Junior “Iced” in the Middle of Video Interview

Ben Weiss (W ’19) was pumped to have already received an interview during his hunt for a summer internship. Granted, he didn’t actually submit an application and got it from his dad putting in a good word to a few of his buddies, but still counts!

Here’s what A.D. Norman’s virtual interview process is like: the candidate sees the question and has 30 seconds to prepare; then, the camera automatically begins recording for two minutes.

Weiss was sitting in a GSR in proper video interview attire—business on the top, party on the bottom—and explaining his answer to “Give a time you offered support within a team among a hostile environment, linking that back to your extracurricular activities, Spotify queue and astrological sign,” when he spotted a Smirnoff Ice tucked behind the television. He had been iced.

“I was looking into the webcam, explaining how my mind is a Libra, but my heart is a Pisces, when I saw the Ice from my peripherals and felt the urge—nay, the need, drink the entire thing. I was also super thirsty, so it could’ve been a Pavlov thing. Not totally sure though,” explained Weiss. “It is my duty and obligation as a human to chug an Ice. Ices can’t be sipped. Seriously, what was I supposed to do, not down a Smirnoff Ice in the middle of my job interview?”

Weiss interrupted his interview with 1:20 left on the clock, grabbed the Ice, got on one knee, chugged it, and with a minute to spare, pointed at the camera and declared, “you can’t see this on a resume,” with a wink.

A.D. Norman sent Weiss his rejection email the next afternoon, but Total Frat Move sent him a fire emoji.