Interviews oh interviews..

As part of the business writing unit that I'm teaching, each student needs to be interviewed by me for the final assignment. I interview them outside in the hallway individually in hopes that they take this seriously, I've had a mixture of good and bad interviews, mainly good, but today was something else. They're supposed to be applying for jobs they would like to have as a future career but one student I interviewed this morning wanted to work at an underwear company. From the start of the interview I was desperately trying to hold myself back from laughing. He was definitely trying to be funny but somehow managed to be so serious, he just played his part so well. It went a little like this:

Me - "Why are you applying for this position?"

Student - "Well my dad was an underwear salesman and my mom wears underwear so it runs in the family"

Me - "Great...so what do feel you have to offer this company?"

Student - "My knowledge and expertise in the field of underwear, I know my underwear inside out"

Me - "What have you done outside of your formal education to improve yourself"

Student - "I invented the thong"

Me - "Oh did you?"

Student - "Well yes but someone else patented the idea first"

Me - "You have to be fast in the field of fashion"

Student - "I learned from my mistake"

Me - "Do you have any questions about the company or the position?"

Student - "I heard the company was involved in a scandal regarding the use of not enough fabric on women's underwear, can you tell me more about this?"

Me - "This interview is over"

His interview was a lot longer than this, actually it was 7 minutes long where most student's were only 5 minutes as they were supposed to be, but he was so into it and asked so many questions, it was just really funny. It was something where you just had to be there.