Job Interviews For Dummies®, 4th Edition

Chapter 25

Tens of Lines on the Cutting Room Floor

In This Chapter

Imagining made-up wacky quotes from famous folks

Laughing all the way to your next interview

You dutifully finished a whole book of savvy strategies and astute responses. Your big reward arrives when you get the job offer you want. But your immediate reward starts right now as you chuckle all the way to your next interview.

From the Time Machine: News You Can’t Use

Here’s a totally made-up collection of lines that famous figures in history, literature, and pop culture might say to a job interviewer today. The quips are the creative contribution of Jeffery R. Cox, who has a wickedly wild sense of humor. What do you think — would these quips bring home the job?

Hester Prynne (fictional woman in The Scarlet Letter made to display the scarlet letter A on her bosom for her sin of adultery)

I offer a talent for marketing, with specific experience in branding.

William the Conqueror (Norman general who conquered England)

I know I have reputation for hostile takeovers, but I like to think of them as friendly mergers.

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