VP shows me a series of HAWK TUAH memes in a Coffee Chat

So I was on a coffee chat with a BB VP (I know it's a little early, but I had a family connection who set this up for me and they were happy to meet now).

VP shows up ~10min late. White guy, mid-thirties, semi-balding, tall, sort of intimidating honestly. Anyways this guy just shows up, shakes my hand, we go get coffee etc. etc. We sit down and do maybe 5 min of small talk about college football. After that, VP TAKES OUT HIS PHONE with the pdf of the resume I attached in my email and starts going through it line by line, asking me what I did in this and that club, why I choose my major, and finally what I did at my internship. 

I was completely put-off by this, but I continue answering him, trying to play up my garbage summer Search Fund internship where I didn't see a single piece of financial data when VP's eyes work their way down to the Skills & Interests portion of my resume.

VP: "You're interested in comedy?"

Me: "Yeah, stand-up comedy, I've been interested in it for a long time and I really enjoy the process of refining material and learning from--"

VP: "Do you like memes?"

Me: "Memes? Umm yeah I guess I like to share them with friends and stuff."

VP: "Wait one second I got to show you something."

VP proceeds to swipe a bit on his phone, and turns to show me his screen. He's scrolling up on what I think was a FB messenger group chat and starts showing me a series of terribly unfunny Hawk Tuah girl memes. I force a chuckle and say "oh yeah... these are great... my friends send these all the time." VP seemed to be very pleased at that and continued to show me more VERY LOUD Hawk Tuah videos as I intermittently look over my shoulder praying that nobody in the Midtown Starbucks is staring at our table.

After about a minute more of this, VP finally moves on to asking more standard questions about my interest in Finance and Banking. He nodded his head at my responses, with a much more approving and receptive attitude than he had at the beginning of the chat. After about 20min of convo, VP excuses himself to get back to work, shakes my hand again, and with a smile tells me to email him to let him know when I submit my application.

I'm honestly can't believe the experience. Obviously I'm grateful for the chat but that was not what I was expecting.

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You know if the VP sees this it’s probably going to be a bad look for you, this is such a unique situation it’s basically doxxing lol

 

Better hope this post doesn't catch his eye because it is 100% a personally identifiable story and will wreck your positive ending to the meeting. Keep this kind of thing as a joke to tell and maybe wait a year or two before sharing a story this personal online so you don't risk doxxing yourself.

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"After that, VP TAKES OUT HIS PHONE with the pdf of the resume I attached in my email and starts going through it line by line, asking me what I did in this and that club, why I choose my major, and finally what I did at my internship. 

I was completely put-off by this"

Wow a typical start to an interview/coffee chat -- SHOCKING

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

LOL You should send him the link to the TALK TUAH podcast that girl just started doing and tell him you thought of his memes while watching it... Instant cred. You're resume will easily move to the top of the pile.

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