Interview Tactician Gifts

'We will need a standard resume in addition to this beautiful needlepoint recommendation from your mother.'

"By God, you're not a man who's afraid to fail."

Personnel. What do I call those gaps in my work history? Quality time.

'What else do you have going for you besides being aggressive?'

'I admire how you don't take no for an answer, but I'm afraid I'm calling security.'

'Your resume is very creative. It's all a crock."

"Your resume says you specialize in field work."

"No self-aggrandizement anywhere. And you call yourself an applicant?"

GPC needs to make its new formula foolproof.

Good luck with all the revision...

Examinations.

"Well I didn't see the incident myself.."

'So far, sir, we've rejected plans A,B, C, D, E, F, and right now we're evaluating'G'.'

Copywriter's blank paper compared to the gridded screen of a content provider.

War never felt the same after the Great Puppy Ambush.

'Columbus might not have sailed over the edge, but I did.'

The Use of Cavalry

"I think you left something of your resumé... writer of fiction!"

Kosovo.

'With your permission sir... checkmate.'

"I know I told you to fool him into thinking you've got nothing left, but now you've got me convinced."

"I try to get a head start on them."

"If you can't beat them, sir, perhaps you should consider colluding with them."

Manager. Managing a political campaign and a baseball team are alike in many ways. A campaign is launched with a "first pitch," when a candidate gives a speech selling himself or herself. I change pitchers based on the game situation. In politics and baseball, sometimes it's best to come from the right side and sometimes it's best to come from the left side. We study our competitors' weaknesses and exploit those. In politics we call that "opposition research." And I don't worry about the

'Thank you colonel we'll keep your strategy in mind.'

'I've got the answers to the test written on my hands and arms. It's old school artificial intelligence.'

Arsene Wenger

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"Now we have all your arrows!"

Wi-Fi password?

'Cap'n, why's the enemy fire so accurate after we deployed the smoke screen?'

"I'm having all unwanted emails go to an Uncle Spam folder."

"I've been asked to talk to you boys about 'rapid building entry' techniques

'I didn't feel answers were necessary. All the questions seemed rhetorical.'

Man plays chess against TV.