Chapter 75 Interview (Part 1)
Compared to Liu Zhen, Isa is very stingy, and only opened a three-hour translation time. What can you do with 240 pounds for three hours? It's not even enough to pick Bobby's teeth. Liu Zhen is still reliable.
At this time, an attempted terrorist attack occurred in London. A woman wearing an explosive vest appeared at the subway ticket gate. The police evacuated the crowd, and Robert, the Blade, talked to the woman as a negotiation expert. He learned that she was forced to do this by her deceased husband and elders, and she just wanted to see her children. Under Robert's clever arrangement, live news was used to stabilize the suspect who held the woman and her child hostage. In the end, the police arrested a suspect, rescued the woman's child, and the woman put down the explosive remote control.
This incident led to the government allocating a large amount of funds to the anti-terrorism department, and the Blades became the biggest winner. Not only could they choose their own base, but they also had sufficient budget to purchase equipment. This also gave the Blades a live advertisement for recruiting personnel. By the end of the registration period, more than 2,000 police officers across the country had signed up to join the Blades.
The first step of the audition is physical fitness and shooting assessment, and those who fail to meet the standards will be eliminated directly.
The second step is a written test, which mainly covers basic questions such as laws and regulations.
The third step is still a written test, this time it is a subjective test, when you encounter a certain situation, what choice will you make. This time the questions are selected from the real situations encountered in the counter-terrorism in the past ten years. Including hijacking of airplanes, hostage-taking, urban raids, hotel bombings , street gunmen and other issues. Many of these subjective questions are dilemmas. The subjective questions are scored by the five regular detectives of Blade.
After the three-step screening, there are still 150 applicants who meet the Blade requirements. The 150 people include those who were directly recommended by the department, such as Baker, who skipped the three-step screening and entered the Blade internal assessment process. The total number of Blade agents is 15, so there are only 10 vacancies left.
Liang Xi received a call from the police department, asking him to assist Blade in interviewing five applicants. It was not Isa who asked Liang Xi to provide interview advice, this interview was called a special skills interview. As an hourly paid translator registered with the police station, Liang Xi had to interview five applicants with special skills in Chinese dialects. Applicants who passed Liang Xi's review would have priority in the next assessment.
Not just language skills. Professional skills such as optoelectronics, chemistry, and even ventriloquism are considered specialties. On the day of the interview, Liang Xi was very kind and brought two Chinese and English newspapers to the police department. He planned to ask all interviewees to translate all 48 pages of the two newspapers into Chinese, English, and dialects. In this way, not only did he rigorously complete the sacred task assigned to him by the police department, he could also earn a few hours of hourly wages and test the interviewee's patience and will.
We can't say Liang Xi is shameless. If he is really shameless, he can take a written test after the oral test. Ask the interviewee to copy 48 pages of newspapers in two languages, and then spend time to check, and you can get hourly wages for 24 hours. Is the interviewer bullying me? It's up to you to do it or not. If you don't want to do it, forget it. You can translate, where can I get a meal? At present, Liang Xi's biggest source of income is translation fees, which is the basic guarantee for Liang Xi's food and clothing.
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"Helen." Liang Xi arrived ten minutes early and met Helen in the lobby. Although the two had only met a few times, they felt very familiar and cordial.
Liang Xi was about to shake hands, but Helen came up and hugged Liang Xi: "Long time no see, why are you here?" They were like old friends.
Liang Xi explained: "Translation work."
Helen said, "Oh! I was going to buy you a cup of coffee, but I have an interview today. I'll call you after it's over and we'll have lunch together."
Liang Xi asked: "Interview Blade?"
Helen nodded: "You know?"
Liang Xi's eyes rolled: "When is the interview?"
Helen said, "The notice will be in 10 minutes. Today is the girls' interview day, and 20 girls will take turns to be interviewed."
Liang Xi asked, "Separate the men and women?"
Helen guessed: "Maybe a physical examination is needed."
Liang Xi said: "Helen, try to get to the end of the line and wait for my call."
Helen asked, “Why?”
Liang Xi said: "I'll help you steal the questions."
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Liang Xi arrived at his interview site first, and the five interviewees were already seated. Liang Xi handed out newspapers: "I am your language expert interviewer. Each of you should translate a text in two languages on A4 paper. I will come back to get the answers later."
An interviewer stopped Liang Xi and asked, "Sir, any edition?"
Liang Xi nodded: "That's right."
As Liang Xi left, a handsome guy flipped through the newspaper and expressed his opinion: "I'm afraid this is not a translation interview."
Another handsome guy: "Why?"
The handsome guy replied: "The interviewer said it was any version. Some pages have more text, and some pages have no text. If it was an interview translation, it was too casual. The interviewer left on purpose, so I inferred that there was a surveillance camera in this room, and anyone who cheated would be eliminated. Should I choose the one with more text or the one with less text? Hardworking, diligent, and diligent, or should I adapt to circumstances and act flexibly? I think this is the real purpose of the assessment."
Others thought it made sense.
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Some of the 20 girls who were interviewing for the Blade Agent were wearing uniforms, while others were wearing casual clothes. They were all sitting in an orderly manner on the benches in the corridor waiting. Liang Xi pretended not to know Helen and walked forward to the interview room and knocked on the door.
The door opened. It was Isa who opened the door. Liang Xi took the initiative to shake hands with Isa: "I received the bill. Thank you for your help."
Isa smiled and nodded: "It's okay, let me introduce you, Fiona, the hacker of our Blade."
Liang Xi saw the back of a woman in a black sweatshirt. He didn't pay attention to Fiona. He looked around the room and said, "Hello."
Fiona raised her hand.
Isa: "Robert you know."
Liang Xi shook hands with Robert: "Big star, London thanks you. I won't bother you anymore, I just came up to thank you in person."
Yisha is not an ordinary person. She approached Liang Xi with a smile and said, "Shouldn't you be interviewing on the second floor?"
Liang Xi said: "I am currently translating the text, which is boring."
Yisha said, "Liang Xi, let me ask you, what type of interview do you think we are preparing for?"
Liang Xi looked around the room and speculated, "There are a lot of props. I think they are a comprehensive test of each interviewee's observation and judgment. For example, this box should be guessing the object by listening to the sound. For example, the VR simulator should require the interviewee to describe the scene he sees, so as to judge the interviewee's ability to observe details."
Isa praised: "You are worthy of being a detective."
Liang Xi said: "Then I won't bother you anymore."
Yisha walked Liang Xi out the door: "Goodbye."
"goodbye."
Isa closed the door and said, "Fiona, turn on the surveillance camera in the corridor."
Isa looked at the screen. Liang Xi didn't say hello to anyone. He walked straight past the 20 girls without even glancing at some of the pretty girls. Isa said to everyone, "This incident tells us that reasoning ability is only a subsidiary ability. Because reasoning is sometimes correct and sometimes wrong. Let's get started."
