From biting your nails over the thought of being asked what your worst quality is or having nightmares over ‘a time you faced a challenge in the workplace’, the standard questions are bad enough.

But that’s not even touching on the more obscure thing interviewers seem to love throwing at you without warning. Or, the sneaky tricks they might use without you even knowing.

And it seems to be some of the bigger companies up to these antics with Google having a bizarre interview question about a blender that ‘no one gets right’.

You might actually remember it featuring in 2013’s The Internship with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn.

Being interviewed for the tech company in the film, they get asked: “You’re shrunken down to the size of a nickel and dropped into a blender, what do you do?”

But while those two got that job, most people absolutely bomb it in real life.

Google started using brainteasers like this one to help them weed out candidates because obviously, so many people are applying there each year.

And making it even harder, not everyone can agree on what really is the correct answer to how you would escape the blender before it gets switched on.

The simple answer

Believe it or not, one answer to this question is: just jump.

While you would have a much smaller muscle mass, you’d also weigh a hell of a lot less – the two effectively cancelling each other out to allow you to jump to roughly the same height as you would be able to at full size.

Professor Gregory Sutton told MailOnline to think about it like this: “One grasshopper can jump about a metre high.

“Two grasshoppers holding hands – twice as much mass, twice as much muscle – can jump a metre high.

“A million grasshoppers holding hands – a million times as much mass, a million times as much muscle – can jump a metre high.”

Why this isn’t actually correct

Unfortunately, because your legs would be a lot smaller, they wouldn’t have as much time to extend as you jumped, transferring less energy to the ground.

Prof Sutton reckons a coin-sized human could only jump about 10cm-15cm – nowhere near high enough to escape that pesky blender.

So how could you actually get out?

Prof Sutton says: “If I were shrunk down and put in a blender, I’d use a small rubber band to fling myself out.

“The catapult system would work great at that size because your strength-to-mass ratio is very beneficial even if your jumping mechanisms don’t work so well.”

While expert on the mechanics of motion Professor Jim Usherwood said: “If I could wind up a spring over a suitable time – about 0.1 seconds – and then release it, I could ping myself out of the blender like a flea.”

So, scientifically, as long as you have a rubber band or a spring in that blender you’re fine. If not, it’s curtains.

Gayle McDowell, a former Google software engineer, has said that in recent years Google has moved away from these kind of brain teasers.

She told IFL Science in 2018: “If an interview were to ask a candidate a brain teaser, despite the policy, the hiring committee would likely disregard the interviewer’s feedback and send a note back telling the interviewer not to ask such silly questions.”

The footage was originally uploaded to YouTube back in May 2023, though the passage of time has not made the clip any less terrifying.

Local fisherman Scott Haraguchi was involved in a near-death encounter with a shark, as it rammed into his kayak off the coast of the American island of Hawaii.

But clearly, Haraguchi knew what he was doing, reacting quickly and using his foot to try and kick the shark’s eye to get it to flee.

He can be heard screaming ‘Tiger shark! Tiger shark rammed me!’ in the video, which was uploaded to the channel Hawaii Nearshore Fishing.

Since being uploaded, it has accumulated over 2.6 million views and over a thousand comments, as viewers were naturally intrigued by the shark attack.

At the end of the video, he wrote: “Dunno how I did that but my foot actually pushes the shark off near its vulnerable eye.

“Thank you Jesus!”

Taking to the description to explain the situation in more depth, he told subscribers that the ordeal took place on 12 May 2023 on the ‘Windward side of O’ahu’, which is part of the Hawaiian island chain and also home to the state capital, Honolulu.

According to the kayaker, he was just ’55ft’ and ‘less than two miles from shore’ when the apex predator appeared.

He explained further: “Heard a ‘whooshing’ sound, looked up and saw a wide brown thing on the side of the kayak. Thought it was a turtle at first. Happened so fast.”

The man also revealed he ‘didn’t realise’ it at the time, but he took his left foot out of the water to brace himself from impact and ‘actually pushed the shark’s head off with it’.

Now that’s what I call a real-life man versus beast situation.

According to KITV4, Haraguchi was not sure what ‘prompted’ the encounter but said he noticed ‘what appeared to be a wounded seal’ shortly after the incident took place.

“He believes the shark may have mistaken his kayak for its wounded prey,” the outlet reports.

Haraguchi continued: “If you asked me to do that again, even without the shark, I don’t think I’d have that flexibility. I actually only thought the shark rammed the kayak until I saw the video at home.”

The video has since received dozens of comments from viewers left in total shock by the footage.

One social media user wrote: “That’s insane! Happy that you’re safe!”

A second commented: “I’m so glad that you are okay. I literally screamed when it attacked you. I probably would have passed out and my body found somewhere in the deep blue.”

“Amazing how fast that attack was initiated. No time to do anything but panic. Glad you were ok,” echoed a third.

A different user joked: “This is why I go surfing in my swimming pool. Waves are a bit underwhelming, but safety is tip top!”

As musicians from around the world gathered in London’s O2 Arena this evening (1 March), an emotional montage was played to remember the One Direction star.

Comedian Jack Whitehall, who was hosting the Brits for the fifth time, introduced the moving segment, hailing the 31-year-old as a ‘very special person’.

Payne passed away on 16 October last year after falling from a balcony in the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

An inquest confirmed that he died of ‘polytrauma’, which means multiple injuries to the body and organs.

At tonight’s Brits, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house as Whitehall hailed Payne as an ‘extremely gifted musician’ in a poignant speech.

“He achieved so much in the short time he was on this earth and not only is he an extremely gifted musician but an incredibly kind soul, who touched the lives of everyone he came into contact with,” the 36-year-old said.

“We have so many amazing memories of Liam here at the Brits, so tonight, we celebrate his legacy and look back and remember the remarkable Liam Payne.”

The video montage featured childhood snaps, clips of Payne during his X Factor days and footage of him discussing his love for music, as audio of him singing One Direction’s hit ‘Little Things’ played in the background.

Taking to X to share their thoughts, social media users paid tribute to the pop star and said they were left in tears after watching the tribute.

One said: “Brits know how it’s done. RIP Liam Payne.”

Another added: “Fully crying at the Liam Payne tribute.”

A third commented: “May he continue to be remembered. RIP.”

A fourth wrote: “The Liam Payne tribute. I’m crying. RIP Liam.”

And a fifth chimed in: “Great tribute to a fantastic musician. That should be still here.”

Whitehall said he thought it was ‘really lovely’ that his pal was being honoured at the Brits ahead of the awards show.

“I have lots of really great memories of Liam. He was always game for fun,” Whitehall said. “I filmed some sketches with him – not everyone is up for that, but he always made time.”

The Brit Awards also paid homage to Payne in the programme books which are handed out to attendees.

The tribute read: “In October 2024, a special member of the BRITs family passed away… Having received seven BRITs with One Direction, and performed twice with the band and twice as a solo artist at the awards over the years, Liam’s talent endures through the countless lives he touched.

“He was not just a singer, he was a beacon of light for those who grew up with his work. May his music continue to live on in our hearts.”

As the camera panned to some of the celebrities sat in the crowd for the biggest night in UK music, it appeared as though Danny Dyer had an unusual companion.

A host of people have taken to social media to confirm they weren’t hallucinating after seemingly spotting the former Eastenders star, 47, alongside a horse.

Yes, those hoofed animals which cowboys ride? People reckon one managed to bag a seat next to Dyer at the 2025 Brits.

Discussing the bizarre sight on X, one person wrote: “It’s highly likely Danny Dyer bringing a horse to the Brit awards won’t even make the top five of weirdest things to happen tonight.”

Another said: “What on earth was sat next to Danny Dyer was it a horse??”

A third chimed in: “I thought I was tripping balls when I saw a HORSE sitting beside Danny Dyer.”

While someone else commented: “Am I supposed to ignore the horse next to Danny Dyer?”

Don’t worry if you were thinking along the same lines too, as you were not seeing things – and there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for Dyer’s strange bedfellow.

Although it’s not an actual horse sat beside him, viewers weren’t far off.

It’s actually German DJ HorsegiirL – known for hits such as 2022’s ‘My Barn My Rules’ – who famously hides her identity behind a brown horse-head mask.

She claims her full name is Stella Stallion, who is supposedly a horse ‘from the animal world that grew up on Sunshine Farms’, according to GlamCult.

The anonymous musician also previously described herself as ‘half-horse, half-human’ to Vogue journalist Daniel Rodgers in November 2023.

HorsegiirL gave fans some more insight into her elaborate backstory during a previous interview with i-D, too.

She explained that she went from ‘making up her own melodies in her head when she was a young foal’ to being ‘discovered by Whitney Horston at a harvest fest’ in her teen years.

The singer and songwriter went on to say she’d ‘love to work with all the animals – Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, PinkPantheress – as well as anyone who is keen to make good music’.

So… take from that what you will.

Still, I’ll bet that Dyer and HorsegiirL are having a right chat on that table, and she’ll be fluent in cockney rhyming slang by the end of the night.

Most shocking and controversial Brits moments

1997: Geri Halliwell’s Union Jack dress

It was a successful Brits for the Spice Girls, who took home the gong for British Single of the Year and British Video of the Year, but it was Geri Halliwell’s dress that really stole the show.

The star’s infamous minidress became a pop culture icon, stirring up plenty of controversy at the time thanks in no small part to her underwear being on show.

1998: Deputy PM John Prescott gets hurled with ice water

Danbert Nobacon, of pop band Chumbawamba, gave us one of the most jaw-dropping moments of the awards when he chucked a bucket full of ice water over then-deputy prime minister John Prescott, who was left with a suitably drenched outfit and a face like a slapped a*se.

2012: Adele gives the middle finger

Under pressure from producers to wrap things up, host James Corden cut off Adele’s speech after she took home the gong for Best Album, which didn’t go down well with the singer, who stuck up her middle finger to the camera.

Adele said the move was aimed at ‘the suits at the Brit Awards, not to my fans’, with the organisers later issuing an apology for cutting her off.

2015: Madonna takes a tumble

This was definitely one of those ‘geez, I felt that’ moments…

As Madonna returned to the Brits stage for the first time in two decades, things quickly went west after she went absolutely flying down a set of stairs thanks to a catastrophic wardrobe malfunction.

It was later found that her cape was tied on too tight, so when one of her dancers tried to take it off as part of a dramatic outfit reveal, it yanked the queen of pop offstage. Ouch.

2018: Stormzy takes aim at Theresa May

While performing a medley of his most popular hits, the grime star began to freestyle a verse about then-prime minister Theresa May’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire.

“Yo, Theresa May, where’s the money for Grenfell? / What, you thought we just forgot about Grenfell? / You’re criminals, and you got the cheek to call us savages / You should do some jail time, you should pay some damages,” he rapped.

2019: Jack Whitehall’s insanely awkward Little Mix interview

In perhaps one of the most toe-curling moments in Brits history, host Jack Whitehall conducted a pretty awkward spontaneous chat with pop band Little Mix as he seemingly attempted to bring up their alleged feud with Piers Morgan.

“He didn’t like that picture where you stripped off naked … voluptuous chest and four chins, it must have been like looking in the mirror for him. Jesy, what would you say to that dutty wasteman?” Whitehall said – which, it’s safe to say, went down like a lead balloon and resulted in the biggest tumbleweed moment of the event.

Paying homage to the UK with Union Jack displays and dancers dressed up as the King’s Guard, the 25-year-old certainly made her mark during her debut at the awards show.

Belting out hits such as ‘Espresso’ and ‘Bed Chem’, Carpenter set pulses racing… and likely the blood pressure of a host of parents through the roof.

Loads of viewers aren’t too happy with some of the singer’s saucy moves on the stage, seen as though the Brits are airing before 9pm live on ITV.

Alongside several dancers, Carpenter did some impressive choreography, which involved having her legs in the air while lying on a heart-shaped bed.

Needless to say, more than a few parents have took to social media to complain about having to race to cover their kids’ eyes.

In a post on X, one said: “I mean Sabrina carpenter is a babe, but when your sat with your child watching her performance on the Brits.”

Another wrote: “Can anyone explain to me how this is allowed pre-watershed?”

A third added: “Completely inappropriate performance by Sabrina Carpenter. Pre-watershed and a lot of explaining to a 9 year old!”

And a fourth chimed in: “Mum didn’t approve of Sabrina Carpenter’s dancing, I certainly did…”

However, other viewers praised the star for her risqué performance.

One commented: “Sabrina’s performance at the brits was iconic asf.”

A second thought: “They should make Sabrina Carpenter perform at every award show ever from now on.”

While someone else penned: “SABRINA YOUR PERFORMANCE WAS INCREDIBLE!!!”

As you can see, it seems the nation is a bit divided on whether the performance was appropriate for youngsters or not.

Carpenter certainly got a great reception from the crowd at London’s O2 Arena though, which is where the Brits are being held tonight.

Jack Whitehall is taking on hosting duties once again, which makes it his fifth time at the helm.

Carpenter won’t leave the Brits empty-handed tonight, as she’s taking home the Global Success Award.

She’s following in the footsteps of stars including Adele and Ed Sheeran, but the ‘Nonsense’ singer is the first-ever international artist to receive the gong.

Chair of the BRIT Committee for 2025 Damian Christian previously said of Carpenter’s win: “Congratulations to Sabrina on winning this prestigious award.

“Everyone involved in the show is looking forward to her performance, which promises to be one of the highlights of the night.”

I guess he wasn’t kidding, eh?

Most shocking and controversial Brits moments

1997: Geri Halliwell’s Union Jack dress

It was a successful Brits for the Spice Girls, who took home the gong for British Single of the Year and British Video of the Year, but it was Geri Halliwell’s dress that really stole the show.

The star’s infamous minidress became a pop culture icon, stirring up plenty of controversy at the time, thanks in no small part to her underwear being on show.

1998: Deputy PM John Prescott gets hurled with ice water

Danbert Nobacon, of pop band Chumbawamba, gave us one of the most jaw-dropping moments of the awards when he chucked a bucket full of ice water over then-deputy prime minister John Prescott, who was left with a suitably drenched outfit and a face like a slapped a*se.

2012: Adele gives the middle finger

Under pressure from producers to wrap things up, host James Corden cut off Adele’s speech after she took home the gong for Best Album, which didn’t go down well with the singer, who stuck up her middle finger to the camera.

Adele said the move was aimed at ‘the suits at the Brit Awards, not to my fans’, with the organisers later issuing an apology for cutting her off.

2015: Madonna takes a tumble

This was definitely one of those ‘geez, I felt that’ moments…

As Madonna returned to the Brits stage for the first time in two decades, things quickly went west after she went absolutely flying down a set of stairs thanks to a catastrophic wardrobe malfunction.

It was later found that her cape was tied on too tight, so when one of her dancers tried to take it off as part of a dramatic outfit reveal, it yanked the queen of pop offstage. Ouch.

2018: Stormzy takes aim at Theresa May

While performing a medley of his most popular hits, the grime star began to freestyle a verse about then-prime minister Theresa May’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire.

“Yo, Theresa May, where’s the money for Grenfell? / What, you thought we just forgot about Grenfell? / You’re criminals, and you got the cheek to call us savages / You should do some jail time, you should pay some damages,” he rapped.

In perhaps one of the most toe-curling moments in Brits history, host Jack Whitehall conducted a pretty awkward spontaneous chat with pop band Little Mix as he seemingly attempted to bring up their alleged feud with Piers Morgan.

“He didn’t like that picture where you stripped off naked … voluptuous chest and four chins, it must have been like looking in the mirror for him. Jesy, what would you say to that dutty wasteman?” Whitehall said – which, it’s safe to say, went down like a lead balloon and resulted in the biggest tumbleweed moment of the event.

On Friday (28 February) Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy met in the Oval Office at The White House where they discussed a minerals deal and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The visit ended up being cut short – with a planned press conference cancelled – shortly after Trump told the Ukrainian president that he was ‘gambling with World War III’.

Trump could be heard telling the Ukrainian president: “You either make a deal or we are out.

“Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel.

“We’re trying to solve a problem. Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel, because you’re in no position to dictate that… You’re in no position to dictate what we’re going to feel.

“We’re going to feel very good and very strong.

“You’re not in a very good position, you’ve allowed yourself to be in a bad position… you don’t have the cards right now… you’re gambling with the lives of millions of people.

“You’re gambling with World War III!”

Now, viewers watching online have criticised Vance for an ’embarrassing’ comment made when he was asked by Zelenskyy if he had visited Ukraine.

“Have you ever actually been to Ukraine to see the problems we have?” Zelenskyy asked Vance.

“I’ve been to…. I’ve actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour Mr President, do you disagree that you’ve had problems bringing people into your military?”

People were shocked by Vance’s comment, with many making jokes on X.

One person tweeted: “Zelenskyy: ‘Have you ever actually been to Ukraine to see the problems we have?’

“JD Vance: ‘I’ve actually seen and watched the stories.’

“ON F**KING TV?”

And another said: “LOL what a f**king embarrassment.”

While a third added: “That was a ridiculous exchange.”

“This was next level embarrassing, I couldn’t believe it,” said a fourth.

LADbible has reached out to Trump and Vance’s reps for comment.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump later added that Zelenskyy could ‘come back when he is ready for peace’.

“We had a very meaningful meeting in the White House today. Much was learned that could never be understood without conversation under such fire and pressure. It’s amazing what comes out through emotion, and I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations,” he wrote.

“I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace.”

Meanwhile, Zelenskyy said on X: “Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people.

“Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.”

And the first Brit tourists to go back into Kim Jong-un’s secretive country have shared the shocking things they saw.

When the pandemic broke out in 2020, North Korea shut up its borders as tour companies have been halted from starting up operations since – reportedly with a number of false starts.

But the moment Rowan Beard of Young Pioneer Tours got the green light to finally go again, he pulled together a group of travellers within five hours.

Including many vloggers, tourists from Australia, France, Germany and the UK, the group drove over the border from China last Thursday (20 February) as they embarked on a four-night trip.

And despite all we do know about North Korea, it seems some were still taken aback by the level of control.

YouTuber Mike O’Kennedy was one of the Brits on the trip who likened it to ‘being on a school trip’.

“Everyone was working, it didn’t feel like anyone was just hanging out. That was kind of bleak to see,” he told the BBC.

When visiting a school, he watched as eight-year-olds performed a dance while a video of ballistic missiles hit targets behind them.

With many songs praising the leader, O’Kennedy said in his video that one of the clearest things he saw on the trip is ‘the utter devotion people had towards Kim Jong-un’.

Joe Smith has now visited North Korea three times, but said: “I feel like the more times you visit the less you know. Each time you get a little peek behind the curtain, which just leaves you with more questions.”

His favourite part was getting to go to a luxury goods market where the tourists weren’t allowed to take any snaps.

Saying it was the ‘only place’ where the people there ‘weren’t expecting’ the visitors, he added: “It felt messy and real; a place North Koreans actually go. I loved it.”

Smith added that the hotel room he was put up in was filthy and particularly old-fashioned, resembling ‘his grandma’s living room’.

Describing the roads as ‘awful’ and buildings ‘weirdly constructed’, he said: “They’ve had five years to fix things. North Koreans are so sensitive about what they show tourists.

“If this is the best they can show, I dread to think what else is out there.”

Speaking to the Mirror, German content creator Luca Pferdmenges said poverty was pretty clear but they weren’t allowed to take photos of it.

“It’s quite a poor country overall, especially the countryside, and you do see it. It’s not like they shut the curtain — you do get the exposed to a lot of poverty,” he explained.

But Pferdmenges also claimed ‘alcohol is quite a big thing in North Korea’ as he found it ‘surprisingly cheap’.

“They have soju, they have rice wine, they have lots of different things and even when you have dinner, you don’t get water by default, you get beer. So it’s really in the culture,” he added.

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy ended up in a heated argument at the Oval Office yesterday (28 February) as the Ukrainian ended up leaving the White House early.

But while the world watched on as the US president accused him of ‘gambling with the lives of millions of people’, one journalist questioned him on something completely unrelated.

And now viewers are sharing the same thought as Zelenskyy explained why he wasn’t wearing a suit. Yes, that’s what the Ukraine president was questioned over ahead of a planned meeting to sign a minerals agreement.

Chief White House Correspondent for conservative outlet Real America’s Voice, Brian Glenn, is a prominent journalist in providing what is mostly pro-Trump coverage.

Glenn, who is also the partner of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, questioned the Ukrainian over his outfit choice.

“My second question for President Zelenskyy, do you ever, why don’t you wear a suit? Why don’t you wear a suit?” Glenn asked.

“You’re the highest level in this country’s office and you refuse to wear a suit. Just want to see if you, do you own a suit?

“A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the dignity of his office.”

And Zelenskyy simply responded: “I will wear costume after this war will finish.”

Before adding the clap back to Glenn: “Maybe something like yours, maybe something better.

“We will see, maybe something cheaper.”

Greene said she was ‘proud’ of Glenn for asking this apparently pressing question, while on social media, users pointed out a Trump favourite who also doesn’t seem to wear suits.

Elon Musk, of course.

One wrote on X: “This dude has the audacity to ask Zelenskyy why he’s not wearing a shirt… Go ask Musk the same thing, you little lackey p**ck.

“And KUDOS to how Zelenskyy answered.”

Others shared images of Musk wearing a T-shirt and cap beside Trump in the White House.

Even Piers Morgan called it an ‘absurd question’ as he pointed out: “Elon Musk doesn’t wear a suit in the Oval Office.”

Another user questioned: “If Zelenskyy is disrespecting America by not wearing a suit in the Oval Office, then does that mean Elon Musk is disrespecting America too?”

Many called it ‘hypocritical’ while some even shared old images of Winston Churchill not wearing a suit to the White House because like Zelenskyy, ‘he was at war’.

Tanya Woo, 40, from Seattle, had parked her car up in the city before heading out for a day of meetings, but she was completely blown away when she returned to find a stranger asleep in the back of her car.

She even unlocked the door of her vehicle and sat in the driver’s seat before she clocked the man in her rearview mirror.

After asking him to leave, the man refused to get out of the car for over two hours.

“People need to know to check their backseat when they get into their car,” said Tanya.

“I have heard stories about this in the past but felt secure as I work in this neighbourhood and have visited a lot.

“People need to make sure their personal safety is paramount no matter what neighbourhood they are in.

“I never thought something like this would happen to me.”

Although Tanya locked her car when she left it parked up, she said she later noticed that a window had been smashed.

“I got out of the car and started yelling at him to get out, but he didn’t reply,” she said.

“I walked around to the sidewalk and saw that he had smashed a window to get in.”

Eventually, the man left the vehicle, but not until Tanya had alerted the police, who ended up needing to call for back-up.

Initially, Tanya flagged down a member of staff from a homeless shelter to come and help.

However, after asking the man about his wellbeing, Tanya says he simply looked at them and slammed the door.

“At that point, we had to call the police as he was not leaving,” she continued.

“They came an hour later; they had to wait for backup as they weren’t entirely sure why he was refusing to leave.

“A few officers opened the door, but the man still refused to leave.

“They pulled him out of the car and finally got him out.”

Tanya is now urging others to be more vigilant and to check their cars when they return.

“As a female growing up, we were always hearing stories about how we have to check our back seat in case someone is there,” she explained.

“I am really glad I saw him before something worse happened.

“It was really scary.”