Since they're just a delicate balance of oversharing and humble-bragging, job interviews can require a certain level of finesse that the unemployed workforce is ill-equipped to handle. How is an interviewee supposed to toe the line between sharing the best version of themselves, while also not over-revealing their talents in the workplace? Obviously, you want your prospective employer to know that you're skilled under pressure, a versatile problem solver, and an overachieving worker, but when it comes down to that all-important interview, sometimes we forget the bullet point skills we rehearsed in the shower and default to our goofiest setting.
Similarly, this next story is about a guy who totally fumbled the interview with his dream job after oversharing a personal skill that was a little too unprofessional for this particular employer. Seemingly lost in the sauce with his curated interview answers, u/Odd-Welder1771 completely torpedoed his chance at his dream job after sharing a secret talent that had nothing to do with the workplace: His highly refined Spongebob impression.
Scroll onward to read all the cringy, juicy details of the story of a man who might have gotten hired if he had asked, 'Is mayonnaise an instrument?'