Transcript:
Last time I was job hunting, I applied to over 200 positions. Only once did I hear back from anyone. And that was when a recruiter called me to tell me that he found it unprofessional that I had listed "fluent in corporate bullshit" on the skills in my resume.

My response to that? Well,
I believe that this demonstrates my ability to leverage key synergies while proactively aligning cross-functional deliverables. I'd love to circle back on this to ensure alignment moving forward. Let's touch base ASAP and get some boots on the ground to ensure we have bandwidth.

To which he replied, “Wow, that sounds great actually. When can you come in?”

Glossary

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to leverage key synergies

- use combined strengths for extra benefit

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to align cross-functional deliverables

- make sure teams from different departments agree on what they must produce

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to circle back

- return to a topic later

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to get some boots on the ground

- send people physically to a place to handle things directly