Interviewee: Did I sell my soul to the devil for $15.22 an hour?
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Interviewee: Did I sell my soul to the devil for $15.22 an hour?
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Interviewer: On a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest, and 10 being the highest…
Interviewee (interrupting): Do you ever do 1 as the highest and 10 as the lowest?
Interviewer: No, I really like 10 as the highest.
Interviewee, thoughtfully: Yeah, I do too…
Omaha, Nebraska
Interviewer: How do you feel about ambiguity?
Interviewee: Can you be more specific?
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: she wasn't kidding
Interviewee, upon learning that interviewer is an amateur musician: Well, it seems like you have a nice voice… Very Tom Waits-y.
Interviewer: I have a cold.
W 1st Street
Los Angeles, California
Prospective intern #1: So, how was it?
Prospective intern #2: Dude, he mentioned EBTIDA so many times that I got a boner.
Broad Street
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Lloyd Blankfein
Large, bearded interviewee: … And I have to tell you that I do smoke pot… But I used to do construction, and I was high the whole time I did that, and that’s a lot more dangerous than this.
Addison, Texas
Overheard by: curtis
Air Force interviewer: What did you major in at college?
Interviewee: Chinese. Well, actually, my degree was in ‘Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literature.’
Air Force interviewer: Oh, that’s so cool. So, you speak Asian?
Interviewee: Um, yes.
Boston, Massachusetts
Management material: Can I have a job application? I came in last week for one but I lost it.
277 Coalinga Plaza
Coalinga, California
Overheard by: Jaime who deals with dumb people
Interviewer: Just fill out this application and wait to be called for the interview.
Interviewee: Does it matter if I got a crack possession against me?
420 Harding
Tennessee
Interviewer: Have you ever had to deal with rude or irate clients over the telephone?
Asian interviewee: Yes, at my last job I had to call the USA, and you know how rude they can be.
Interviewer: Yes, I know all too well, considering I am American and so is this company. This interview is now finished. Try not to hit my car on your way out of the parking lot…You know how Asians can’t drive!
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: Elle (the other interviewer)
