Chase Zreet, the applicant and creator of the video above, was very keen on working as a copywriter at Wieden+Kennedy, the New York based ad agency about to run a new campaign for the beverage Sprite. To stand out among candidates with his job application, Zreet chose not to write one at all.
He sent in a rap video instead.
Naturally, he got the job.

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