Monty Python - Silly job interview

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Monty Python - Silly job interview
Season 1, episode 5
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lesson for the en4.me - English for me
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@RossM3838 9 ай бұрын

This is a far more intelligent interview than nearly all the job interviews I ever had.

@claudiamanta1943 9 ай бұрын

Usually, in my case, the interviewer fails within 10 minutes, so I give the answers in such a way to shorten the ordeal 😄 On one occasion, at the end of the interview they said the usual ‘Thank you very much. Do you have any questions for me?’ And I gracefully asked ‘What is the biggest challenge for your team and how do you manage that?’ I will forever wonder why I didn’t get that job 🤔

@RossM3838 9 ай бұрын

@@claudiamanta1943 I hate it when instead of discussing the actual job at hand, the interviewer tries to play psychological games with you. Why? Something stupid they learned in school that makes them feel important and superior. For an example and for real an interviewer who I actually knew from before asked me “why should I hire you when we have applicants from Yale?” I know that he was fishing for some kind of defense but would he ask someone from Yale that same question about another school? No. After all yale students are the anointed ones. I just called the guy an obscenity and walked out on the spot. What about the actual job at hand? Not a word. John Cleese here was a better interviewer

@claudiamanta1943 9 ай бұрын

@@RossM3838 I think that the Yale question was a legit one. And, of course, they have to somewhat psychologically assess you. What bothers and drives me into despair is when they are rubbish at it. Not only that I have to dumb myself down but, also, make the effort to let them feel in control… the whole bloody thing… all the while smiling politely and already hating the idea of working with them. The interviewer gives an interview with me, not just I with them.

@RossM3838 9 ай бұрын

@@claudiamanta1943 no it wasn’t. Are Yale students superior? Should I be in a position to defend my own school to a snob and an idiot? What about the job itself? What skills does that take? Never asked. I would never again set foot in the same room with that guy. Yes but he has a job you say. True but I’m far better off away from these hr Jack holes. Cleese has them sort of pegged but his character is far more decent and intelligent

@claudiamanta1943 9 ай бұрын

@@RossM3838 You were there, I wasn’t, so I am only projecting myself in his shoes. If he was a snobbish arsehole and asked you that question only to establish his power position, then, yes, you did well to walk out (though I wouldn’t have thrown an F-bomb 😄 and slammed the door). However, there might be other reasons for which he asked you that. What if he wanted to see if you have an inferiority complex (maybe you’re very bright but couldn’t afford to go to a prestigious college)? Or to see if you’re prejudiced against future colleagues who graduated from Yale. Or to see how you react to him being bossy and unpleasant (emotional resilience). Etc. The technical skills for a job can be learnt whilst you’re doing it. Some things such as attitudes or character tend to be very stable, so if I were to interview a job candidate I would probe into this type of things. You could have asked what did he like about ‘the Yale graduates’ and see from there.

@Hollandvancewright Жыл бұрын

I found this so funny growing up, but being older and a supervisor makes it much more hilarious

@pbrucpaul 10 ай бұрын

It's so English with how they deal with Absurdity. It's a rather Suppressed society that has come to Grips over their history, and has been successful in showing what the entertainment is and has been over the years. I think Sarcasm is something they know about explicilty, and they like have a " Ah yes, Carry on" attitude

@barbarawenda9134 5 ай бұрын

So you are saying that you do the same, to job applicants you are interviewing? Are you pleased with yourself?

@Panda-uw7vb 3 ай бұрын

It's controvers to me....

@Matuse 11 ай бұрын

I searched for "Good Night Ding Ding Ding", and I found exactly what I wanted to find.

@mitchmover3284 10 ай бұрын

My search was for "5,4,3,2,1". 😁

@protonhew7490 2 ай бұрын

Yes, the following action should be the rooster crow.

@christhepawriter3595 9 ай бұрын

Honestly, this is now not that far off from today's job market.

@IHeartNoise 4 ай бұрын

Still very relevant, unfortunately

@rasklaat2 Жыл бұрын

I have shown this to my kids to get them prepared for their job interviews in future.

@shrouddreamer 11 ай бұрын

It's absolutely a fitting (over the top Monty Python) representation of interviewers techniques to make the applicant feel insecure :D

@feraldarryl 7 ай бұрын

It’s been over 40 years since I first saw this sketch and to this day, wherever I go, I still can’t pass by one of those little bells without picking it up and going “good-night-a-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding”

@purplespacecat2362 6 жыл бұрын

I preformed this with my sister at camp. So fun!

@petejones879 11 ай бұрын

Just like every job interview I've ever had

@ChrJahnsen Жыл бұрын

This is one of the most cruel sketches, Monty Python ever did. I love it! 😆😆

@215_Philly_4for4 8 ай бұрын

I love how Chapman bounces every time Cleese counts down out loud

@lecapitaine1017 4 ай бұрын

The Pythons predicted LinkedIn HR practices. God damn it.

@allanward8194 5 жыл бұрын

I'm going to start doing the 5 4 3 2 1 0 thing with my students.

@Dim4323 Жыл бұрын

Too late.

@keithmoon3190 10 ай бұрын

You must also troll them with a bell while saying goodnight ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding

@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV 10 ай бұрын

@@keithmoon3190Or do that thing with the hands behind the head, making weird moose noises.

@mitchmover3284 10 ай бұрын

I do it with my wife and kids all the time!

@wiktorjedrzejczak8332 10 ай бұрын

good night

@aaronthesaxman660 5 ай бұрын

I used to work as a recruiter. We filled all the jobs and even had a couple of spare resumes as backups. My boss told me to keep scheduling interviews for the manager even though we weren't going to hire them, and this is all it made me think of. It all seemed rather silly.

@TheExLeper 12 жыл бұрын

John makes the best faces in this sketch

@tamhaswoods9056 6 ай бұрын

London job agency: Can you come down (from Liverpool) for an interview tomorrow? We need this vacancy filled urgently. Muggins: Yes of course (books £193 open return at a day's notice and goes to interview). A few days pass. Agency: Unfortunately they had someone already working with them earmarked for the job and decided to hire internally. The one reason I don't miss my 20s....

@kemikemi756 19 күн бұрын

Ding ding ding ding ding

@bondingtapes6509 5 ай бұрын

I used to do the “GOOOOOOOOD NIIIIIIIIIIGHT DING DING DING!” To my son when he was a baby with a rattle. Hell I still do it to him and he’s 17 now.

@mitchmover3284 10 ай бұрын

One of my favorite Monty Python sketches of all time! I get tears rolling down my cheeks every time I watch it!

@Isnogood12 4 ай бұрын

Cleese and Chapman would have made a killing as job consultants. This has aged like fine wine and once again proves that both comedy and corporations never change.

@scotttyson607 9 ай бұрын

This is only slightly less ridiculous that some HR sponsored interviews for modern corporate positions.

@TheLostSorcerer 11 жыл бұрын

John Cleese is the first troll. He even makes the troll face (and probably is the true origin).

@annalisavajda252 16 күн бұрын

Obviously he has no previous experience with the Pavlov dog management style.

@margaretpepper3550 9 ай бұрын

This sketch sounds quite normal to me when I read the latest news & social media....

@harbottle8580 9 ай бұрын

That sketch has Spike Milligan written all over it.

@danieldougan269 8 ай бұрын

All university career services offices should show this to students as preparation for the workforce.

@spiff2268 7 ай бұрын

Way more coherent than an interview I had when I applied to get on at UPS. Yeah, didn’t get the job.

@RaginKavu 26 күн бұрын

Job interviews are just like war. And war, war never changes.

@johnjim6793 Күн бұрын

Graham Chapman was a comical genius. I don‘t think there has ever been an actor who could keep such a dignified composure in the silliest and most surreal of situations.

@krisscanlon4051 14 күн бұрын

Cleese had access to the real business world that he could mock all of its formalities 😂

@danielorlando8172 15 күн бұрын

Being self-employed makes this very hard to comprehend. I don't think I would last 40 seconds with the interviewer. But I have to admit, Monty Python takes the absurd into the stratosphere

@TBrewer64 19 күн бұрын

This is way better than "what is your greatest weakness?"

@cartmann94 10 ай бұрын

Well, that was all good fun, and I hope you had a jolly good laugh.

@nexivdr 12 жыл бұрын

" Take a seat, Ahh "

@Yora21 11 жыл бұрын

A classic Chapman/Cleese one

@calumproctor981 4 ай бұрын

At least there weren't any competency-based questions.

@bubetubin 6 ай бұрын

god. filling out corporate job applications feels exactly like this

@halwasserman7905 9 ай бұрын

When my sister and I were kids we used to say, "Good night a ding ding ding ding," to each other all the time. Don't know what the matter can be with the audio here but I'm glad to see this on KZfaq. It's much better than the earlier version where it's a different actor than Chapman and Cleese doesn't say, "Ding, ding, ding, ding," and the bell is different.

@davidtatro7457 9 ай бұрын

Some of the sketches were redone later for a different program, l believe. And in some cases, different Pythons played the roles. It's always amusing to compare between the versions.

@JANEM21 12 жыл бұрын

Pure trolling..

@JamesBond-xx1lv 9 ай бұрын

Why do you think I rang the bell? Uhhh... it was the next step in the interview process?

@dragonitejc Жыл бұрын

ITS BACK

@Dr-Le0n 10 жыл бұрын

classic trolling :) I love this

@ashtarc.4853 8 ай бұрын

Well, this is mental conditioning 😂 Goooooid niiiiiiight

@amyhewitt1194 10 жыл бұрын

5 4 3 2 1 lol

@ExplorerDS6789 Жыл бұрын

Epilogue: Graham waited outside for John (the characters) when he got off work, then he kidnapped him, drove him into the woods, beat the bloody hell out of him, then tied a bag around his head. His body was discovered floating in the Thames.

@Xanduur 9 ай бұрын

He could’ve just fed him to the blood thirsty rabbit

@92jwiener 2 ай бұрын

He was promptly hired at a starting salary of £3500/mo.

@Driven2Beers 20 күн бұрын

The Soviet and East German judges were the ones who gave him the two 7's.

@barbarawenda9134 5 ай бұрын

It is basically the same interview I had for a job at Shell, I didnt realize it at first, but now I believe I know where the so called HR get their ideas from.....

@luked7256 16 күн бұрын

John Cleese’s head shake at 0:50… brilliance!

@NickBayley-iq4gb 4 ай бұрын

At least they avoided the classic ‘where do you see yourself in five years time?’

@timaket 5 ай бұрын

There may be multiple parallel universes, but in none of them will Cleese going "guuuuud niiiiite ding ding ding ding ding" be NOT funny!

@streetlegal008 18 күн бұрын

If there's one thing I'm happy about, it is that I'm not going to have to do another job interview. I think the best bit of advice for job interviews is - 'whatever you do, don't be yourself!'

@johndoe9627 3 ай бұрын

Someone, somewhere... PLEASE do this to a young interviewee and film it. They'll be too young to know this sketch.

@maximillianford9301 5 жыл бұрын

Gooooood a niiiiiiight a ding ding ding ding ding ding ding

@HarryFrost-qu8th 9 ай бұрын

Oh dear we’re back to that again?

@Gos1234567 4 ай бұрын

Anyone out there ever tried the “Good morning” trick? Do people just repeat good morning back ?

@Yngvarfo 9 ай бұрын

Does anyone know who wrote this sketch? Seeing that the sketch features Cleese and Chapman, and they were one of the two main writing teams of the group, it seems obvious that it must have been written by them. However, I was under the impression that their sketches were mainly those that played a lot with language, like the dead parrot sketch which is all about how many synonyms they can find for "dead," and the cheese shop sketch which is about listing all sorts of brands of cheese. Meanwhile, Palin and Jones were more known for visual gags and utterly bizarre turns, like the Spanish Inquisition and Ministry of Silly Walks (which Cleese apparently didn't like much). This sketch depends on Cleese acting very random, Chapman suddenly making that face, and the sudden appearance of score judges out of nowhere. It is much more in the style common in Palin and Jones sketches. Is it possible that they wrote it?

@gabrielabagala 9 ай бұрын

Don´t think so. Probably they simply admired the art of the other writing group and made one for themselves.

@Sprtschk 8 ай бұрын

It's a good question! However, the "good morning - good afternoon" part is pure Cleese/Chapman. The whole setup also reminds me of "How to irritate people". Maybe they collaborated on the ending, which indeed feels more Palin/Jones?

@KirkSandall 6 ай бұрын

@Yngvarfo In general, whoever acted in a sketch usually wrote it.

@Yngvarfo 6 ай бұрын

@@KirkSandall - Most of the Cleese/Palin sketches were written by Cleese and Chapman. The Ministry of Silly Walks was written by Palin and Terry Jones.

@user-zs2do4wf5v 5 ай бұрын

It was first done for the 1948 show and was written by John Cleese and Tim Brooke-Taylor. In the original version, Tim is playing the role that Graham Chapman plays here.

@dt2phillips 4 ай бұрын

Cleese said it was training anyway.

@greer2402 10 ай бұрын

I have wanted to do the countdown thing with dense people that don't get the conversation

@mitchmover3284 10 ай бұрын

I do it all the time with my wife and kids, and it pisses them off!

@claudiamanta1943 9 ай бұрын

😂 I, myself, need a bell. You know, for social conditioning and all that…

@keithmoon3190 7 ай бұрын

@@claudiamanta1943Goodnight, da ding-ding-ding-ding....

@goofykl9 7 сағат бұрын

so realistic😂😂😂

@Rawhide68 27 күн бұрын

So fucking funny still 😀2024

@duckduckgoismuchbetter 9 ай бұрын

I have a confession to make. This is the sole reason why I have NEVER sought a job position in Great Britain. Is this as common over there as most of we Americans probably think it is?? 😂

@pmacc3557 9 ай бұрын

Do you think it is? 5 4 3 2 ..

@zachflag6506 3 ай бұрын

One time I interviewed for a job at a country club that was within walking distance of my place. Seemed perfect. The interview was nothing but the stupidest, weirdest, and most uncomfortable questions I’ve ever been asked. This is exactly how it felt

@davidvincent380 10 ай бұрын

I hate when that happens

@LoisGriffin8 11 ай бұрын

🔔Ding, ding, ding🔔

@TheSmithChannel 9 ай бұрын

"However, you are on the shortlist for employment with us, and we will call you in for another interview when another vacancy arises. May I express ahead of time, on behalf of everyone here at the Foreign Office, our hope that your future career with us will be both fulfilling and rewarding."

@TMX1138 9 ай бұрын

2:57 Graham Chapman sounds like he’s making rooster noises!

@user-oe6vn3dt5r 11 жыл бұрын

Hell

@chrissynapolitano9017 Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@alfx5432 18 күн бұрын

😂

@fredrictengstrom9522 9 күн бұрын

I was offered this job I rejected 🐯

@millicentsquirrelhole582 Жыл бұрын

Me an' me Mum interviewed me Da' like this..'cept me Mum used a Swiss cow bell thingy an' well..sure as Bob's yer' uncle me Da gotta' a proper hearin'aid, he did..

@VictorVonYurenmaru 5 жыл бұрын

I... What did I just watched?

@duckduckgoismuchbetter 10 ай бұрын

Typical English job interview.

@scambodia147 9 ай бұрын

What you did just seen

@duckduckgoismuchbetter 9 ай бұрын

@@scambodia147 I thinked, saw I, what write you just did. 😂

@beakytwitch7905 9 ай бұрын

I would have classed the interviewer as a windup artist, the course not worth the mental stress, and walked out.

@bobxyzp 5 ай бұрын

I lose respect for any MP sketch that ends with a conventional punchline.

@STEVE-lk2ft 9 ай бұрын

A friend of mine always said “all these British comedies have one thing in common, they are not funny!

@moosey62 10 ай бұрын

Hasn't aged well

@moosey62 10 ай бұрын

Alright. Wobble wobble bing bong dwa dwa bongy bong.

@QuinctiliusVarus 10 ай бұрын

Yes it has!

@AdamLagerqvist 9 ай бұрын

@@moosey62made me laugh!

@moosey62 9 ай бұрын

Wobble wobble bing bong dwa dwa bongy bong.

@AdamLagerqvist 9 ай бұрын

@@moosey62 word!

@deanronson6331 10 ай бұрын

That last bit kinda ruined the whole skit.

@experi-mentalproductions5358 10 ай бұрын

It's a sketch not a skit.

@deanronson6331 10 ай бұрын

@@experi-mentalproductions5358 Contrary to what some language "purists" are claiming, in American vernacular, "skit" and "sketch" are interchangeable, with "skit" slowly taking over as the predominant term. According to Webster, "skit" has the following meanings: 1. a short piece of satirical or humorous writing 2. a short, comic theatrical sketch