Reality Check by Dave Whamond for August 06, 2021

To be sure, to be sure.

Next, she’ll say thank you and get up from her chair, indicating the end of the interview.

He’s Wiley Miller’s “Captain Obvious” in his secret identity mode.

that’s the spoken equivalent to the ’I’m not a robot’ checkbox

Oy…overboard

“No, I’m a ‘swine’ person: give me a few minutes and I’ll show you just what kind of ‘pig’ I am.”

Yoda-ish …!

…and I.

Thank you, next.

I’m more of a “person person” myself.

This is an exercise in redundancy, repeating yourself, and saying the same thing twice, or more.

….and his application goes straight in the trash.

Sometimes I wonder: Back when applying for technical jobs (my interview with THAT department head just involved my technical knowledge and skills), I’d first be interviewed by Human Resources (back then called Personnel) with questions totally unrelated to my qualifications. The most annoying one was “Where do you see yourself in 10 years?” What was I supposed to say, like “sitting at your desk doing your job”?