🚧 Improv is BACK at work 🚧

Superhero Job Interview 🦸‍♂️💼

Tyler Farley
November 22, 2024

Edition 28

In the past month I 1) left my job, 2) moved to NYC, and 3) prepped to launch a new company.

Sooo I’ve been a bit M.I.A…

After 6 months of weekly writing, I used this the past month to think about the future of this newsletter.

Nothing really came of it - so I am back to writing 😎

Let’s get into it.

Think about the last time you interviewed for a job.

Was it fun?

We interview for jobs maybe 1x per year - yet it is such an important skill.

We inherently associate job interviews with the stress and burdens we feel for those jobs.

Why not rewire our brains and create a new connotation for interviews - to be fun and comfortable!

One player acts as an interviewer for a common or mundane job (accountant, barista, etc.)
The other player is a superhero applying for that job
The superhero must justify why their powers make them qualified

Interviewer: "Spider-Man, what makes you a good fit for this bank teller role?"

Spider-Man: "My Spidey-Sense helps me detect fraud, and I can web up robbers in a jiffy!"

Interviewer: "Are you willing to work weekends?”

Spider-Man: "Yeah I’m free during the day because I fight crime at night.”

✅ Friends & Family

✅ Colleagues

✅ Strangers

10-15 minutes (including explanation)

Best for: 2-3 people at a time. You could also segment a group and assign different superheroes to each.

Thank you all for sticking with me!

PS - thanks to those for reaching out to set up improv workshops! I am able to run virtual workshops as well, so reply to this email if interested.

Tyler