Creative Interviewer Gifts

'Ambitious? You sit there admitting you're a troublemaker!'

"The leadership team wants a catchy acronym for a new social media app they're calling Functional Applied Relationship Tracker. Any suggestions?"

"We're bringing the arts and sciences together here by giving crayons to mice."

"To make this interview more entertaining I would like you to take a breath of helium before answering the questions."

'You lack the expertise we're looking for, Mr Wheaton - but darn it, I like your attitude.'

The artist wakes refreshed, creative juices flowing.

"Very impressive resume, however you didn't explain why you were tagged and released from your last job."

"Now can I be in one of your comics?"

"I didn't bring a resume. I brought coffee and donuts."

'I see an applicant being hired!'

"I'm fascinated by your résumé, particularly the advertising supplement."

'We're looking for someone who can multitask - but not during the interview.'

'I have never seen a resume prepared in pastels and oil paint. How long have you been unemployed?'

Your performance since you came here suggests you may have lied on your resume.

"Great moments in songwriting" "What if she had a little lamb?" "Maybe it follows her to school?" "Wouldn't that make the children laugh?" "Exactly."

On the seventh day the ideation got a little heated.

Mature poet surrounded by young artists passing mature artist surrounded by young poets.

Rodin's Thinker - 'I think, therefore I am.'

'Let me start by saying I wish I had your imagination...'

"Where do you see yourself in the next twenty minutes at 375 degrees."

'My next song is a little ditty about why I don't have any references,'

'I've had tight deadlines, if that's what you mean by performing well under pressure.'

We're trying a new interview technique. It's called "laddering".

"I tried bouncing a few ideas off Bob but they bounced back."

Refusal to Embrace New Ideas

"My next song is a little ditty about why I don't have any references."

"You're not giving me the job because I'm 'over qualified'? Oh, don't worry, most of those qualifications have been falsified."

"Thanks for coming in again. Sorry about the last time. I must have pulled the wrong lever by mistake."

'Would you cart to explain this three page gap in your resume?'

'Maybe if you make it smaller, put something soft on the end and come up with a better name than 'Cue-Tip'...'

'I don't have a resume, but I have accumulated an extensive paper trail.'

"How would you like to mark our territory?"

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"Must...get...fresh...ideas."

"I may have exaggerated a bit about coming up with a cure for cancer."