Chapter 46: "Our Turn"

Chapter 46: "Our Turn"



It wasn't so, all their expressions were the same. They were either confused or enthusiastic about whatever they saw in there.

Such a reaction wasn't what one would expect from an interview. Gabriel found it weird but couldn't say anything about it.

In fact he didn't care as much, as long as he secured the job then he could begin to worry about such things. Time passed and soon it remained only a few people,

Gabriel and team could be seen standing just outside the waiting area ready to go in. It was finally his turn. After waiting a few minutes, they saw the last group come out and as always, they looked confused while some other looked enthusiastic.

Not bothering to think about it, Gabriel and his group immediately stepped forward as they began walking towards the security guard.

The man led them into the building and through a series of corridors and stairs until they arrived at their destination. It was a large hall that had clearly been recently renovated.

As they walked in, they saw various cubicles lined along the sides of the halls. At the other side end of the wall was the lady.

She could be seen behind a desk while silently watching their movements. Seeing her reaction to their presence, Gabriel immediately swallowed in nervousness as he did his clothes again. "We are sorry for wasting so much of your time, as you can see, there aren't many of employees here at the moment, however we do hope that will change soon" the lady said as she stood up from her desk and began walking towards them.

"Now before we began, I would like to make you all know that during the course of this interview, new technology will be used. You may find it familiar or you may not however you are required to sign this Non-Disclosure Agreement to help us protect our property"

The lady said as the security guard began to share some document to all that was present. Looking at the paper, Gabriel began to understand why the people left, were confused.

What concerned an interview with new technology?, what would the new technology do?, ask better questions?. The Non-Disclosure Agreement shouldn't even be here but here it was.

Choosing not think about this one too after all, he was here for a job not to ask stupid questions. He quickly took out his pen and using the desks prepared, he signed the document.

Not just him, all of them did. Like always none of them had read the contents of the document but didn't look worried. If a company like Nous Industries wanted to steal their information or identity or anything, they have much better ways to do so.

"Okay good, now we begin... You would have already noticed that in Nous Industries, we do things a bit different but don't worry, if you deserve the job, you will surely get the job. Now each of you can see a cubicle to your left and right... Those are where your interview will take place, try to be calm no matter what you see there and always remember it's not real" the lady said as she collected the documents backFôllôw new stories at novelhall.com

Hearing her, Gabriel immediately frowned. What did she mean by that? What was wrong with this company as a whole.

"When you enter, you will see a small pedestal and on it will be something like an ipad or tablet. Fill in the required information you will be asked for on it, do you understand?"

She said as she stood with her hands behind her back while facing them. From her voice, he could tell that she was just as tired as they were.

"Ma, I do have a question"

He didn't know if he was doing it in order but he felt like it didn't matter. As soon as he finished putting in the needed information, he saw a small screen appear at the corner of his

vision.

[Good day Gabriel, Would you like to begin your interview] the screen read.

"Yes" Gabriel answered without much hesitation.

As soon as he did so, he saw the pedestal suddenly began to retract into the floor and even the table where he had gotten the VR goggles and the gloves from, retracted into the walls. Soon it was just him in the room as the place slowly began to brighten up a bit too much. Soon the bright light died down revealing an office like environment.

Looking at the corner of his vision again, he saw the screen again but this time, it simply said

[Perform the tasks given]

Gabriel didn't understand what was happening until he saw a man walking towards him. The man looked important in his suit and tie, he dressed up nicely and for some reason, he felt like

he was inferior to the man.

"Hey you get me a cup of coffee" the man ordered

Gabriel, however, stood and continued looking at the man. He didn't know what to do about

that or even why the order was so rude.

[Make a cup of coffee for your superior]

The screen read and Gabriel immediately turned to find how to do so. In the first place, Nigerians weren't coffee drinkers so the order was bizarre to him.

For the purpose of this bizarre interview, Gabriel did as asked and after that were more weird

but simple tasks. The environment of each task was different but either way, each on was

simple to perform.

"These people are differently trolling is" Gabriel thought to himself.

It was the only explanation to all this