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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 back

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"

"Go on"

"When you said that we should remember that it is not real, does that mean that we could get hurt during the interview?" Matthew asked

"Highly unlikely, however I am required to tell you that before it starts" The lady said before pointing towards the cubicles beside them

It was at this moment that Gabriel understood why all who had undergone the interview had left with confused looks on their faces.

This company was truly weird, what could they possibly be doing that they could get hurt during the interview. Of course, from looking at the others, they could tell that it wasn't dangerous.

However they couldn't let go of what she had said. Nobody would be able to let it go but they still stood and tried their best to not show their worry.

"Don't worry you can all can relax, this entire ordeal may be different may be different from what you are used to but it is geared to simply figuring out the type of person you are and also putting you in the most fitting department" The lady said with a charming smile on her face "Anyway there are six rooms here for six of you, as soon as you enter, you put on the ocular device in there and the gloves provided... After you input all your requested details, the interview begins, simply complete the tasks and when you are done, you can go... You will be informed if you got the job or not" the lady continued

Hearing her, Gabriel turned to the cubicles beside them. It looked ordinary and trying to peep into the room didn't reveal much.

Following her words, they each went towards a cubicle and stood in front of it as they all turned to look at the lady, almost as though they had rehearsed it

"Go on" she said with a reassuring smile on her face

She wouldn't say that she didn't understand their hesitation. The situation was weird, even she found the entire thing weird and she was the CEO of the company.

As they entered the room, they all saw the pedestal as she had said and on a table by the side, they could see a set of slightly bulky gloves and beside it was a familiar device, they had only seen in movies and on the internet.

It was the familiar virtual reality ocular device but unlike the once they were familiar with, these ones weren't wired and we're a bit less bulky.

"Is the interview in the virtual space" Gabriel asked as he observed the devices.

Doing as asked, he picked up the gloves only to find them to be surprisingly light. They were only slightly more bulky than the standard biker's gloves.

As he put them on, a small and barely noticeable light lit up as a felt a slight vibration on his hand before everything became calm again.

After that was the Virtual Reality goggles, he had never worn any such thing before so he couldn't exactly compare it to anything but it was lighter than he expected.

As soon as he put them on, they activated as a blue light flashed through his vision but everything returned back to normal.

"Hmm"

He noted in disappointment, he expected some sort of event to begin but nothing happened but as he was asked, he went to the pedestal to begin to input his details.

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