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Interviewer gets excited over candidate's resume full of dog petting photos

This is a wholesome, humorous meme depicting a job interview scenario. The text above the stock interview photo lays out a dialogue: the boss/interviewer first questions if the candidate's resume consists solely of photos of the candidate petting dogs, the candidate confirms this is true. Instead of reacting negatively as expected, the boss becomes visibly excited and eagerly asks for the name of the dog shown in the resume photos. The image below the text shows the smiling, excited interviewer in a blue suit sitting across from the candidate, whose back is to the camera, matching the dialogue's description of the boss's excited reaction.
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Dialogue

Boss: Your resume is just pics of you petting dogs?
Me: That is correct.
Boss: [visibly excited] w-what's this little guy's name?

Text content

Humorous wholesome dialogue about a job candidate submitting a resume full of dog petting photos that impresses the dog-loving interviewer

Overview

This is a wholesome, humorous meme depicting a job interview scenario. The text above the stock interview photo lays out a dialogue: the boss/interviewer first questions if the candidate's resume consists solely of photos of the candidate petting dogs, the candidate confirms this is true. Instead of reacting negatively as expected, the boss becomes visibly excited and eagerly asks for the name of the dog shown in the resume photos. The image below the text shows the smiling, excited interviewer in a blue suit sitting across from the candidate, whose back is to the camera, matching the dialogue's description of the boss's excited reaction.

Origin notes

This meme originates from X (formerly Twitter) user @cool_as_heck, as indicated by the watermark on the candidate's shoulder in the image. It was reposted via RSS from the X account @WholesomeMeme, which shares lighthearted, wholesome content online. It uses a widely circulated stock photo of two men in suits during a job interview as its base image, with humorous, wholesome dialogue added as text overlays.

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