, “If you were a car…”, etc.
But what they actually asked me was “If you were an element which one would you be?”
I was totally unprepared for that one. I started running through the periodic table in my mind but I couldn’t really think of an answer because my mind was occupied by the thought that if all girls had to be an element, shidduchim would be so much simpler – atomic number = dress size and atomic mass = weight.
The interviewer started losing patience so I just blurted out “Oxygen”.
But then I was asked to explain my choice. So I just said the first thing that popped into my mind:
“I want to be able to give life support to my husband.”
Needless to say, I was accepted on the spot.