TikToker Aleks (@plaingibberish) posted about their frustrations with job interviews in a viral video, sparking debate about job interviews on the video-sharing platform.
Aleks is seen dressed in professional wear in the video. The overlay text reads, “It’s just a job interview at Subway, they surely know that the only reason I applied is so I can pay my bills and not die of hunger.”
The video them which then pans to him looking disgruntled with what appears to be a glass of red wine. The second set of overlay text reads, “So…what’s your motivation to become a Sandwich Artist?”
The video has garnered nearly 690,000 views since it was posted on June 14.
@plaingibberish I love when they do that #jobinterview #jobtips #9to5 #sandwichtiktok #sandwichartist #ukcomedy ♬ original sound – yosaa
The video was met with joking replies highlighting potential sarcastic answers to this question in an interview setting.
One user responded, “I always wanted make a dream of stuffing mouths with foot-longs come true to all the students of the nearby collage of arts.” Aleks wrote back, “That’s not even a dream, that’s a full blown kink.”
Another user commented, “you see, I’ve always had a passion for the sandwich arts. I’ll never forget the first time I put some turkey slices on white bread, changed my life.”
Other commenters shared similar experiences when applying for jobs.
One TikToker commented, “when I had an interview at Tim hortons they asked me about the places history like they were not paying enough for to justify asking that.”
Another user shared, “When I interviewed at Morrisons for a normal customer assistant job they asked me what business decisions I thought the company should make next.”
One user even shared their own specific job experience with Subway: “i got asked so what do you know about subway and i said well they make sandwiches and i got the job.”
The Daily Dot has reached out to Aleks for comment on this story via TikTok comments.
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