Job-Wacky-Test

A few months ago (7 to be exact), I had to do this test for applying a job at a well-known advertising agency. This is my answer, but I didn’t get the job. Maybe because it was too silly? Huhuhuhuhuhu…

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Q1. Can you think of five other uses you could put a safety pin to?

1. to a Christmas tree (lots of it), it would make an extraordinary ornament or maybe should I say about the theme :‘This Christmas, why don’t we pin up our relationships to a better way?’

2. wear it as earrings, It will look cool on you to attend a heavy metal concert or a biker gathering.

3. to close up the gap between curtains – My mom does it in her bedroom

4. to open a locked door or a padlock , I don’t know if it’s working.. but in a slight way, You’ll feel like MacGyver and maybe your friends will think “wow.. can he/she really do that?”

5.to make a hole on your ex’s photo, or holes, depend on your sadness level. Tearing it out is so out of date, and using a knife will make you look like a psycho

Q2. Make a poster (you can scribble your idea in the space below) to persuade a bald men to buy hair gel.

( I just realized I didn't put any description of the picture! )

Body Copy:

Men with hair gel are common

But bald men and hair gel take appearance to another level.

No hair doesn’t mean no need of hair gel. Your other hairs might need some.
You can put hair gel on your moustache to make it look better.
Even your head requires a moisturizer from hair gel in this tropical climate, so it won’t get dry and dreary.

Q3. Without using the word 'FREE' , interestingly communicate the following : Get a free pack of cooking oil with every pack of condoms.

These days variety in everything is a must, including in your intimate social life. Do not afraid to explore more, cause you might get something new and exciting. So that’s why you’ll get a complimentary pack of cooking oil, if you buy our condoms,. It’s your choice to find a way what to use it for. You can be run of the mill or go creative!

Q4. Write a short story (not more than about half a page) about a girl called Mita whose life is in a mess because of her pimples.

“Puberty really gets under my skin. Idiomatically AND literally speaking” That’s what Mita said to herself in front of a mirror in her bedroom on a hot summer night. There are 3, oh sorry.. 4 pimples on her cute face. “How come they just popped out in a night??”. Earlier that day, when Mita walked into the kitchen for a breakfast, his brother laughed at her and continued mocking her until 15 minutes later. He shouted “Look Mom!! Mita has pimples on her face! She’s definitely thinking about boys lately.. Ohhh I know! It must be that tall boy in her class! I saw her and her flirtatious friends giggling when that boy passed them by” Okay. Mita does like that boy, his name is Adam by the way. But his brother is absolutely making into the list of people she hates today. Then her mother didn’t make it easier for her either. She completed Mita’s breakfast time by making a fussy speech about the importance of taking care of her face cleanliness. At the school, some kids chuckled when they saw her. Then it was her turn to read the poem in front of the class, which made her the very center of attention. And there he was, Adam and his friends, who was not missing the chance to laugh at her face. And when she thought it couldn’t get any worse, that day all students in her grade, must take a photograph for the yearbook. “Huh! Now I have a perfect reminiscence of this lovely day!” said Mita sarcastically after the photo session. Later that night, in front of a mirror in her bedroom on a hot summer night, Mita thought that this clearly was not the right time to try that beauty pageant for young girls, which she and her friends had talked about for these past weeks..

Q5. Think of a caption for the picture below.

“My hair doesn’t grow anymore, but my moustache seems to take growing too seriously.. luckily it matches my big white teeth, because Gee.. this introducing-animal thing needs more than an appearance!”

Q6. Make a print ad (a scribble will do) for any public service issue of your choice which according to you is relevant and needs attention/action.

Picture: Woman’s body, wearing pants, only from waist to upper thigh. The pants is surrounded by metal chains and there’s one forelock in the middle.

Headline: .. or You could say no
Tagline: Having the courage to say no might save your life

It’s a public service ad for preventing date rape.

Q7. Please tell us who is your favourite character (from a movie/book) and why.

Edward Bloom in the book titled BIG FISH. Because he is such an extraordinary man. His life is full of unexpected journey and unusual adventure, but somehow he manages to struggle along in a remarkable kind of way. He always fights for what he wants and everybody seems can get enough of him. He always has many stories to tell other people, which makes him so amusing and divine. Although his son was not having the ideal relationship with his father, but at the end Edward Bloom’s only child can truly understand who his father was and made peace with him. His father is an extraordinary man.



Q8. If you were not in advertising, what would you be?

I would have to say, I’d be a cheerful and witty radio announcer.

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pssssst: There's a hidden clue somewhere in this post that informs where did I apply the job
who can answer that?