Step Brothers | Job interview | Epic scene
Pam: Well Brennan, you’ve certainly had a number of jobs. Brennan: I’m a bit of a spark plug, and human resources lady – Pam: Oh no, actually it’s Pam. Brennan: I’m sorry. Well, Pan… Pam: No, my name is Pam.
Step Brothers will no doubt go down as one of Will Ferrell’s best efforts. Even though it’s already over 10 years old, it still hasn’t lost any of its magic. Check out our favorite quotes from the hilarious interview scene, below.
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Dale: What do you say we interview you? Interviewer: All right, yes that’s sometimes a useful exercise. Please put your hand down. Go ahead. Brennan: How much money do you make a year before taxes? Interviewer: Okay. Actually, I’m not comfortable answering that.
Pam: I’m saying Pam. I’m sorry, who is this gentleman sitting behind you? Dale: Hello, Miss Lady. I’m Dale. I’m Brennan’s stepbrother, and I think I might be able to help with the Pan, Pam dilemma. Brennan: Yeah, that’d be great. Pam: Pam. Pam, with an M. Brennan: Pand. There’s a D on the end? Pam: There’s no D. It’s Pam
Scene: The TuxesLesson: Dress Appropriately
It is always better to be overdressed than under-dressed, with the exception of wearing a tuxedo. The only time that is appropriate is if you are interviewing to be a 00 agent at MI6 or an extra in House of Cards.
You should try to take the company culture into consideration and revise up from there. If the environment is business casual, an elevated version may be a pant suit or the addition of a nice blazer to your outfit. Interviewing with a laid back tech company? A button up collared shirt will make you look nice without sticking out from the crowd in a negative way.
You want to show that you belong there and have “yourself together”. If you’re unsure of the environment, ask your contact setting up the interview, it will show that you are forward thinking and concerned about doing well.
Scene: “Actually, we’ll be interviewing as a team”Lesson: Interviews are Private
We all need moral support and have that small inner circle that we will want to share the experience with, but share it after the interview. Come alone or have your friend or mom wait in the car (they have smart phone, they’ll be fine). Don’t assume there will be a lobby for them to hang out in, and even if there is, you don’t want to have the interviewers see that you brought someone. You should come to the interview exuding confidence and independence.
Things get off to a rough, and hilarious, start for the new step brothers, played by John C. Reilly (Dale) and Will Ferrell (Brennan), who were brought together not only by circumstance but by their sheer and utter laziness. Each has lived with his respective parent his whole life and they despise each other on sight, which eventually culminates in a knock-down, drag-out fight on their parent’s lawn, the repercussions of which include a TV ban during Shark Week. But even worse, they both have to find a job.
At one point, Brennan tells Pam, the HR Manager (Gillian Vigman) to, “please shut your mouth, shut your, shut your mouth, you’re coming off as stupid.”
Life goes haywire for Dale Doback and Brennan Huff at the start of the film when their parents, Robert and Nancy, meet at a conference, fall in love and get married. The pair are thrust together in the same house and even have to share a bedroom. Although this is a common occurrence for a lot of children in modern families these days, the main difference here is that Dale and Brennan are 40-year-old men.
Speaking of which, Dale probably should have used the washroom facilities before the pair’s final interview, and lets out what begins as a bit of gas that turns into a whistling, rambling fart. The Store Manager (Seth Rogan) asks, “Did you just fart?” Dale shakes his head no. “Yes you did,” the manager says, “I can taste it on my tongue.”
Dale’s long-suffering father Robert (Richard Jenkins) and Brennan’s mom Nancy (Mary Steenburgen) pull some strings and get the two man-childs job interviews at several potential workplaces. For anyone who has ever been on lot of job interviews, watching the two of them show up wearing tuxedos, interviewing as a team, pushing people out of their way as they strut through a reception area and Dale yelling, “We’re here to f*ck sh*t up!” will find this scene extremely cathartic.
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