New Reality Series: Be the Next Microsoft Employee 168
theodp writes "No, Steve Ballmer doesn't swap spit with contestants in a hot tub. Nor does he present a rose to each contestant he wishes to keep at the end of each episode. But the contestants in Microsoft's Be the Next Microsoft Employee web series, which is being billed as Top Chef for Geeks, do live together in a luxury waterfront home as they compete for the chance to interview for a job with the software giant. So, what's next from Microsoft? The Real Housewives of Medina?"
O, Hell No! I'm GETTIN that interview! (Score:5, Funny)
Any of you skinny bitches stands in my way better be ready for some hair pullin!!
And coming up next year (Score:5, Funny)
Season two will be titled "Be the last Microsoft employee"
Really??? (Score:5, Funny)
They're going to live together in a luxury waterfront home as they compete for the chance to interview for Microsoft?
I'd rather compete for a chance at North Korean citizenship.
Spoiler alert (Score:5, Funny)
Episode 3 will feature the chair throwing contest, Episode 4 the run-around-the-stage-like-you-just-snorted-two-lines-of-coke, the final episode will have the remaining contestants try to convince the audience why they prefer the Metro interface on their 3-monitor setup over the regular desktop; the only rule is that they're not allowed to laugh.
Re:So unfair (Score:5, Funny)
Windowless cubicle at Microsoft?
That's too bad. I can't believe they make you run DOS!
Winners escape (Score:3, Funny)
LOL in this reality TV show the winners are the ones who escape.
There was a cheesy "human hunting" reality TV show awhile back, where dudes in matrix style men in black suits chased contestants around and tried to catch them, it may be something like that. If you didn't get captured in 30 minutes by the MIB then you "won". It was pretty intensely FOX network style, all arguing and yelling instead of cooperating, probably because if the contestants cooperated like a US infantry squad they'd have easily wasted the MIB. I don't recall the name.
The point of the reminisce is getting caught by guys in suits leads to a SERE like cubical environment?
I would watch just to see poor editing, maybe a contestant pulls out a iphone or an android phone. That would be funny.
Re:O, Hell No! I'm GETTIN that interview! (Score:5, Funny)
So Mr. Anderson, you say you want to work for us. I only have one question:
How well can you dodge chairs?
And the theme song is... (Score:4, Funny)
Steve of the Ballmer,
A guy who has no hair.
(Ahhhhhhhh)
Watch out for that chair.
Steve, Steve
Steve of the Ballmer,
Lives a life that's free.
(Ahhhhhhhh)
Watch out for that chair.
When he gets in a scrape,
he makes his escape
with the help of his friend,
a guy named Bill.
Then away he'll schlep
on his elephant Shep
While Fella and Ursula
Stay in step.
Well....Steve, Steve
Steve of the Ballmer,
Friend to you and me.
Watch out for that chair.
Re:Really??? (Score:3, Funny)
... or to eat.
That's the theme of the North Korean game show "Meal or No Meal".
Re:Really??? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:O, Hell No! I'm GETTIN that interview! (Score:3, Funny)