Wow! How'd you know that this is exactly how I got my current job Scott?

@ Jiggly McSickfingers:

With the Fez and everything?

This one is especially appropriate for me since I just got laid off last week after 10 years with the same company. I'll be putting this advice to good use in my subsequent interviews, you can bet yer ass!

"You are the complete opposite of every other applicant."

I would hire you based on the outfit alone.

If I were a hiring manager, anyone who shows up with a smoking jacket and a fez deserves the job and so much more.

If you wear a fez to an interview with me, you can consider the B.S. questions waived :D

Smoking jacket? You mean the traditional Native American herbal ceremonial garb?

I'm so happy to see the return of the smoking jacket. Keep it up!

My answer:
People tend to get blinded by my awesomeness and my attractiveness.

"I'm so Super Competent." BAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!

Fez = insta-win!

Also, I handle my interviews similarly, sans getup.

You have me doomed now, If I want to seek another job I would have on my mind only you on smoking jacket and fez.

I recently got a new job offer. All the signs were wrong, the organising manager dropped out at the last minute. Interview went well. Two hourly rates were mentioned, I indicated I had a preference for the higher rate. The interviewer laughed and agreed. Now I am worried to put my notice in in case it all falls through - what the hell I can afford a fez if need be.

Damn, five days too late to be any use...

I have read your webcomic in its entirety and I APPROVE! I can't recall the exact comic, but at one point I laughed so hard that I slapped my desk and broke an ugly pink lamp given to me on my birthday. God bless you, Scott!

i'd laugh, but I feel to crummy to do much right now . . . never NEVER go to a concert that ends at 11 @ night, then get up @ 5 am the next morning. Trust me.

Scott, have you thought about hiding an extra joke in the text that pops-up when you hover your mouse over the picture, xkcd-style? Currently it just says the name of the comic, and I often feel like the comics, while delightful (basic instructions is my favorite comic) often feel like they need just a little something extra. Anyway, great comic.

The clothes remind me of my first job after I got out of the military. I was applying for an aircraft electrician job at a local defense contractor. I didn't really want the job; I wanted to loaf for awhile but the employment office told me I had to go, so I put on faded jeans, a grey pullover hoody with seed burns in it, and a tattered F-15 Eagle cap. Little did I know that I was EXACTLY dressing the part. Yes, everyone who worked there dressed like bums, so I looked like I already worked there. I got the job and stayed 5 miserable years.

Wow - you actually got called to an interview? (Unemployed and NO, Not bitter, much)

OMG how much do I HATE the BS questions? Let me count the ways ...

Other BS Questions (I've actually been asked on interviews) :
"Did you ever steal from your past employer?"
"If someone takes money out of the till and puts it back the next day, did they steal?"
"Where do you see yourself in five years?"(asked at a telemarketing interview)
"Who referred you for this job?" (asked as a temp from a temp agency filling a temp job)
"If you were a shape, what would you be?" (no joke, it was a serious question asked in a serious tone.)
"What do you usually wear to work?"(asked at a office job interview, by someone in torn jeans)
"Did you ever have any conflicts with your supervisors?"(again, at a telemarketing job)
Last, and possibly best:
"What makes you think you're qualified for the position?" (this was asked after a three-day 8 hours per day testing session in which only those that passed %90 or better were actually interviewed)

I always felt the BS questions were to see whether you had the needed ability to BS when dealing with customers. If you can't handle an annoying question from a potential superior in the company, how would you possibly handle dealing with an irate and annoying customer?

Yes, very nice strip indeed. I have yet to actually attend a formal job interview. Though, many of my friends have. I wonder if they have seen it yet....

I recommend you get yourself a fez and smoking jacket so your first one will be the last job interview you ever need! For myself, I like to wear my "Renaissance serving wench" outfit...