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Wow! I just ran across this post at digg. A guy named Shane Wright made a video application for a job posting at Google. I just finished watching the video, and I am stunned that this guy thought this idea would work.

With lines like, "Introducing the greatest thing to hit the marketing scene since the four ‘P’s," after which he turns around in his chair with a stupid smirk on his face, I wonder what was going through this guy’s head when he came up with this. As an example of what he can bring to Google, he retells his idea of Google Homework. To use the service, you would upload your homework to Google. While you "work on it," Google will go find answers to your homework problems to which you can compare your answers. wtf? As if some people need yet another method to cheat on their schoolwork.

One of the other things I found hilarious (*Jessi hits Grant*) was how he plays all these characters that talk himself up so much (sounds to me like fraud to me). It also appears as though he’s using resources at his current workplace to put together the video (i.e. he uses the conference room, his cubicle/office, and even another employee?). I know that if I were in charge of hiring people, I’d love to see how potential hires abuse resources at their former employers. And here is the best thing: he even has his phone number at the end of the video for all the world to dial. I sure hope he’s cancelled that number by now