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Shari Simpson's avatar

Brilliant. From someone who worships the Oxford comma.

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Liz Alterman's avatar

Love this, Wendi, and kittens and a winery...where do I send my resume!?

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Ruth Pennebaker's avatar

I particularly hate it when interviewers refer to me in the third person. Too many of those questions and I'll have to go back into therapy.

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Wendy Martin's avatar

Hilarious

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Laura House's avatar

So good! What’s with the deep dives? I give you time you give me $$$.

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Gila Pfeffer's avatar

Love this one

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Wendi Aarons's avatar

Thank you!

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Verna Wilder's avatar

I love this: "punctuation opinions." Hah! Many years ago, I worked as a tech writer at Apple Computer where I was once in a meeting with other writers, a few editors, and members of the production team. For over an hour we discussed--get ready for this--what font should be used for the space between a computer font (indicating code) and regular text that was in Palatino (or something similar). Seriously. It was a heated discussion. God how I love being retired and not giving a--you know.

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

You write pitch-perfect HR... Count me in on the kittens and the winery as well! Where do I send my CV? 😂

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Thomas Carpenter's avatar

In high school, my friend Sam was interviewing for a fast food job and the manager (who'd apparently just been trained on how to interview pimply kids) asked the "what's your weakness" question. Sam's answer: "Hm. Sometimes I can be kind of lazy."

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Liz Thompson's avatar

Hah! My last interview, I made

it through 5 rounds, including a “test project” or homework, before they kindly advised me

they’d gone with someone else. Sooooo, why not have fun with it, right? RIGHT? Riiiiiiiiight. Interviews are harder than the dagum jobs… siiiigh.

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