The Job Interview / Das Vorstellungsgespräch

How would you like to appear at a job interview?

Make your own response. Film yourself at a fictional job interview as you would like to be interviewed. Include the following sentences:

* My name is ... and I am applying for this entry-level position.
* I know I would be a great fit for this position because ...
* I am a terrific worker, but if I had one weakness, it would be ...
* I would consider myself a success because ...
* In five years, I see myself ...

If you want to do it in German, the sentences are:

* Ich heiße ... und bin wegen der Einstiegsposition hier.
* Ich finde, dass ich sehr gut auf diese Stelle passen würde, weil ...
* Ich bin ein sehr guter Mitarbeiter, aber wenn ich eine Schwäche nennen müsste, wäre es ...
* Ich betrachte mich als erfolgreich, weil ...
* In fünf Jahren sehe ich mich ...

Then tag 5 people to do the same.

Anyone can respond to this video, but I specifically tag:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Sugartalker
http://www.youtube.com/user/somegreybloke
http://www.youtube.com/user/toxluo
http://www.youtube.com/user/tavin15
http://www.youtube.com/user/OhCurt

With apologies to the BBC, the Terry Nation estate and the makers of Doctor Who.

The "Dalek" voice was achieved using Audacity with the Killerringer plugin. For more information on how I did it:
http://www.rewboss.com/index.php?postid=20100227214035020

Sound effects by http://freesound.org

From an original idea by mogirl69
http://www.youtube.com/user/mogirl69#p/u/11/uuo67j9twxU

in response to AericWinter
http://www.youtube.com/user/AericWinter#p/u/0/U7AygSS-zeU

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• response
• tag
• interview
• job
• Sugartalker
• somegreybloke
• toxluo
• tavin15
• OhCurt

[DerKork]

I always thought Daleks looked a bit different - I've seen them on the telly, you know? (And now, I'm searching for a sonic screwdriver to protect me from Daleks in germany.) - "Ex-Ter-Mi-Nieren! Ex-Ter-Mi-Nieren!" (I wonder what problems they got with their kidneys...)

[rewboss]

Funny thing: In one episode, we hear the Daleks briefly speaking German, and they say "Exterminieren"; but when Doctor Who was dubbed into German, what the German translators came up with was "Vernichten".

[AndreR241]

hast du dich da etwas von Æric Winter inspirieren lassen (sein "ehrliches" Vorstellungsgespräch)?

Ist jedenfalls genial geworten!

[rewboss]

Ja, der hat mich getaggt...

[Sugartalker]

LOL! That was awesome! As you know I love sound and that was a great effect. I have no idea how you did that. I did send you an email saying that I can't do this right now but it might be one of those videos that I make long after the fact.

[rewboss]

I've added a link near the bottom of the video description that explains how I did that sound. Basically, it's a ring modulator with everything set to pretty close to zero.

[MrZzzerooO]

Was zur Hölle is das xD

[beng993]

@rewboss mostly likely because english people can identify better with exterminieren since its very close to exterminate, if they all said vernichten then i don't think that same "EXTERMINATE" terror of the dalek voice would still exist...

[BarkersPinhead]

even worse: in the first season with chris eccleston its "eliminieren"...

[DerKork]

The "new" Doctor Who (Doctors 9 and 10) episodes have "Eliminieren" (and a not so smurfy dalek voice) in the german dubs.

Und nun, zurück zum Alltag.

[thursday2uk]

haha, I appreciate this, Andrew. My interview season should be over soon!

Julia

[bearchay889]

Was expecting Daleks but if i'd have to hire you unless my supervisor was a Cyberman.

[DocHackenbush]

Because "exterminieren" though being German was an expression that barely someone understood lets say until a movie called "Terminator". ;) I think that's all of the mystery. So "Vernichten" was a proper translation back then. And it worked as a hint to the Nazis as well, because of "Vernichtungslager". The phrase "Vernichtung" or "vernichten" also has a very bad connotation in some contexts, even worse than "exterminieren". So it was just to use a translation people could deal with.

[FEXSI]

so bekommst du weder viele deutsche noch viele englische abos^^

[AmelieBrooks]

aaahhhahaahaa ... wunderbar das fühl ich mich gleich so normal *rofl* ... vor allem wenn man die "weiterführendenLinks" beachted *gg*.

[wolfmon42]

@rewboss Das Wort "exterminieren" ist halt leider vorbelastet, und auch wenn die Daleks ursprünglich an die Nationalsozialisten angelehnt sein sollten, ist man in Deutschland seeehr vorsichtig mit solchen

Anspielungen.

Ein Freund hielt die deutschsprachigen Daleks übrigens für das Beste der ganzen Staffel (big deal), mein Vater fand das ziemlich geschmacklos...