Interview Transcript

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT

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S.C. | GOOD EVENING.

C.M. | GOOD EVENING, MX COLD. YOU ARE HERE TO INTERVIEW FOR THE ENTOMOLOGIST POSITION, YES?

S.C. | THAT IS CORRECT, MAM.

C.M. | VERY GOOD. NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GRADUATED FROM YOUR UNIVERSITY, [REDACTED], WITH A GRADE AVERAGE OF 3.98. THAT IS QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE FEAT.

S.C. | YES. I AM QUITE PROUD.

C.M. | INDEED YOU SHOULD BE. MAY I ASK WHY YOU WERE NOT LISTED AS VALEDICTORIAN IN THE SCHOOL RECORDS, WHEN NO OTHER STUDENT SURPASSED YOUR GRADE AVERAGE? I FOUND IT QUITE PECULIAR.

S.C. | OH. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS IRREGULARITY IN [REDACTED]'S RECORDS.

[S.C. SHIFTS IN THIER CHAIR AND PRODUCES A "FIDGET CUBE" FROM THEIR BAG]

C.M. | REGARDLESS OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, THE INCONSISTENCY IS THERE. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RECORDED THIS WAY?

[S.C. PAUSES]

S.C. | IT MAY BE BECAUSE I DENIED A PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE AND SPEECH REGARDING THE AWARD. YOU WILL NOTICE IF YOU RETURN TO FOOTAGE OF MY GRADUATION THAT I DID NOT PERFORM THE VALEDICTORY SPEECH. THIS IS BECAUSE I STRUGGLE WITH INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION AND DENIED THE ROLE WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO ME.

C.M. | VERY WELL.

[SILENCE]

S.C. | I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN LEPIDOPTERA- MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. I AM CURIOUS IF THIS WILL BE A LARGER PART OF THE MISSION?

C.M. | THIS IS, UNFORTUNATELY, CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. HOWEVER, REST ASSURED THAT WHATEVER WORK YOU MAY END UP DOING WILL BE EXCEEDINGLY FASCINATING, IF NOT BECAUSE OF A REVALENCE TO LEPIDOPTERA, THEN BECAUSE YOU WILL BE STUDYING CREATURES NEVER STUDIED BEFORE.

C.M. | ANYWAYS, I WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION.

C.M. | WHY ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, AND WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD RECIEVE IT OVER ANOTHER CANDIDATE?

S.C. | [QUIETLY] IT SOUNDS ****ING WICKED, WHATEVER I WILL BE ASSIGNED TO DO. ASSUMING I CAN GET IN, OF COURSE.

S.C. | [AT A NORMAL VOLUME] I APPLIED BECAUSE I AM HIGHLY INTERESTED IN THE GROUNDBREAKING WORK THIS JOB WOULD ENTAIL. I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH OF EARTH'S INSECTS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND MY HORIZONS AND MAKE NEW DISCOVERIES WITH NEW ORGANISMS.

C.M. | MANY APPLICANTS HAVE WITHDRAWN THEIR CONSIDERATION AFTER LEARNING THAT THIS IS A BOTH DANGEROUS AND LIFETIME POSITION. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS INFORMATION?

S.C. | I AM STILL HIGLY INTERESTED. I AM GLAD TO HEAR IT IS A LIFETIME POSITION, AS ANYTHING LESS COULD INTERERE WITH MY WORK.

C.M. | I AM PLEASED TO HEAR THAT.

C.M. | THAT IS ALL I NEED TO KNOW FOR THE MOMENT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MYSELF?

S.C. | NO, I DON'T.

C.M. | WONDERFUL. YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED ABOUT YOUR EITHER PROGRESSION TO THE NEXT PHASE OF HIRING, OR DISMISSAL, WITHIN 72 HOURS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

S.C. | THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

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