The Wedding Singer Job Interview Method

Adam Sandler gives a masterclass on the right way to answer job interview questions.

If you’re going in for a job interview, here’s an excellent job interview method taken from the movie “The Wedding Singer” with Adam Sandler.

If the interviewer asks you why you want a job there, simply respond by saying the following lines:

“I'm a big fan of money. I like it. I use it. I have a little. I keep it in a jar on top of my refrigerator. I’d like to put more in that jar. That's where you come in.”

Then, after you inevitably get booted from the interview because they’ve either ended your interview early by escorting you out the door or said, “We’ll let you know” (which, of course, they never will), you can reflect on how silly the interview process is and why you should never have even gone in for that stupid interview in the first place.

Job interviews are (second only to tipping at restaurants) the dumbest thing we do as Americans.

Think about it. You want a job, so you look for a job opening at a company you think has a reasonable chance of not going out of business, filing for bankruptcy, or having a massive layoff, right?

You really don’t care what company it is, what the company’s name is, or even what industry the company is in. You just care that they have a job opening and that they have more money than you.

So, you prepare your resume by filling it up with irrelevant fluff you think they want to see, then go in to talk to a clueless recruiter who has no idea what he or she is talking about, who doesn’t care about you, and who can’t possibly understand what the role you’re applying for even entails.

They ask you dumb questions like, “Why do you want to work at Acme Corporation?”

They’re hoping you’re going to say something that is almost unintelligible yet manages to hit the high points that someone with quarterly recruitment goals wants to hear and has all the right politically correct buzzwords, like:

“Well, Karen, I’m so glad you asked. You see, I’m drawn to Acme Corporation’s unparalleled culture of innovation, excellence, and diversity, and I’m eager to contribute to its dynamic, forward-thinking team. I would love to join the Acme Corporation family.”

Ugh. Gag me with a spoon.

MAKE IT STOP!

This is all insincere garbage, and everybody knows it, especially the people participating in it at that moment.

Interviews are stupid.

The hiring process is stupid.

Working for giant corporations who can’t remember your name is stupid.

All of this is stupid!

The next time you’re in an interview, if you can’t be as honest as Adam Sandler is in this interview clip, you’re at the wrong company, interviewing for the wrong job.

Nothing you say matters, and none of the work you’ll do in the role you’re applying for will matter, either.

If you ever find yourself putting on a tie and shiny shoes for only the third time in your entire life because you’re going into a massive building to meet with someone in a suit who’s interviewing you for a role with a job title you can’t even remember (but probably includes a word like “associate,” “representative,” or “specialist”) just tell them the truth like this:

“You have a job opening. I need money. That’s why I’m here. End of story.”

Better yet, just walk out of that room and never go back.

Seriously. Just quit your job.

Start your own company.

Be your own boss.

Change your life so that you never, ever need to kiss up to a corporate jerk in a suit in a tall building ever again.

Take control of your future and stop playing games.

Becoming an entrepreneur is terrifying, and it’s a lot of hard work. But at least you don’t have to play dumb, insincere games like this.

If you work for yourself, you never have to interview.

You never have to lie about what your intentions are.

You don’t have to pretend to care about things you don’t care about.

You never have to respond to brainless, inane questions like “So, where do you see yourself in five years?” and best of all…

IF YOU’RE SELF-EMPLOYED, YOU CAN’T GET FIRED OR LAID OFF.

So, go out, start your own business, and change the world. It will change your life in the process. And if you’re reading this, and you actually do this, please report back here and let me know how it goes. I’d love to hear it.

P.S. Don’t keep money in a jar on top of your refrigerator, either. That’s a really dumb idea.