"How was your job interview, Jon?"
"Heh."
Are you technical?
In what way?
Do you know what "sequel" is?
Uhh…
"He explains what 'sequel' is, and I realize that 'sequel' is SQL, which I have always read as 'ess-cue-ell.' I know what SQL is, but don't bother clarifying that I do, fearing that I might look dim for knowing it as 'S-Q-L.'"
We're not gonna hire you as our office administrator, but we may use you as an intern. Are you on Facebook?
Yes.
I want you to log in on my laptop and complete a copy editing test.
"He exits the room to fetch his laptop, and I pull out my laptop because I just changed my Facebook password for security and can't recall it yet by memory. It's a randomly-generated 22-character password. As I'm transcribing it onto the palm of my left hand, he re-enters the room."
I just changed my password and…
[pause]
"The test is to edit some Engrish copy on a Korean company's web site. I finish and click 'submit' and am notified that I need to add more words to my edit. It's too edited. Before I can un-edit it some, however, Firefox crashes, and he re-enters the room soon after."
All right. Let's see what you did.
Erm… The browser crashed before I could save my edit.
I'll find it.
"He doesn't,"
I can recite to you…
"and brusquely escorts me out of the office."