Job Interview - Part I

While Alex was preoccupied with his thoughts, the taxi reached its destination.

Getting off the taxi, Alex looked at the sky-scraping building in front of him. The name 'Theation' was grandly illustrated on the building.

The company was started by Jessica Wilson, from scratch started about three years ago. In short three years, the company rose to fame and is now among the top ten entertainment companies in the country. Alex's dad has praised Jessica a lot in front of him on numerous occasions.

Jessica is said to be a die-hard feminist. Some say that she started this company just so that she could employee ambitious ladies and provide them with a platform to shine. There were only a few male employees in the company, and most of them were in the security department. If you want to trample upon guys, then this is the place you are looking for. Everyone knows what kind of place it is for men, but asked to choose between beautiful women followed by death and a peaceful life. The choice was obvious.

But our innocent Alex was not like other men. He was here to sincerely work and learn. The company expanded so much in such a short time, if he could learn from here, it will be a great help to his father's company.

Alex came here for a job interview in the PR department, the core of every company.

Alex was good with people. He could approach them normally. He is good looking, so girls like it when he approaches them. He is well mannered so elderly tend to be comfortable around him. As for the boys, well why not just leave them out of it.

It's not just his face because of which Alex can be successful. He is also competent because he can interact with people all around the world. He knows a lot of different languages, he studied a lot and did many supplementary courses during this year. He does not know why, but it was always easy for him to learn as if he knew these things all along. The only problem was that he has no proof regarding his early educational qualification. Because of only this reason, he was not able to get a job all this time. But it was different this time, 'Theation' has decided to ignore your previous qualifications and select one solely on his skills.

When Alex arrived at the reception and was inquiring about the interview details all the ladies were sizing him up, on the other hand, the very few men were ready to pounce on him and shred him to pieces.

The receptionist was a fair-skinned lady with a height of 5'6", she was blooming in the right areas.

She was dressed in a white shirt and formal skirt, one could easily see some shades of black on her chest, which was bulging so much as if ready to tear the shirt and come out.

"Hello, I am Alex Rutherford, I am here for an interview for the post in the PR department," Alex said.

"--" the receptionist did not reply. She was lost in her own dreamland.

"Excuse me" Alex waved his hand in front of her.

"--" still lost in her thoughts the receptionist did not reply. But now one could see something slimy beside her lips.[ shit she was drooling]

Alex didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he slightly shook the receptionist.

"Ahhhh!!" the receptionist came out of her thoughts.

"Sorry, you were asking something?" she replied while blushing.

"Where should I go for my job interview? I have applied for the PR department" Alex asked again.

As the people around him heard that he was here to apply for the PR department job, some looked excited, most of them looked a bit jealous, and only a very few of them sneered.

"Well the PR department is on the 4th floor, you can head there and ask someone" the receptionist replied.

"Thank you" Alex nodded towards her.

"Do you want me to show you the way there?" the receptionist asked hesitating.

Alex: "--"

All the nearby ladies looked at the receptionist enviously. If he said yes, she would get to spend time with him. But how can they let it happen?

"She must be desperate".

"Vixen is trying to use her charms to seduce the guy, hmph!!"

"It's not her fault, the guy is just too handsome"

"Humph! What's so good about him, I am much better looking" one of the security guards snorted. He was angry, he stood at the same spot all day long and could only look at the ladies going in and out, but no one gave him a second look.

"You are just a security guard, at least I am a white-collar employee here. I am way better than you, still, they don't look at me?" said one guy.

The security guard looked at the man's punctured face and thought to himself, ' even if you are the head of the department, girls will think twice before looking twice at you'.

"Sorry it was rude of me, I shouldn't ha..." listening to others, the girl panicked a bit.

Interrupting her Alex said.

"It's alright, I can find my way around, why don't I treat you to a meal if I get the job?"

Trying to get the receptionist out of this awkward position Alex asked with a warm smile.

Ever since he woke up, Alex has tried his best to stay polite and not get in any kind of violence, so when he heard the remarks of everyone towards the girl, he tried to keep his cool and help her out.

When the ladies in the lobby heard this, they were left speechless. Such a good looking guy will treat her to a meal. They were asking the same question to themselves, ' Why were they not brazen enough? If--- only if they offered him to show the way, they would have been the one to go on a dinner date with him'.

"Are you sure?"

"Why? You don't want to have a meal with me?"

"No! I don't mean that. If it's fine with you, then I will wait for the good news".

"Btw I am Alex".

"Oh! I am Susan".

"Nice to meet you, well I should get going otherwise I won't be able to treat you to that meal I promised," Alex said.

"Yeah, sorry I took a lot of your time" the girl apologised.

"No problem, bye have a nice day".

"All the best for interview", she cheered for him, from behind.

Alex smiled and left towards the elevator.

Soon Alex arrived at the 4th floor, and after asking around, he reached the room where everyone was asked to wait.

The job interview was in two stages:First, there was a written test, and then there will be an interview of the candidates who passed.

Seeing the long line of candidates for the job, Alex tried his best not to feel downcast.

Soon an employee came and asked them to follow her. All those who were to apply for the job followed her to a hall.

Two ladies were already in the hall going through some documents. Alex and the others took their seats and waited for the next instructions.

Alex looked around only to find that none of the men present, looked like they needed to apply for a job. From the top to bottom, they were covered in accessories worth thousands of dollar.

Since it didn't look like the ladies present were going to start anytime soon, the men engaged themselves into a conversation. Alex could hear what they were talking about.

One side...

"Never expected to see you here, has your family gone bankrupt?"

"Hahaha, you must not joke like that, I am here for the very same reason as you".

"Hehehe... the same as mine?"

Some other side...

"Which flower are you going to pluck?"

"I am tired of ordinary flowers, I need someone fierce. You know what I mean".

"Don't worry from what I have heard, all the ladies here are more fierce than the other"

"I have heard that the PR head..."

The man was about to give some vital information to the others when the hall's door pushed open. A lady in blue-checkered shirt and black skirt walked in.

"She is here... she is here" the man who was interrupted earlier squealed excitedly.

"Who?"

"The PR department head".

Seeing the lady, all the men were going gaga over her. That being said the lady was no joke in herself. She had snow-white skin, dark black eyes, chestnut coloured hairs rolled into a bun. She was an ideal 'Office Lady'.

"Good morning everyone, please be silent" The lady spoke with a smile. That smile sent flutters in the hearts of men present there.

"Today all of you are here for the job interview of the PR department. This time we are not looking at your past educational records. You will be selected based on spot exams" The lady continued to explain.

"Now first we will have a 'Foreign Language Test' since those in the PR department need to deal with all kinds of people all over the world". The lady said and then gestured the two Office ladies beside her to distribute the papers.

"The language paper consists of six languages, chosen based on how many people speak them, the countries we do business with and so on. You need to score more than seventy-five per cent marks in at least three subjects, to qualify for interviews"

Alex got the paper and looked through it at once. The paper included English, German, Chinese, Italian, Hindi and Japanese. Well, these languages surely covered more than fifty per cent of the world.Alex wrote his name and began filling the blanks.

The exam had a duration of one hour, but after just fifteen minutes most of the male candidates have left, but not before greedily storing the images of the three ladies in their mind.

After about half an hour or so Alex was done with his test, he looked around only to find the hall which was earlier bustling with candidates was almost empty.

Those who were left were so concentrated at the paper that Alex thought he might have done something wrong. It looked easy to him. He went through the paper two more times before he was at ease.

"Time's up," the lady said.