This is a very useful little tip from a Redditor: if you are lost somewhere in the menu hell of an automated telephone system a few well dropped profanities will lead to the almost immediate attention of a live human being.

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These are "the audits from hell that your grandfather warned you about, " says Charles P.

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If you are hell-bent on showcasing your Internet or social media savvy as part of the actual thank you, go build a quick (and genuine, and well-done) YouTube video, SlideShare presentation, or website that you forward directly to your interviewer (note: Do not post this work to the Facebook page).

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And so, you know, many of the problems that Africa has now with this new generation of leaders, with this newly energized civil society, with people who are saying - you know, like the movie Network, we're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore - I mean, there is a new vibrancy among those who want to see a renaissance in the continent.

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