Sharing the process in a recent video, TikToker Jerry Lee recently decided to find out what would happen if he sent off 100 applications to various companies from a candidate named Kismma D. Nhuhts in order to test how much attention recruiters pay to each application they receive.
And it looks like Lee must have drafted up a very impressive CV to go along with his made-up name as he was able to get his first interview within a day.
“Holy c**p guys, we got our first interview,” he said to the camera. “Let me go show you.”
Things only got better from there on, with Lee’s next update revealing that after a week of waiting he’d received 36 replies from companies – with six of these being offers for an interview, along with 30 rejections.
Here is a glimpse of the CV Lee claimed to have submitted (TikTok/@jerryjhlee)
“I’m actually surprised we got this many replies back within such a short period of time,” he said.
It would appear that none of the 36 responses clocked the unique name Lee had applied under either, as he added: “What’s even crazier is nobody commented on the resume.”
While Lee kept the identity of the majority of the employers anonymous he did reveal that one of the interview offers would ultimately come from everyone’s favourite online forum Reddit, which was clearly a pinch-me moment for the content creator.
“We had a goal at the beginning of the series,” he explained.
“We were like ‘if we can get an interview at Reddit… that would be sick.'”
He then went on to reveal some of the experiences listed on the resume he allegedly submitted, which appeared impressive upon first glance until a closer inspection revealed that he had included duties such as his dog winning the World Cup by ‘20%’ and having ‘experience with Lana Rhodes’.
The purpose of this experiment may seem a little bizarre at first, however Lee has dedicated his entire platform to sharing resume tips and tricks.
All this while some of us can’t get a rejection email.
LADbible Group has approached Reddit for comment.
Featured Image Credit: (Tiktok/Jerryjhlee)
Brenna Cooper
Boss uses ‘salt and pepper test’ during job interviews to judge a person’s character
How in-salt-ing
We have all been asked those stupidly random questions in interviews that potential employers think reveal something about our character.
Some people spend hours revising their CV or practising different questions that they could be asked in the run-up to a big interview, but this is something that no one could have predicted…
One person took to Reddit to share that their old boss used to base a whole interview outcome on something they liked to call the ‘salt and pepper’ test.
Alright, Gordon Ramsay!
They wrote: “A company I used to work for does all-day interviews with multiple people, and one of them is always a lunch interview.
Have you heard of the ‘salt and pepper test’? (Getty Stock Image)
“I heard about a guy who would base his entire decision on one thing – whether or not the person he was interviewing tried their food before reaching for salt, pepper, hot sauce, etc.
“If you didn’t try your food first, you didn’t get a pass from him.”
Now, that might just be the most random thing we have ever heard, how bored must this guy have been?
While the ex-employee wasn’t one hundred percent sure on why their former boss put so much emphasis on this test, they believed it was to do with people trying something without judging it first.
They added: “Glad I didn’t interview with him because I pretty much always add pepper to stuff.”
But this isn’t the only boss with weird interview techniques.
The next one, however, has slightly more grounding.
What does the mug say about your attitude? (Getty Stock Image)
Former boss of Xero Australia, Trent Innes, said that this interview-hack revealed everything he needed to know about a potential employee.
Speaking on The Venture podcast, he said: “I will always take you for a walk down to one of our kitchens and somehow you always end up walking away with a drink.
“Then we take that back, have our interview, and one of the things I’m always looking for at the end of the interview is, does the person doing the interview want to take that empty cup back to the kitchen?
“You can develop skills, you can gain knowledge and experience but it really does come down to attitude.”
So, some things to remember before your next interview: never put salt or pepper on your lunch before trying, and always wash up the coffee cup, and you know all the other unimportant stuff like how many years experience you have and your transferable skills.
Featured Image Credit: Getty Stock Images
Dominic Smithers
People in disbelief over iPad kids shocking admission on using paper and pen
It seems technology really has taken over
If you needed something to help you decide which side of the ‘iPad kid’ debate you sit on, then this student’s shocking admission might just be the push you need to realise we sometimes really do rely on technology a bit too much.
It seems that those of us who were born before having a smartphone in primary school was considered ‘normal’ are on a completely different page to the next generation who grew up glued to gadgets.
In the good old days, you would be sat in a classroom physically putting pen to paper – albeit doodling or drawing that ‘universal S‘, but with real stationary all the same.
Writing revision cards, drawing mind maps and tearing a page out of your workbook if you wrote the date wrong – ah, take me back.
Unfortunately, that rite of passage seems to be no more, if this student’s confession is anything to go by.
I don’t miss this (Getty stock image)
Trisha, who is currently in school studying Chemical Engineering, regularly shares advice on social media about how pupils can swot up for their exams.
But she takes a much different approach than someone born before the year 2000 would have – as these school kids have had technology at their fingertips while attending their classes.
A lot of students, including Trisha, use devices such as iPads to help them study, while she even has an Apple Pencil to make things even easier for her.
According to the tech giant, you won’t even know you’re using this tool as it ‘feels as natural and responsive as using a pencil on paper’ – but the only problem is, a lot of those in the education system seemingly get a bit too used to them.
So when they finally do have a real pen in their hand, as Trisha explained in a TikTok video, it’s easy to forget that these writing instruments don’t have all the same features as the Apple Pencil.
Trisha addressed her struggle in a video (TikTok/@pcfgstudy)
The content creator explained she often finds herself trying to ‘zoom in’ on the paper, or tries to ‘double tap to erase’, saying it’s simply ‘muscle memory’ at this point.
“Then I get embarrassed for no reason,” she captioned the clip.
And although she’s definitely not alone in this, a lot of social media users who said goodbye to the education a few years ago were left stunned that this is the current state of play in schools.
