Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 10th February 2008

Dilbert//6875, first published eighteen years ago on Sunday 10th February 2008

Tags

personality predictor judge career dead end job matches lack of potential sample question angry loner embezzler lazy label yourself

Official transcript

We'll be using the Dogbert personality predictor index to judge your career potential. "Then we'll leave you in the dead end job that most closely matches your lack of potential."

"Here's a sample question..."

"How would other people describe you? A)Angry loner B) embezzler C) lazy"

"That's not enough choices!"

"Says the angry loner."

"You have thirty minutes to give yourself a label that will haunt you for the rest of your life."

"Would you say I'm more of an unidentified hominid or an inappropriate toucher?"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WELL BE USING THE DOGBERT PERSONALITY PREDICTOR INDEX TO JUDGE YOUR CAREER POTENTIAL.

THEN WELL LEAVE YOU IN THE DEAD END JOB THAT MOST CLOSELY MATCHES YOUR LACK OF POTENTIAL.

HERE'S A SAMPLE QUESTION...

HOW WOULD OTHER PEOPLE DESCRIBE YOU?

A) ANGRY LONER B) EMBEZZLER C) LAZY THAT'S NOT ENOUGH CHOICES!

SAYS THE ANGRY LONER.

YOU HAVE THIRTY MINUTES TO GIVE YOURSELF A LABEL THAT WILL HAUNT YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

WOULD YOU SAY I'M MORE OF AN UNIDENTIFIED HOMINID OR AN INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHER?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Career Potential: A Dilbert Comic Strip"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with horns, in a job interview. He is asked to complete a personality test using the Dogbert Personality Predictor Index. The test asks him to choose between "Angry Loner," "Embezzler," and "Lazy." Dilbert's responses are humorous and ironic, as he describes himself as an "angry loner" but also mentions that he is more of an "unidenti-fied hominid or an inappropriate toucher." The interviewer is confused by Dilbert's answers and asks him to explain himself. Dilbert responds by saying that he is not enough of a choice and that the angry loner label will haunt him for the rest of his life. The comic strip pokes fun at the absurdity of personality tests and the ridiculousness of job interviews.

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