This is so dangerous. This interview is my last hurdle. After this, if I succeed, I get the job and I’m off and fulfilling my dream.
I go in. The room is painted white; there are no pictures on the walls, no windows – no colour except the laminated faux wood table and a green chair. One chair. Will my interviewer stand?
On the table is a sheet of paper. I think at first it’s blank, but I turn it over and there are questions.
#1. (Your first test.) Do you have a pen?
I pull a pen out of my purse and for a second I panic – it doesn’t work!!! I scribble for a while on the back of the paper and a faint blue line appears. It gets darker. Good.
I write “yes” for the first question.
#2. If you were a bug, and you wanted to get into a house but there were screens at the windows, would you:
a) try to squeeze through the screen
b) wait for someone to open a door
c) find another house
What kind of question is that???!!! I ask myself. Flustered, I go on to the next question without answering.
#3. Did you answer question #2? If not, go back now.
I look around the room. Is there a camera? Am I being watched? This is weird. I answer question #2, b. I’m a fairly patient person… I mean bug. Whatever. I write “yes” for question #3.
#4. What is your dream job?
Is this a trick question? It’s the one I’m applying for. I write that.
#5. What colour is white?
White. That’s got to be the correct answer. Or is it? Is white a colour? If not, how do I answer the question? Holy shit, this test is hard.
#6. If your owner holds you by the back of the neck, do you:
a) bite him or her
b) calm down and remain subdued
c) explain that you’re not a dog, and would he or she please let go
What the fuck? I’m just about to cap my pen and be on my way when the door opens and a handsome man in a white suit with a white shirt and tie walks in and stands on the other side of the table.
“Hello,” I say.
The man says nothing. Expressionless. He puts his hands on his hips and blows air out from between his pursed lips. I wait.
“What do you do?” he asks finally.
“What… do you mean?”
“Question #6. You were about to leave. What would you do in that situation?”
I look down at the paper and read the question and the possible answers again. “Umm… c?”
“Is that your final answer?”
I look down again. I’m definitely not a dog. “Yes. That’s my final answer.”
Suddenly the room lights up with yellow and red flashing, turning lights. I feel as though I’m in a game show.
“Congratulations!” the man says. “You’ve got the job!”
I slump down in my seat, and put my forehead on the table. I got it. I got it. I GOT IT!
I’m going to make people millionaires!

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