Interviewbait

A form of baiting where the "interview" is a trap, not a conversation. The Interviewbaiter approaches targets on social media platforms—often through DMs, comment threads, or public posts—posing as genuinely curious, interested in dialogue, or seeking to understand "the other side." But the goal isn't understanding; it's generating content. Every response is screenshotted, clipped, highlighted, and stripped of context for public consumption. The interview is a fishing expedition, and the catch is material for cancellation, mockery, or Guiltbait. The Interviewbaiter often leads with soft questions to lower defenses, then pivots to gotchas, knowing that anything the target says can and will be used against them. It's not journalism; it's predation with a microphone.

"Someone DMed me saying they were 'genuinely curious' about my spiritual beliefs. We talked for an hour. Next day, clips were everywhere: 'Watch this delusional person explain their nonsense.' That's Interviewbait—curiosity as cover, conversation as content farm, me as the mark."

by Abzugal February 24, 2026

Interviewpost

A specific instance of Interviewbait—a post that shares the fruits of a bad-faith interview, typically screenshots, clips, or highlights edited to maximize damage. The Interviewpost rarely includes full context, the interviewer's leading questions, or the target's clarifications. Instead, it presents selected moments designed to make the target look foolish, extreme, dangerous, or delusional. The caption frames the target as already guilty, the interview as an exposé, the poster as a hero for "documenting" this person. Interviewposts are common in call-out culture, where they serve as evidence in trials conducted by social media mobs. The interview itself was the investigation; the Interviewpost is the indictment.

"They posted an Interviewpost with my face and the caption: 'Listen to this person explain why they think consciousness survives death.' Just my words, none of the context, none of their manipulative questions, none of my attempts at nuance. I looked crazy. That's Interviewpost—my conversation, your conviction."

by Abzugal February 24, 2026

Interview

I mean, it's not a real interview. 2. I like to throw in some murder threats and/or assertions about how much better looking and more intelligent and important I am than the people listening.

Hym "Not a real interview. I don't really appreciate the way in which I'm being interviewed and because of the manner in which I am being interviewed it's likely necessary to make the piece fit through editing. Because you're not actually talking to me directly but rather posing some conceptually adjacent scenario at which point I respond with whatever I have regarding my thing. It's an entire cluster fuck. Not clear what's being conveyed from moment to moment."

by Hym Iam June 27, 2025

Facebook interview

It doesn't exist, they already have your info.

Person: Can I arrange for a Facebook interview?
Mark Zuckerberg: Oh there's no need, we already have everything ;)
Person: wait, what?
Mark Zuckerberg: what?

by Soupisbeingcrafted September 16, 2019

Exit Interview

Taking a shit.

Excuse me I have an exit interview to attend before lunch arrives.

I just had an excellent exit interview with last night's hot wings.

I have an exit interview scheduled at 1130 so I'll be busy until closer to noon.

Oh my gawd, someone took their exit interview right in front of the school flag.

by Maj-K June 18, 2023

Barclay Interview

Oho! Ohohohoho! That's rich! I love to see it! I love to see it! That interview was something else man, I swear 🤣

Hym "So, let's look at some of the claims from the Barclay interview with Candace Owens... First claim 🤓☝️ 'Oct 7th is one of the worst things to happen in the history of humanity' No. It wasn't. Maybe in the Israel area AND ONLY EXPLICITLY TO THE JEWS... But no... It wasn't that. It wasn't worse than 9/11-"

Oven Gremlin (I'm sorry I should have said gremlin the first time) "But per capita-"

Hym "Nobody give a fuck about a 'per capita death rate,' bitch. More people died in one than the other. The one where more people died is worse. Claim 2: Anti-Semitism is a hate that mutates. Is this a false dichotomy between supporting the Jews and hating the Jews? YES IT IS! Yes. It. Is. I wonder... How much of the hate I receive is kike-driven? I said the 'K' word so... Probably more now... Probably more... And, hey, who are the Amalek? One of the races you genocided? Because the Jew-Religion and the Old testament are the same thing, right? And the Atheists criticize the Old Testament God as a brutal genocidal manic and the Jews... Think they are that.... The literal embodiment of God on earth in the same way that Jesus... Was that? Is that what I'm gathering? Ok... Claim 3 'Candace is an antisemitism' Who gives a fuck? They're trying to socially enforce a monopoly on victimization. There have been other genocides. You're doing one now. When it's slavery it's 'But everyone has been slaves!' We need to start criminalizing economic warfare."

by Hym Iam March 20, 2024

Sam-Style Interview

Getting really excited and over confident for an interview that you don't have the qualifications or experience to get.

Person 1: I didn't get the job.
Person 2: why not?
Person 1: they said they wanted someone with more experience or specific experience.
Person 2: sounds like you had a Sam-Style Interview

by Sam Interviewee August 25, 2022