Tough Job Interview

Date in my archives: 2-Oct-95

Forwarded with subject: Tough job interview

The CIA director of Covert Operations shuffled the stack of new resumes and told his secretary to send in the first applicant. After a short interview, the director handed the applicant a pistol and told him to go back into the next room and shoot his wife. "I'm sorry," said the applicant "We've only recently been married, I love her very much and will have to decline."

The next applicant was called and eventually he was asked to shoot his wife. "I must refuse. We have produced a beautiful family of three children together and I love her."

When the third applicant was given the same procedure, he took the pistol and marched into the next room. The sound of four shots resonated from the next room followed by the sound of glass breaking and the clatter of furniture being overturned. Finally, the applicant returned with clothing torn and gasping for breath.

"What happened?" queried the director. "The gun was loaded with blanks," replied the applicant. "I had to strangle her."