The Recruiters

By The Weapon (original post)

Every so often a team of recruiters rent a conference room and give group interviews/testing to anyone who turns up (mostly teenagers, but some in their early 20s). All the recruiters look to be at least 40 years old ethnically diverse, of both sexs and some have physical injuries (a eye patch, burns etc) . They are looking for “innovative, quick on their feet team players who are willing to go the extra mile” for a “world class services organisation with unique and specialised expertise”. Beyond that they are very vague about what they're looking for and what the job will be, except that they once held the positions they are seeking to fill. Questions about whether the recruiters got their injuries in that job are deflected with comments about confidentiality and how everything will be explained more fully to those who pass the interview process. Potential applicants are given tests for creativity in very limited time frames, reaction speed, physical fitness and various psychological traits. Those who pass are taken into another room where the job offer is explained. Those who come out are either nervous and excited or really, really scared, the latter being the ones who turned down the job.

The next time they book the room the interviewers all look like the new hires from the last time, but 20 or more years older and with several permanent injuries similar in degree to that suffered by the first interviews. Some of them are missing however. If asked about this similarity they will act surprised (they're not that good at acting). Any reference to their missing companions will provoke anger, denials of knowing what you're talking about and a swift end to the conversation.

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