Thursday, August 7, 2008

Synopsis - Get a Job

A person goes through a series of unsuccessful job interviews. Eventually she seeks help from an online group. They discuss the strategies of interview at a sophisticated level.
Finally she goes into an interview equipped with electronic surveillance devices and instant access to online information and the full resources of her support group.

We discover that the interviewers too have a hidden agenda. They are in communication with support groups of their own. The watchers comment on howwell the interviewee is playing the game, murmur appreciatively at well executed moves, and suggest questions and answers to the interviewer.

The interviewer support group and interview support group deduce each other's existence from the sophistication of the interview. It becomes a battle between the two groups, with the interviewer and interviewee as champions.

At last the interviewer group devises a murderously difficult interview question. The tension builds as the interview support group mobilises to answer it. The Internet crashes under the weight of the interview question.
The power grid goes out. The interviewee is left alone, in the darkness. She answers the question brilliantly.

The lights come back on. The interviewer support group enters, jubilant, clapping the interviewee on the shoulder, dancing with glee. They offer the interviewee a job other than the one for which she was being interviewed.

She is to become a job interviewer.

1 comment:

fivetonsflax said...

This rings a vague bell. It's not an adaptation of Kafka, is it?