"Interview With An Applicant" - Sketch Comedy

Sketch comedy "Interview With An Applicant"
Starring:
Jill Butterfield as The Applicant
Melisa Breiner-Sanders as The Interviewer
Edited, DPed, Sound Mix & Color Correction by Paul Del Vecchio for Triple E Productions
Produced by: David R Doumeng
Written by: Marty Hill
Directed by Paul Del Vecchio
www.pauldv.net
www.triple-e-pr...

[@teachingwithdmitriyfedorov2770]

"...You've been hiring very strange people lately...", that was priceless😂😂😂😂.

[@deoxal7947]

And she took her mug, that was off the charts.

[@ianjukseyjukes4358]

she also should have only suggested they had an opening as an Accountant !!! not the the head of personnel

[@raulthepig5821]

"You are over qualified to be an accountant." "That's OK. I don't intend to work very hard." Priceless.

[@russkate88]

She sounds like a millennial.

[@PixelPi]

​@@russkate88 No, she sounds like someone who is wise beyond her years because she understands that laboring for someone is is the modern equivalent to indentured servitude. Even if you make $250k with today's money, you still won't have the purchasing power that a typical family had from the early 1950s.

[@fasteddylove-muffin6415]

@@PixelPi Without no questions & just some simple math I'll take that 250K please. At 250K your standard of living is many times greater than someone making the median income of $2,300 in 1952. I don't think you thought that through.

[@azearaazymoto461]

@@fasteddylove-muffin6415 The average house costed $7000 in 1950. Do keep this in mind.

[@elliottpeabody1287]

@@fasteddylove-muffin6415 Entitled idiots NEVER think things through.

[@vinnievalentine421]

You're over qualified. "That's OK, I don't tend to work very hard" 😂😂

[@u.v.s.5583]

This truth is rarely expressed openly in job interviews.

[@itsameaffi]

@Another Virtual Identity of Someone Who Isn't Me there may be better companies who are looking for you

[@Penguin_of_Death]

*intend, not tend

[@congruentwitch6506]

I didn't understand, what's wrong with this answer!:D

[@joyfulness9968]

Inteeeeend

[@DoubleGauss]

A lot of thought went into writing the script. Well done, whoever did it.

[@zaiah9252]

Very much

[@justglenn1037]

Exactly! I would love to get in the minds of great writers to know what makes them tick

[@KamJ2010]

Marty Hill wrote it. It's in the credits. 🙂

[@worfsonofmogh1154]

This faked me out great. I thought this was merely a ploy to get severance.

[@Danny65673]

"Overqualified" means that they can't afford to pay you what you could demand.

[@Mikman__]

exactly

[@kimfawcett1725]

ain't it the truth!!! Lol!

[@NahedElrayes]

..........how is this a shock to me?

[@sgtjoe2008]

check out the big brain on edvard! he's a smart mofo!

[@qq84]

They don´t want to afford to pay you what you could demand.

[@HarelmsKnight]

This was a well written and well executed comedy short. Wonderfully done.

[@eljaguar4789]

The tension between them is hilarious. I think they would hate working with each other but somehow get things done

[@pdv]

Haha yes!

[@spamdump4459]

So that's what I'm doing wrong in my interviews!

[@TrollMeister_]

You must fire the interviewer before he refuses you the job.

[@spamdump4459]

@@TrollMeister_ If you do it soon enough in the hiring process you can create the opening you're applying for.

[@billlozier5551]

Absolutely love it. The applicant is so adorable and the Personnel director is perfect.

[@bretthoffman2128]

That’s What I Thought too

[@DrunkenUFOPilot]

I like that look on the applicant's face after saying she doesn't intend to work that hard, after the interviewer's reaction.

[@cowboygareth]

the dynamic shift at 3:02 is masterful...after this moment I just found out that the camera is framed so they both look like they're sitting in the boss position...

[@mattboxprod]

That was highly unrealistic, but amusing and entertaining no less. I would love to see more!

[@jagoag6247]

Really? if you didnt tell us it was not real, we wouldn't know that! Thanks Matthew, you are a genius!

[@ThePeanut999]

Wait this wasn't real? I've been bamboozled.

[@zaiah9252]

Wow, this is an extremely well written short 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾. The acting is great too 💯

[@bretthoffman2128]

Very Creative acted well by 2 lovely women, it was GREAT.

[@pdv]

Thanks! Yes, they are very talented!

[@bretthoffman2128]

That's likely why people have trouble believing they're acting

[@pdv]

@@bretthoffman2128 Haha the amount of people who think this is somehow real is astonishing. But I guess it's good on the actors for being so good! lol

[@silods3S]

Very well played ladies and funny ASF 🤣😂😂 keep it up (we want more)

[@pdv]

Thanks for watching!

[@mehtasid]

Paul Del Vechhio -- this was simply 5 stars, why don't you make some more like this.

[@jasoncummings7052]

Script, settings, cast, acting story all well done. Very proud of the work.

[@pdv]

Thanks!

[@siriosstar4789]

I was thrown out of high school and got drafted . when i left the military i looked for a job . i went for an interview delivering office paper in a step van .the president of the company looked at my application and noticed that i had no Hs diploma. he said "i'm sorry but this job requires a HS diploma .i looked starlight into his eyes and said , " quite frankly sir i don't need a high school diploma to do THIS job . he paused as we were staring at each other for what seemed an eternity and said , "Ok your hired " . i was promoted to head of the shipping dept. two weeks later . true story .

[@pdv]

That's awesome! It's my belief that people put too much emphasis on education as just use that as a tool to hold you back. I think it's BS. Most of the jobs you can learn while ON the job, and just because someone has a degree/diploma doesn't mean they're going to be better than someone else at a job. In some cases, like a Doctor or Surgeon, yes... but most jobs are about people skills after learning basic hard skills. Good work!

[@americanninjadarrin7699]

That was hilarious! Love the premise. I just couldn't quit watching...

[@pdv]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@jakepullman4914]

No, you can't QUIT watching because you're FIRED.

[@forrestgump5959]

you both were never hired.

[@tiggywinkle1000]

Your hilarious sketch reminded me of one of my favourite jokes. It goes like this: Reaching the end of a job interview, the manager asks a young engineer fresh out of college, "And what starting salary are you looking for?" The engineer replies, "In the region of £125,000 a year, all depending on the benefits package, of course." The manager says, "I see. Well, what would you say to a package of 6 weeks paid holiday, full medical and dental benefits, a pension fund to 50% of your salary with an early retirement bonus available at age 50, plus a brand new company car leased to you every two years, say, a Mercedes sports convertible?" The engineer sits up straight and gasps, "Wow! Are you kidding?" The interviewer replies, "Of course, but you started it."

[@SonicPrototype]

I'm going to talk to a lawyer and do research to see if this would legally work if I got it recorded...

[@jasondads9509]

+SonicPrototype i don't think you can hire above your level without permission anyway.

[@minartson]

Also you would have to have paperwork done anyway.

[@Nereus00]

no it wouldn't because nobody would act so childish, she never signed any paper and last you can't just fire people because you want to, you still need a serious motivation. Actually the video could have more realistically ended by just suing for futile motivations.

[@Movie2Documentary]

Nereus Yes, you can fire people without motivation. Actually it would be better to fire without motivation, so they can't really 'sue' you. And if they did sue you then you can't work for your boss anymore because you ruined the relationship. So it's a win-win for the boss (off course he gonna pay all the legal documents and pay-outs, including raises and ancienity).

[@Linrox]

agreed just what i was going to say. and i don't think having permission applies, you just can't. That would be like hiring your boss. Which would have a conflict of interest.

[@marstondavis]

This is the modern day 'WHO's On First'. Very well done.

[@HUNKSComedy]

Great sketch. Keeps you guessing the whole way. Just when I thought they'd exhausted the twists, they give you more. Lol'd at 3:11. Often these games can get tired after a minute, but not so here.

[@ithinkyourefunny4179]

"No it's too late, I don't work here any more." Haha

[@No_Way_NO_WAY]

the moment she said, that it would not be enough, i knew what would happen. but the reveal was priceless :)

[@Y0ur-Highness]

She really displayed it, she's overqualified 😂❤

[@garydunkel]

Genius! You can't fire me because I didn't accept! Lmao

[@justliketheguy]

Amazing script writing!!

[@christelletremaine8900]

that was funny lol. i like when she took her coffee mug LOL

[@tintinban]

Well written sketch. Underrated by KZbin algorithm to be recommended this late....you are fired.

[@ansuhmayram]

im tempted to send this to my boss

[@D4rkTooga]

Do it! Then post the link to your TIFU in reddit.

[@sumairrehman9371]

Did u send it?

[@BizarreStorm]

@@sumairrehman9371 I will lol

[@grumblycurmudgeon]

Funny, the FIRST thing I did was blast it out on our #General Slack channel

[@JLewis-vv5zf]

Why? Are you TRYING to get fired??

[@florianwolf9380]

Very funny ! I had a boss who fired me several times, only to let his secretary call me a few days later & politely ask why I would no longer show up. I asked to be put thru to my (former ?) boss, who barked at me that he didn’t mean it & I should come back. Each time I negotiated a raise, only to result in the HR people ringing me why I always got a raise out of sync with rest of the gang. On and on it went, until I (!) resigned for a better job - and he gave me glowing references ever after, which finally moved me into two MD / CEO positions. Have to say I loved the game, but isn’t it a strange world ? Now I am retired early, live on a farm with my lovely wife, and life couldn’t be better. I don’t miss the rat race for a single day !

[@pdv]

Is this really a true story?! If so, that's amazing!!!

[@ChannelFStudios]

It's not easy to make other comedians crack up but we we lol'd!!!! Very clever and well shot!

[@pdv]

Thanks so much! The writer did an amazing job on the script in my opinion.

[@stevefowler2112]

Not sure how I got here but this skit was better then 95% of the B.S. that is on TV now so I feel pretty happy about showing up here.

[@pdv]

Wow, thanks Steve! This one was all the writer and actors... I really just let them do their thing with very little direction. It was all them. The writer especially... this script was sooo good in my opinion.

[@markcarey8426]

I went for a job and the guy said something about how they couldn't guarantee the number of hours per week and I said "That's OK, I don't like working very much anyway". I still got the job.

[@lisaverweij8806]

DEar god, thank you for the giggles!!! I'm studying to be a chartered accountant, and I cannot explain how funny that was!

[@metzdupcounselor]

Excellent turn of events! Love it

[@axerxes3981]

Brilliant, absolutely brillieant! The acting, the writing, the humor...... brilliant!! Ax

[@jaxcraft2848]

2:50: She hustled you. SHE HUSTLED YOU GOOD!

[@josephschuster1494]

Excellent acting with a twist at the end makes this short VERY entertaining! 🎭

[@Headjunk]

What a great sketch, brilliant writing and production 👍

[@Porcupinepettingzoo]

this is funny no matter how many times i watch it.

[@bluekid5099]

The only problem I have with this is that how could somebody hire their own boss?

[@The-Athenian]

Isn't that what happens when you choose to work under someone?

[@wietick5677]

I think the only thing you can apply for is a junior hr which is gonna probably be an assistant and not fire people so yeah that's bugging me aswell although I don't have experience

[@vitalityfox]

If she is HR she could higher the boss.

[@rohanofelvenpower5566]

enrolling in the army

[@JLewis-vv5zf]

Well, gee...I dunno, Blue Kid. Would you consider the concept of citizens electing individuals to head the executive branch of our government a form of “we, the people” hiring their own boss? Yes, I’ll agree it’s kind of a rough analogy, but I’m willing to provide other examples to help clarify my question to you if you’d like. Just ask.

[@peterg76yt]

We never found out whether the candidate for head of personnel had any experience - what a cliff-hanger!

[@pdv]

Lol maybe that’s material for a sequel haha

[@benjaminjameson3304]

Yes please

[@Cubeheadfilms]

haha awesome. I wish all interviews went like this

[@somebodyelse6673]

This is how comedy is done without a laugh track. Be CLEVER!

[@enjoyitbro]

When you just have to get the last word in a conversation

[@damondraco8380]

Ok I'll admit, that was VERY well played!

[@jaxcraft2848]

1:26: PFT! What a savage!🤣

[@antred11]

LOL, this reminds me of one of those old Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Elmer Fudd cartoons (I'm hunting' wabbits).😂

[@dustybrown4599]

Every second is pure GOLD!

[@pdv]

That's what happens when you have a great script and great actors! :)

[@mmca2]

I've always imagined this is how people at HR department are "working".

[@rds990]

HR....the bane on American business.

[@trolldmkdk9563]

Replace "imagined" by "thought" ?

[@Raison_d-etre]

@@rds990 You're mistaken about the purpose of HR. It's to protect the business from lawsuits. HR works FOR the company.

[@rds990]

@@Raison_d-etre Yeah you are right. I only have 45 consecutive years employed in industry with a Fortune 250 company. What could I possibly know about HR or business in general. Yeah, you're right.

[@princealmighty5391]

@@rds990 lol what's fortune 250

[@donemerson699]

The applicant is so adorable.

[@goldenphung]

Nice sketch, really good on all facets. I really liked the performances and the idea behind this one.

[@zhamendrahanvat95]

Golden Phung xxx com

[@outbackeddie]

That was great. The two women who played these parts deserve Oscars.

[@shortellis2656]

I liked this. It's a really funny idea. Nicely put together sketch

[@RicNorsider]

Brilliance. Wonderfully well acted and written even better. Thank you.

[@ansuhmayram]

The tables can always be turned so watch out.

[@felipelotas5609]

Brilliant!!! Well written and acted. Intense. I loved it!!

[@rds990]

This is like George Costanza interviewing with Steinbrenner. Do the OPPOSITE !!

[@nilspin]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@basievanheerden]

Now this is flippin BRILLIANT!!! Are there more like this?

[@Sawta]

2:42 Even if the applicant hadn't been hired on as Jr. VP, she could have sued for wrongful termination.😆

[@pdv]

Haha good point. She wins no matter which way you look at it. lol thanks for watching

[@cephaswilco]

Funny premise, good production quality. Great job.

[@JoshkatMetalPunk]

Hahaha I just loved how the tables turned (like literally). Seriously though, how can she be the junior VP of the company without the paperworks?

[@paultreneary]

ah, 47 employers disliked this video

[@deciver5]

They were from HR.

[@clayz1]

The head of personnel had the opportunity to say your fired, earlier on, but waited too long (a split second). The skit lasting as long as it did hinges on that. Good job on both actor’s parts though. Worth sending to a friend.

[@pdv]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@skyyyuhh]

This was hilarious😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pdv]

Thanks!

[@BerlinDavid]

This was f***ing hillarous. One of the funniest scetches i have seen here on youtube xD

[@Blargaldalien]

"Reverse Psychology Theater". Tomorrow's episode: Airline INsecurity checkpoint

[@russellmamun]

One of the coolest things I've seen in the internet lately!

[@pdv]

Wow, thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

[@therationalluddite]

I'm pretty sure this is how most people in my area get jobs, and the personnel manager just forgets to fire them.

[@dougpatterson7494]

I love it! Reminds me of Adam and Costello’s “Who’s on First” Skit

[@richardschroepfer5357]

That used to be a punchline to a joke. Your over qualified" That's okay, I"m an under achiver.

[@pdv]

It's a good punchline! :)

[@bethsherdell2413]

you're

[@JLewis-vv5zf]

@@bethsherdell2413 Yessss! Thank you, Beth!

[@garydunkel]

That was amazing! I love the change of roles there!

[@meptalon]

feels so much like Monthy Pithon's sketch on the guy going and paying for an argument (can't recall the exact name). But please take it in a nice way. Very well done and funny!

[@jeffc5974]

No it's not.

[@BroomeBlocker4]

Yes it is

[@Xylos144]

Oh this is futile.

[@James-gc5if]

No, it's not futile! So there!

[@MarkAtkin]

Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?

[@gerhardhermann1571]

I was waiting for this kind of end. I am still laughing.

[@pdv]

Glad we could make you laugh!

[@Dantamblingcomedy]

Really great stuff, LOVED IT

[@pdv]

Thanks! 👍

[@MikkoRantalainen]

This discussion as absolutely surreal but fun! Please, carry on with similar videos in the future.

[@pdv]

Thanks! Will try!

[@JurijFedorov]

Jill Butterfield is such an amazing actress in this short. Weird that she never did anything else.

[@davidnoffsinger5214]

Like troll youtube vids?

[@lizardpeoplepoetry]

this is like a perfect, textbook example of playing the game of the scene

[@GeneticJulia]

Hah! That was great :P

[@pdv]

Thanks!

[@guesswhomartin9249]

Awesome

[@jakobkurfer1679]

Paul Del Vecchio rr

[@cjtvtube]

Wow, nice writing and acting. Great job.

[@pdv]

cjtvtube yeah the writer Marty Hill is amazing and the girls killed it

[@photografr7]

Priceless!!... or $200/hr, whichever comes first.

[@subcode1001]

What does it mean actually? And I don't know why 200$/hr is equal to 12 Cent per 10 sec.

[@sriharshacv7760]

Interviewer: You are over-qualified for this job. Her: Thats okay, I don't intend to work very hard. ROFL

[@username42]

watching after 10 years later :d omg what the heck is youtube trying to say me :D

[@firecloud77]

*Interviewer:* What would you say is your greatest weakness? *Me:* I'm a sucker for stupid job interview questions. That's why I'm here.

[@saurabhshrigadi]

Paul are you still reading all the replies even after 10 years?

[@pdv]

Yup! Still here. hahaha

[@johnhall7850]

If she's HR, she's the boss. HR doesn't take orders from anyone. They hold all the power.

[@bobbobson444]

What a clever person

[@richclarke1523]

This really does highlight the ridiculousness of job interviews. The applicant is forced to exagerate qualities, while the interviewer exaggerates their real power.

[@justmadeit2]

Clever !

[@pdv]

+justmadeit2 Thanks!

[@justmadeit2]

+Paul Del Vecchio They are both pretty ladies too, but id like to marry the woman in the blue top ! :)

[@dacianogaming1132]

Thankyou so much I needed to do a skit in school and I couldn't find anything but when I found this I thought that OMG this is the best skit ever

[@pdv]

Thank you!

[@david.rachacha]

Paul, should we add a laugh track so these people know it's satire? XD

[@yasinomidi7525]

It is? I thought it was legit

[@ArtFunLife]

Hmm..thats a good idea

[@onemanarmyoma0155]

You see me laugh?

[@cssmonkey6193]

oh No David, this isn't a satire nor a joke, this is a real interview *wink wink*

[@vellinari9385]

Yes David. U r right

[@robertdais7569]

Bravo! Very clever writing.

[@pdv]

Glad you liked it! The writer really wrote something clever in my opinion.

[@robertdais7569]

@@pdv Dude, I really hope you get that project or other things funded into longer projects! That is among the funniest, most clever few minutes I've spent watching in a while! Thanks for your reply & send me links to whatever else you or that team has out there! Bravo! 😁

[@__-tz6xx]

Hehe, this is so elementary school humor. Childish funny.

[@TheFaultLinePlayersChannel]

Verry funny! We admire others who strive to make quality original sketch comedy and short films! keep up the awesome work, guys!

[@cj6745]

That was brilliant

[@owlcu]

I'd apply just to look into the eyes of that interviewer - good lord she's gorgeous.

[@georgejack8804]

SO BANTEROUSE!!!!!!!!!