6 III
[RESUME 1.jpg in the first comment]
"So, you don't have any work experience, right? You never had internships or something in college?" the interviewer asked.
Jorge shook his head.
"Well, so we'll check your resume and call you back."
Jorge nodded and shook hands with the interviewer before leaving the building.
He got in his car and drove off.
(FUCK!)
He knew perfectly they weren't going to call him back, and he knew it because that had happened in every interview he had had.
(Why do they care so much about work experience? Why they didn't care about his academic excellence? He was one of the best students in the whole country, for god's sake. And, if internships where so important, why nobody told him?)
Anyway, he headed home to look for more job offers.
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"So, you don't have any work experience, right? You never had internships or something in college?" the interviewer asked.
Jorge shook his head in resignation and waited for the interviewer to say what the interviewers always told him next.
But it was different this time:
"Well, whatever, we really need someone, so I'm gonna lead you to another room so you can take the second filter," the interviewer said, and Jorge was shocked (was there a second filter? Did all companies do that? Did that mean I've always failed the first one?) It's pretty simple: you only have to do two tests: an IQ one and a psychometric one. Over here please.
Jorge grineed and stood up. He was sure he wouldn't have any problem with those tests (according to the last he did, his IQ was 125, and he hadn't really tried that time, so he could get a higher number with ease. And the psychometric test should be just a formality.)
The interviewer took him to a cubicle and handed him the IQ test. Jorge answered it with ease. Then, the interviewer gave him the psychometric one, and Jorge answered it with equal ease.
"Very well, I'm going to ask you to come in tomorrow at nine am to check your results and continue with the hiring process."
Jorge nodded and shook hands with the interviewer before leaving the office.
He got in his car and drove off.
(FUCK YEAH!)
He knew perfectly well that they were going to hire him. (Why wouldn't they. He'd nailed both tests.)
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"So, look, Jorge, I'm gonna be really honest with you: you did incredibly well in your IQ test—131—, but the psychometric test shows that you have some issues when it comes to express yourself, and communication is essential in this company, with either your bosses, colleagues and subordinates, since 99% of the problems in the company arise due to lack of communication. There are many departments, and in each one there are many people with different roles and jobs, so coordinating all of them is almost impossible, even if they communicate at all times, but imagine what would happen if they stayed quiet and kept everything for themselves. Like you.
"Also, those awards you have won are very impressive and all, but they only tell me that, because you're very intelligent and capable person, you don't rely at people, so you don't usually work as a team, and this company isn't formed by individuals, no matter how smart they are, but by a community, so I thank you for your time and I wish you the best of luck for the future.
Jorge gave the interviewer a handshake before leaving the office.
He got in his car and drove off.
(FUCK!)
Jorge wanted to yell as loud as he could, but he better restrained himself (someone could see him).
(Communication?! Fuck off! What's the point of having communicating people if they're all mediocre?! Or was that what they want, to fill their company with mediocre fucks? That was the real reason why they had so many problems in that company: It was full of mediocre assholes, like that interviewer. He had his resume in front of him and didn't appreciate it. Didn't he see all his awards and achievements? He could do in a week what everyone else did in a month. Not communicating just meant that he could solve any problem on his own and didn't need to bother everyone else all the time for extremely trivial things, so he would let everyone work, solve all the problems he encountered, and the productivity of the company would rise so much. Was the interviewer so stupid he couldn't see that? Probably he was; at the end of the day he worked at HR. What did you have to study to get that job? Psychology? Another useless and mediocre career? Nothing? And what was his job about? To only hire people who met a list of random requirements that the job offer had. You meet the requirements, you are hired even if you are an idiot. You don't meet them, you could be fucking Albert Einstein, but sorry, thank you for your time and I wish you good luck for the future.)
He'd never felt so humiliated.
