Interview Question: What type of animal / vegetable would you be?

Currently in the middle of prepping for 2020 SA recruiting. I am looking at behavioral / reaction / brain teaser type questions.

How the hell do you answer something like this? I've seen questions like these in the 400q guide, online and through word of mouth from my buddies who have already finished the process. Do your responses for these questions matter, or is it just another test to see how you react under pressure?

What type of vegetable are you? What type of animal would you be?

Very curious to see how you guys would answer something like this.

My first crack at answering these looks like this: Vegetable: A tomato, because my skillset is diverse and you can use me in any role (feel stupid typing this). Animal: A dolphin because I am hungry and prefer to work with others to achieve objectives rather than alone (Like how dolphins work together to hunt fish).

TL;DR - Would appreciate hearing your answers to these two questions. Think it would be funny to get a discussion going here, and also helpful for those of us approaching these types of questions in interviews.

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