25 tough interview questions you'll hope you never have to answer

Getting thrown off by a hard interview question can be frustrating. But hiring managers toss curveballs all the time.

They ask difficult questions because they want to see whether you can think on your feet and how you behave under pressure, among other things. And how you answer these queries can make or break your chances of landing the job.

To find out some of the toughest questions employers have asked, career coach Celia Currin solicited members of the Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG) - all of whom are senior executives - to share the most difficult questions they have asked, or been asked, in a job interview.

Here are 25 of the toughest questions she collected: