1094: Interview - Revision history

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2025-02-06T17:13:39Z

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2024-03-20T18:18:05Z

Capitalise

2024-03-02T00:40:17Z

Revert vandalism

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linked to category instead of individual comics

2022-11-17T01:16:55Z

added hairy to the lead

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added mind swap theory

2022-05-26T19:59:50Z

Reverted edits by Donald Trump (talk) to last revision by CRLF

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 The title text is said by Black Hat. It refers to the fact that, even though Black Hat now has the interviewer's job, he has no idea what his function is.
-There's a possible second meaning to the phrase "perhaps this could change your mind;" it may be that Black Hat and Hairy have quite literally swapped minds, thus why Black Hat is suddenly sitting in the interviewer's seat and finishing the interview and Hairy is sitting in the interviewee's seat being interviewed. The chasm inside the briefcase may have been a hallucination Hairy experienced whilst his mind was being swapped with Black Hat's.
+There's a possible second meaning to the phrase "perhaps this could change your mind;" it may be that Black Hat and Hairy have quite literally swapped minds, thus why Black Hat is suddenly sitting in the interviewer's seat and finishing the interview and Hairy is sitting in the interviewee's seat being interviewed. The chasm inside the briefcase may have been a hallucination Hairy experienced whilst his mind was being swapped with Black Hat's. However, this would remove the logic of the title text.
 [[:Category:Job interviews|Job interviews]] are a recurring topic on xkcd.

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic is based on a common annoyance when job hunting, being told that they'll "keep you in mind", but don't offer you a job. A job interviewer, [[Hairy]], tells [[Black Hat]] exactly that.
+This comic is based on a common annoyance when job hunting, being told that they'll "keep your résumé on file", but don't offer you a job. A job interviewer, [[Hairy]], tells [[Black Hat]] exactly that.
 Black Hat offers a briefcase to his interviewer. From the vague phrasing "this" and the context, one would expect the briefcase to contain money to bribe the interviewer into hiring Black Hat. Instead, it contains a portal or gateway into an impossibly deep chasm.

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 The title text is said by Black Hat. It refers to the fact that, even though Black Hat now has the interviewer's job, he has no idea what his function is.
-There's a possible second meaning to the phrase "perhaps this could change your mind;" it may be that Black Hat and Hairy have quite literally swapped minds, thus why black hat is suddenly sitting in the interviewer's seat and finishing the interview and Hairy is sitting in the interviewee's seat being interviewed. The chasm inside the briefcase may have been a hallucination Hairy experienced whilst his mind was being swapped with Black Hat's.
+There's a possible second meaning to the phrase "perhaps this could change your mind;" it may be that Black Hat and Hairy have quite literally swapped minds, thus why Black Hat is suddenly sitting in the interviewer's seat and finishing the interview and Hairy is sitting in the interviewee's seat being interviewed. The chasm inside the briefcase may have been a hallucination Hairy experienced whilst his mind was being swapped with Black Hat's.
 [[:Category:Job interviews|Job interviews]] are a recurring topic on xkcd.

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	This comic is based on a common annoyance when job hunting, being told that they'll "keep you in mind", but don't offer you a job. A job interviewer, [[Hairy]], tells [[Black Hat]] exactly that.		This comic is based on a common annoyance when job hunting, being told that they'll "keep you in mind", but don't offer you a job. A job interviewer, [[Hairy]], tells [[Black Hat]] exactly that.

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 ==Explanation==
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+{{incomplete|[[File:Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg|600px]]}}
 This comic is based on a common annoyance when job hunting, being told that they'll "keep you in mind", but don't offer you a job. A job interviewer, [[Hairy]], tells [[Black Hat]] exactly that.

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	This comic is based on a common annoyance when job hunting, being told that they'll "keep you in mind", but don't offer you a job. A job interviewer, [[Hairy]], tells [[Black Hat]] exactly that.		This comic is based on a common annoyance when job hunting, being told that they'll "keep you in mind", but don't offer you a job. A job interviewer, [[Hairy]], tells [[Black Hat]] exactly that.

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 There's a possible second meaning to the phrase "perhaps this could change your mind;" it may be that Black Hat and Hairy have quite literally swapped minds, thus why black hat is suddenly sitting in the interviewer's seat and finishing the interview and Hairy is sitting in the interviewee's seat being interviewed. The chasm inside the briefcase may have been a hallucination Hairy experienced whilst his mind was being swapped with Black Hat's.
-Other Job interviews have been portrayed in [[125: Marketing Interview]], [[1088: Five Years]], [[1293: Job Interview]] and [[1545: Strengths and Weaknesses]].
+[[:Category:Job interviews|Job interviews]] are a recurring topic on xkcd.
 ==Transcript==

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:15, 17 November 2022
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	The title text is said by Black Hat. It refers to the fact that, even though Black Hat now has the interviewer's job, he has no idea what his function is.		The title text is said by Black Hat. It refers to the fact that, even though Black Hat now has the interviewer's job, he has no idea what his function is.
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		+	There's a possible second meaning to the phrase "perhaps this could change your mind;" it may be that Black Hat and Hairy have quite literally swapped minds, thus why black hat is suddenly sitting in the interviewer's seat and finishing the interview and Hairy is sitting in the interviewee's seat being interviewed. The chasm inside the briefcase may have been a hallucination Hairy experienced whilst his mind was being swapped with Black Hat's.

	Other Job interviews have been portrayed in [[125: Marketing Interview]], [[1088: Five Years]], [[1293: Job Interview]] and [[1545: Strengths and Weaknesses]].		Other Job interviews have been portrayed in [[125: Marketing Interview]], [[1088: Five Years]], [[1293: Job Interview]] and [[1545: Strengths and Weaknesses]].