A woman has gone viral on social media for securing a job interview after sending a meme back in response to her initial rejection email.
The TikTok creator - who goes by the handle @swedishswan - shared a video saying she was desperate after receiving another job rejection email.
"I really kind of wanted this job, so I took a lesson from Gen Z," she said in the video, before stating that she replied to the email with a meme of the Pope Leo X painting by Fernando Botero with the caption "y tho".
Surprisingly, the trick worked as the TikToker revealed that after the company saw her meme response, they invited her in for another interview.
Check out the TikTok below:As of this writing, the video amassed 1.7 million views and 410.5K likes on the social media platform, with many people commenting on the genius trick.
One user speculated: "Maybe it was a test to see who really wanted the job."
Another user said: "PLEASE tell me this is true. I want to do this. I mean, what would it hurt? Right?"
A third commented: "This is the success story we needed in these dark times."
A fourth user revealed that they also go their job by using the same trick: "Responding to a rejection email was literally how I got my job now. ? I kept thinking: what are they gonna do, NOT hire me MORE?"
Some recruiters also commented on the viral video and revealed that sending a meme after a rejection email would actually work on them.
One wrote: "As a recruiter, if someone sent this to me, I'd try to find you another position."
Another commented: "As a recruiter if someone sent that to me I would ABSOLUTELY want an interview."
This isn't the first time someone sent the Pope Leo X by Fernando Botero meme as a response to a job rejection email.
The meme is branded as an unofficial mascot for job-hunting hopelessness and a TikToker described it as "the most Gen Z thing" she has ever seen after her sister received it while working as a recruiter.
Per the Independent, in a now private video, a TikTok user Samantha - who went by the handle @samantha_jane_ - said her sister Hannah emailed a candidate to tell her she has been successful in the interview.
"Instead of replying and being like, 'OK, yeah, thanks for letting me know', this girl sends Hannah a meme," she said. "No context, no other text, just the meme. I love it so much."
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