Roger

Welcome to GiantTech. The panel appreciates the time you've taken to visit with us today. We hope you're comfortable and want you to relax and just be yourself because here at GiantTech, people come first. So, let's begin. Why do you want to work for GiantTech.

Because of the voices in my head.

Excuse me?

The voices, in my head, they asked me to apply for this position.

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Your resume reports 15 years of experience defusing lethal explosives. Did you have these, um, voices then?

Always. And I always trust them.

Your file does not say anything about this.

It shouldn't, I've never told anyone.

Roger, why are you telling us this?

Because it's true.

Yes, but, the board, they won't let us hire someone who depends on voices in his head. Why have you decided to tell us this now?

Because they told me to be honest.

Who did?

The voices.

Let's just pretend they aren't there and begin again. Tell us why you are qualified for the position of CTO at GiantTech?

The voices say I'm qualified.

Roger...

Would you prefer I lie?

No, we just prefer you to leave the voices out of it. Now, why do you believe you are qualified?

I don't.

Then why are you here?

Well, I am usually wrong. Almost all the time actually.

Is it the voices, Roger, do they tell you you're qualified?

No comment.

Do you ascribe all of your success to the voices?

I have always listened to them, so I suppose you might say that.

How have you been able to live like this? Don't people wonder? Do you realize you are describing symptoms of psychosis?

This is the first time the voices have requested I talk about them openly. I am surprised myself.

Roger, let's just forget about them, can you do that for us?

I'm afraid I can't do that. I have before, regrettably. I have discovered it is very unwise to ignore the voices.

So, by hiring you, we are also hiring these voices.

Absolutely. I suppose all the others have as well. They just didn't know about them.

So, by trusting you with all this responsibility, we are actually not trusting you at all, but the voices in your head. Am I right?

Correct.

So, it should be all the same to us, except, we know about these voices, and your former employers didn't.

Correct.

If we hire you, do you expect they will ask you to disclose them openly like this?

I doubt it, they usually prevent me from speaking rather than the other way around. This is very unusual. Most of the time I am only slightly conscious of them, if at all.

So, do you believe we can trust this will not affect your performance?

Yes, I do.

And how can we be sure?

The voices have assured me that it will not be an issue.

Very well then. Why do you want to work for GiantTech?

Well, GiantTech is really an ideal fit for me because of my unique experiences in the explosives management business...