The Intern Page #2

I needed you to sign off

on this, like, two hours ago.

I know, I know,

but can you try?

Yep.

IVlia? Tell me that thing again.

Oh, 40% of our visitors

don't go past the homepage,

which isn't so bad.

Yeah, but we should fix that.

Okay, here you go.

I love it.

-Great, and it's up.

-Okay. Thanks, everybody.

Thank you.

Okay, so...

The Antoinette dress.

Major screw-up by the vendor.

There's gonna be a couple

of interviews today, Ben.

We wanna make sure that

we both find the right fit.

"Business as usual"

is not really our motto,

so we hope

you have some fun here.

This is the first time

we are hiring senior interns,

so some of

our intern questions

may not exactly

fit your profile,

but we're gonna

go for it anwvay, okay?

Fire away.

Okay, good.

Where'd you go to school?

I went to Northwestern.

Hey, my brother

went to Northwestern.

Probably not at the same time.

Probably not.

He graduated in 2009.

-Class of '65

Wow, what was your major?

Do you remember?

And after Northwestern,

you went on to...

I went to work for Dex One.

Okay, and they made...

-Phonebooks.

-Oh.

I was in charge

of overseeing the printing

of the physical phonebook.

I did that for over 20 years,

and before that I was their

VP of sales and advertising.

So, do they still

make phonebooks?

I mean, doesn't everyone

just Google numbers?

I believe they do, but before

Google that was how you got...

Oh, no, no. Yeah, I get it.

So 40 years

at the phonebook company?

That is amazing, seriously.

Okay, Benjamin. Now,

I'm gonna ask you one of

our more telling questions

for all of our interns,

so I want you to, like,

this is the one

to really think about, okay?

And take your time.

Where do you see yourself

in 10 years?

When I'm 80?

Yeah, sure.

Yeah, whatever. Um...

Wait. Did not realize

you were 70.

That question just doesn't

work for you, does it?

Should we just scratch

that one and just move on?

-It's your call, Justin.

-Okay, that one's gone.

You look great,

by the way, so great,

and you're clearly more

than qualified for this job.

You're actually, like,

way overqualified,

and we were so impressed.

You had great interviews,

great video.

You nailed it, Ben. Congrats.

You're an intern.

Hey. I need you for

two minutes, uninterrupted.

-Hi. Okay.

-Remember a few weeks ago,

we talked about

the senior intern program?

No.

Really? We had a whole,

big conversation about it.

We did? Okay, remind me.

Seniors in high school

or college?

No, no, no. Seniors in life.

Older people.

Hold on. What?

I told you

I felt like we needed

to do an outreach program.

You definitely seemed

to be liking the idea,

so I set it in motion.

It's gonna be great.

Hold, please. You're hiring

senior citizen interns?

There's been

a ton of research on this,

and the results

are actually incredible.

I mean,

imagine having an intern

with a lifetime of experience

as opposed to

somebody who spent

the last four years of

their life playing beer pong.

Do they eventually

want jobs here?

No, darling,

they're all retired.

They just want the experience.

And I would like one to

work directly with you.

-Wait, Cameron, no.

-Wha--

First of all, I'm not great

with older people.

You know how I am with

my parents. This could be...

Why do I have to have one?

Because you have

to set the tone.

Now, would you prefer

a man or a woman?

There's a great 72-year-old

woman, really cute.

Ugh That's like the same age

as my mom. That's too weird.

That's fine.

There's a man everyone loves.

He seems amazing.

I watched his video

with the whole group.

People were crying.

Okay, this is not

going to work, in my opinion.

But how long do I have to

do this for? Minimum?

Six weeks, or we'll be sued.

I know we never

talked about this.

Yeah, we did. For real.

He starts tomorrow.

Hmm.

Back in action.

Thank God.

New interns,

welcome to A TF.

We all work on this one floor,

and that is because

we are all about communication

and teamwork.

No one has a private office,

not even our founder

and CEO, Jules Ostin,

who is actually

right over there.

She loves to ride her bike

through the office.

That woman does not

like to waste time.

Plus, she counts it

as exercise.

That's adorable.

Yeah. IVlmm-hmm.

Hey. How you doing? I'm Davis.

Hi, Davis. Ben Whittaker.

Exciting place, huh?

Oh, my God.

They had one opening

for a regular-age intern,

no offense.

I got it. I'm so psyched.

I'm pretty psyched myself.

All right,

a few words about Jules.

She started About The Fit

only 18 months ago.

This whole idea was hatched

at Jules' kitchen table

right here in Brooklyn.

Jules tried everything on

that she sold,

described the fit herself,

and apparently, it worked.

She was online in four months.

She started with 25 employees.

She's now up to 216.

With you four, 220.

Wow.

Hey, Ben, are you gonna

wear a suit every day?

-You bet.

Confident.

I like how you roll.

I like it a lot.

We just hit a record high

of 2,500 likes on Instagram.

And that's what we do

when something good

happens around here.

New interns, grab a seat

at one of the intern tables

over there.

Check your e-mail.

You may find that

you've been assigned

to one particular person

or one particular team.

Or you might

just be a floater

it's all good.

Okay, let me Instagram this.

Moment in time.

-Gray is the new green.

Take a seat.

Thanks.

Oh, got one.

Welcome, Ben.

Your internship

will be directly

with our founder; Jules Ostin

Oh, I'm in the photo studio.

Floater. Love!

Hey, Ben, what'd you get?

Looks like I'm gonna be

a personal intern.

Nice. To?

Jules Ostin

Unfortunate.

Hang in there.

Hi, Ben. I have secured

an appointment for you

to meet with Jules Ostin

today at 3:
55 p.m.

Please be prompt, as Jules has

another meeting at 4:00 p- m-

Hmm.

All right,

I'm going to merchandising.

Beautiful.

it's perfect.

Yes, I'll try to have

her there at 5:
00.

Um, no, wait,

I booked her with a vendor

at 5:
15. I'm sorry.

I'll call you back.

Yes, hello?

Hi, I'm Ben Whittaker.

I have a 3:
55 appointment

with Ms. Ostin

3255?

I thought she was meeting

with her new intern.

That's me.

How you doing?

I'm sorry.

Uh, how are you an intern?

It's the new

senior intern program.

It just started today.

Oh, my God. Um...

How old are you?

Seventy. You?

I'm 24. I know, I look older.

It's the job. It ages you.

Which won't be great

in your case.

Sorry.

I actually thought

you looked younger.

Yeah, right.

Any tips before I go in?

Just talk fast.

She hates slow talkers.

Maybe that's just

when I talk slow.

Don't dawdle in any way.

Just keep it moving.

And don't forget to blink.

Blink?

Yeah, she hates

when people don't blink.

It weirds her out.

But it's 3:
57.

This meeting that she's in

just took up,

like, two of your...

They're out. Go, go, go.

-Okay, thanks.

-Go. Yeah.

What? Oh, yeah, I'm here.

Hi, Jules?

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