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Thery claim this is a masterclass in how to keep your cool under pressure, but that really doesn't appear to be the case? Surely, if you realise you're not the

Thery claim this is a masterclass in how to keep your cool under pressure, but that really doesn't appear to be the case? Surely, if you realise you're not the person that's supposed to be interviewed, the correct thing to do would be to make the presenter aware of this rather than mislead the audience? not saying this is not a good response or that I would've done better, but to herald this is as the correct course of action seems a bit far.

whycome 5mo ago
So you would want to make the large organization that you’re hoping to work for look bad?
bstsb 5mo ago
i would agree if it weren’t for his presence on live TV! at that point it seems too awkward and late to mention something
adjejmxbdjdn 5mo ago
The entire interview went by and no one realized anything was wrong. I’m not sure how a disruption of a live interview would be any better, especially given that he only realized something had gone wrong when the presenter was introducing him on live TV.
- haritha-j 5mo ago
  The live interview was already disrupted when they started interviewing a random person as an expert. Everyone watching being misled, to me, is a bigger disruption to the interview than admitting something is wrong. IMO the best thing to say is something along the lines of "I think there's been a bit of a mix-up, I'm not the person you think I am, but if you want my two cents anyway ... ". Obviously in reality I would've fumbled worse than this guy did, its easy to think things through with the benefit of not having the pressure of being put on the spot on live TV.
sandworm101 5mo ago
No. This is the masterclass in keeping your cool during a BBC interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4f9AYRCZY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4f9AYRCZY The old people here might remember the term "to Kramer into a room", which definitely applies to this clip.
- strix_varius 5mo ago
  Really? I'm pretty unimpressed. I hope I would do better and "roll with it" more if my kids did that to me. Maybe I overestimate myself.
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nxobject 5mo ago
I do think about what I would have done – maybe I would quietly leaned into the ear of the presenter and mentioned something. But, also, I wouldn't take any chances if I was trying to get hired there...

whycome 5mo ago

So you would want to make the large organization that you’re hoping to work for look bad?

bstsb 5mo ago

i would agree if it weren’t for his presence on live TV! at that point it seems too awkward and late to mention something

adjejmxbdjdn 5mo ago

The entire interview went by and no one realized anything was wrong. I’m not sure how a disruption of a live interview would be any better, especially given that he only realized something had gone wrong when the presenter was introducing him on live TV.

haritha-j 5mo ago
The live interview was already disrupted when they started interviewing a random person as an expert. Everyone watching being misled, to me, is a bigger disruption to the interview than admitting something is wrong. IMO the best thing to say is something along the lines of "I think there's been a bit of a mix-up, I'm not the person you think I am, but if you want my two cents anyway ... ". Obviously in reality I would've fumbled worse than this guy did, its easy to think things through with the benefit of not having the pressure of being put on the spot on live TV.

sandworm101 5mo ago

No. This is the masterclass in keeping your cool during a BBC interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4f9AYRCZY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4f9AYRCZY The old people here might remember the term "to Kramer into a room", which definitely applies to this clip.

strix_varius 5mo ago
Really? I'm pretty unimpressed. I hope I would do better and "roll with it" more if my kids did that to me. Maybe I overestimate myself.

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nxobject 5mo ago

I do think about what I would have done – maybe I would quietly leaned into the ear of the presenter and mentioned something. But, also, I wouldn't take any chances if I was trying to get hired there...