What interviewing for an internship feels like

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Why it worked

The video leverages a highly recognizable and dramatic cultural touchstone (Shark Tank) to create a relatable, humorous metaphor for the stress and absurdity of the modern internship application process.

Summary

A comedic edit of a Shark Tank clip portrays the awkwardness of interviewing for an internship by overlaying text about the internship experience onto the show's dialogue. The video uses the intense interaction between the young entrepreneur and the investors to satirize the power dynamics of job interviews.

Structure

1Introduction of the internship interview premise
2Clip of a young entrepreneur pitching on Shark Tank
3Investors reacting with disbelief and insults
4Final rejection of the candidate

On-screen text

What interviewing for an internship feels like What happens:

Transcript

What interviewing for an internship feels like. What happens: $50,000 in exchange for 10% of my company. I'm 10 years old but $50,000 is not a small amount of money. I'm here to make money. I'm going to finish, Jeff. So, my parents loaned me $1,000. Are you serious? Are you serious? He's an idiot. He's a con artist. You. We're all over. You're an get the out of here.