Sometimes managers' interviews are a little too predictable.
The same stock phrases crop up again and again, to the point that we begin realising they don't actually make that much sense.
We're not the only ones to notice it. The Plain English Campaign, an independent group aiming at stamping out jargon in public communications, has found the same patterns and responded by testing out its very own football gobbledygook generator.
It takes all the cliches we know and love, and turns them into almost-sensical sentences.
Check out our gallery above for some of the best examples, or click here to make your own.
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