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What I Learned from My Dream Job Interview

I don’t know how it happened, but I was interviewing with a senior vice president (SVP) in the company where I currently work. I don’t remember what the role was, but I think it was in a significantly different part of the company.

We were sitting at a table on the third floor, near the bar. He took out his iPhone, placed it on the table, and started a timer running. Then, pointing at a man who was sitting at the other side of the large table, he asked, “What’s his name?”

I looked at the guy and didn’t recognize him. How am I supposed to answer this, I thought. The interviewer looked at the timer, and I felt the pressure of answering what seemed like an impossible question as quickly as possible. “I have lunch with a different person every, but I don’t know him,” I said, feeling defeated.

Then the SVP pointed at a guy walking out of the glass door of a meeting room, and asked, “what is the name of that senator?”

I didn’t recognize him either, but as the clock ticked, I caved and pulled up my phone to search for photos of senators. I found myself scrolling through a list of faces and names, but I couldn’t find him. Then I realized that he looked more like a certain comedian. Maybe this is a trick question, I thought. I started googling [balding comedian] and looking at the image results. Google…