Magdaleno_DevilWearsPradaAnalysis
In the selected scenes in The Devil Wears Prada, Andy (Anne
Hathaway) was first interviewing for the Runway Magazine to be an assistant to
the Chief Editor. The first of her problems with the interview was that she did
not dress appropriately for the type of environment Andy would be working in.
Second she did not research the company at all prior to the interview. An
example was that her first interviewer mentioned the Chief Editor Miranda
(Meryl Streep), which Andy did not research about and then asked on who Miranda
is. Her first interviewer did not take kindly to Andy’s ignorance but passed
it. Then came the news that Miranda was coming entering the building, at that
point everyone scrambled to their proper posts, procedures, apparel, as to not
incur the wrath of Miranda. After adjusting in her office Miranda then gave an
interview to Andy. Andy then made the clear mistakes that can be made in an
interview. First she was too generic, she said the cliché things that interviewers
could catch on especially Miranda. Miranda then gave Andy the queue to leave
her office because she failed her interview. But as she Andy was leaving she
stopped herself and stood up to Miranda and told her that she was more than
what Miranda has perceived to be which impressed Miranda. No one else who works
at the magazine does not have the courage to stand up to her, but Andy did
which is what she did right in the interview. Not much as she stood up for
herself but that she did not pretend to be something just to get hired. Now she
is hired by the magazine and still has much to learn on her career.
“be careful about what you tweet or
post online.”
“limiting your job search limits the
possibilities.”
“to really rock that interview, you’ve
got to push the fear aside and boost your confidence.”
