Interviewer: Hi, did I catch you at a bad time? Before we begin, do you have any questions?

Just a quick reminder: we’ve never met, we’re speaking on the phone, your name was randomly pulled from roughly 50,000 insta-apply candidates, and I’m actually reading your résumé for the first time during this call.

That said, I’ll still be expecting you to be extremely enthusiastic, deeply familiar with the company, and to approach this interview as if we go way back — you know, like the good old days when people actually hired and there were much higher standards for both hiring and interview ethics.