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Flirting in a Job Interview Meme

The meme features a text script of a job interview exchange at the top, followed by a reaction screenshot. The interviewer first asks the candidate about their strengths, to which the candidate replies that they can flirt anywhere. When the interviewer asks the candidate about their weaknesses, the candidate flirts with the interviewer, saying the interviewer's beautiful eyes are their weakness. The final part shows a screenshot of the shocked, wide-eyed character Mr. Gao from Pixar's *Turning Red*, representing the interviewer's stunned, caught-off-guard reaction to the wildly inappropriate and unexpected flirtation during a formal job interview.
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Interviewer: What's your strengths?
Me: I can flirt anywhere.
Interviewer: And what's your weakness?
Me: Those beautiful eyes of yours.
Interviewer:

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Job interview exchange leading to an unexpected flirtation

Overview

The meme features a text script of a job interview exchange at the top, followed by a reaction screenshot. The interviewer first asks the candidate about their strengths, to which the candidate replies that they can flirt anywhere. When the interviewer asks the candidate about their weaknesses, the candidate flirts with the interviewer, saying the interviewer's beautiful eyes are their weakness. The final part shows a screenshot of the shocked, wide-eyed character Mr. Gao from Pixar's Turning Red, representing the interviewer's stunned, caught-off-guard reaction to the wildly inappropriate and unexpected flirtation during a formal job interview.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit with the title 'Joining this trend'. It combines a popular informal job interview question response meme format with the widely circulated shocked Mr. Gao reaction image, which became a popular template for expressing shock or awkward surprise after the 2022 release of Turning Red.

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