The Uphill Job Battle

So, yesterday I continued that seemingly unending project of getting hired. I was called to the downtown HQ to begin my extensive background check, and found that to my amazement, someone finally had looked at my file before talking to me, but that this did have some downsides.

Instead of the usual look of who are you, I was greeted with an expression that said that I had already been analyzed by the personality profilers and had been stereotyped as a nerd/intelectual, and thus I would be impractical and unable to handle challenges or stressful situations, especially those that involved some sort of physical threat. I suppose that I reinforced that first impression by dressing decently rather than however she expected me to be dressed.

In the end, however, after checking my references, I seemed to receive the stamp of approval from my background investigator.