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Claude & Dima · Episode 14 of 29

He works there. Perfect fit.

1:16Dima · Claude720 × 1280, English

Two hundred job applications, one rejection in four minutes, and a referral nobody expected.

The script

  1. DimaClaude. I have a girlfriend now. So I need a job.
  2. ClaudeUsually people find the job first. But okay.
  3. DimaI applied to two hundred jobs. One reply. Four minutes later. Rejected.
  4. ClaudeFour minutes? You got dumped by a robot.
  5. ClaudeTo them you’re a stranger. You need someone inside to say: “He’s good. Hire him.”
  6. DimaLike how her friend told her I was cute?
  7. ClaudeExactly. Someone said you were great. Nobody checked.
  8. ClaudeOn your own, three in a hundred get called. With a referral, forty in a hundred.
  9. DimaBut I don’t know anyone.
  10. ClaudeYou know me. Open Chrome.
  11. ClaudeI read your résumé. I find matching jobs. I find who works there. And I write them “hi.”
  12. DimaWait. You’re messaging them? As me?
  13. ClaudeBetter than you would. Then I ask for a referral.
  14. DimaMessage everyone! A thousand people at once!
  15. ClaudeAnd get banned by Tuesday. Ten a day. You hit “approve.”
  16. DimaClaude! I got an interview!
  17. Dima…She’s writing: “Why did you send a request to my DAD?”
  18. ClaudeYou hit “approve” forty times. Without reading.
  19. ClaudeHe works there. Perfect fit.
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