I think that I just fucked up my interview with Procter & Gamble...GODDAMNIT!!

[LeftyFingerPop]

I traveled over 1000 miles to interview for a senior Marketing Director position.

I'll admit, I was a little nervous.

His FIRST question...define "irony".

Jesus Christ! Think about being asked that question on the spur of the moment!

My response was "I can't define it, but I know it when I see it".

He kind of chuckled and said "very good".

Then he said "OK, come up with a marketing plan for our Febreze air freshener.

I froze. I was like a deer in the headlights.

Finally, after about 45 seconds, I blurted out "Well, your company should make marijuana scented Febreze and the target demographic could be college kids who live in dorm rooms so they could spray it around the room whenever they happen to be not smoking pot".

The guy just stared at me, so I gave him my standard response in these situations..."What's the fucking problem"?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Beats the time the cop ask me if I knew how fast I was going and I told him "doing your mom."

[CBGLuthier]

2. Febreze smells like vomit, which I find rather ironic.

Since one definition of irony is for something that has the opposite of its intended effect.

[NecklyTyler]

3. Lift your left hip, pass gas, and say in a loud voice "Color that Febreze!"

[Captain Hilts]

4. A friend of mine worked there and was told "no silver jewelry - hippie connotations." nt

[dana_b]

9. seriously?!

"no gold jewelry - rich asshole connotations"

[Captain Hilts]

11. Seriously. No kiddin'. nt

[rug]

5. Why didn't you tell him you wanted to spend your life marketing a spray to mask the odor of shit?

You could have pointed to the line on your resume showing when you interned for Dana Perino.

[MiddleFingerMom]

6. My bro-in-law got his MBA from Mich State Univ in the early 70's...

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...and by the early 90's was president of an advertising agency in Manhattan.
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I met one of his friends from his MBA days who was also doing well in NYC --
a VP at another firm. He told me about his first early-1970's post-MBA job
interview with an ad agency for a marketing position.
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He was dressed in his only suit and his BEST dress shirt, which happened to
have large, prominent embroidered depictions of Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
near the collar.
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The interviewer stopped about 4 or 5 questions in and informed him that the
interview was OVER. "With that outfit," he said, "I thought you were here
for a job with the creative department."
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:hippie:
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[Old Troop]

7. Excellent Answer

The interviewer was probably startled by such a perfect answer and wished he'd thought of it himself.

[WinterParkDonkey]

8. Seriously....

Just take a deep breath...maybe they will hve a sense of humor. I went for an interview several years ago and was asked "What is your greatest weakness?" I said, Harrison Ford without a shirt on -- they hired me. Good luck.

[femmocrat]

10. If it's any consolation....

they are a crappy company to work for. My husband spent 15 miserable years there.

But good luck anyhow! :hi:

[BlueIris]

12. Woah. That irony question (which is b.s., IMO) is ripped straight out of "Reality Bites."

Seriously.

And the "correct answer" (as given by Ethan Hawke to Winona in the film) is "it's when the intended meaning is the exact opposite of the literal meaning."

What a lame interviewer. He must think data mining bad, B movies for hiring criteria is "clever."

[Ikonoklast]

13. You showed remarkable restraint.

When caught flat-footed by an interviewers trick question, I usually smash them in the mouth with a brick and ask them to define the meaning of 'orthodontics'.

They just don't respect my lack of subtlety.

[Deep13]

14. Irony? It's like rai-yain on your wedding da-a-a-y....nt