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INTERVIEW FOR THE CIA
The CIA was seeking candidates for the position of field agent. On the day in question they had three
applicants to interview. Each applicant was instructed to bring his wife with him to the interview.
Before
the interview the applicant and his wife were instructed to wait in a small room which was connected
to
the interview room by a door.
When the applicant's turn came, he was directed to leave his wife in the room and go through the door
to the adjoining room for his interview.
The first candidate was a recent college graduate, in his early twenties. He enters the room and takes
a
seat. A Colt 45 Automatic pistol is lying on the desk.
Interviewer: As you know the CIA is responsible for the security of our nation. This job you
are
seeking can be difficult and requires unquestioned loyalty and obedience to orders.
Applicant: I won't have any problem with that. I have just completed four hard years of college
and I can
do anything.
Int: Good! Pick up the pistol which is on the desk between us, go into the next room and shoot
your
wife.
App: No Way!! I love my wife. We have only been married for a few months and she is most important
thing in the world to me. I cannot do that.
Int: Interview terminated, next applicant.
The next applicant enters the room and sits down. He is a man of about thirty with some experience in
law enforcement.
Int: As you know the CIA is responsible for the security of our nation. This job you are seeking
can be
difficult and requires unquestioned loyalty and obedience to orders.
App: That isn't a problem. In my years as a police officer I have learned the value of following
orders. I
can, and will, do so.
Int: Good! Pick up the pistol which is on the desk between us, go into the next room and shoot
your wife.
App: You've got to be kidding! I couldn't possibly do that! She is the mother of my children.
I love my
wife and children. You must be out of your mind!
Int: Interview terminated, next applicant.
The final applicant enters the room. He is a man of about forty five, a little gray around the temples,
with
more than a few miles on him.
Int: As you know the CIA is responsible for the security of our nation. This job you are seeking
can be
difficult and requires unquestioned loyalty andobedience to orders.
App: I can do that!
Int: Good! Pick up the pistol which is on the desk between us, go into the next room and shoot
your
wife.
The applicant picks up the pistol, goes into the next room and two rapid shots are heard. Following
a
few moments of silence, all hell breaks loose in the room. The sounds of screaming, furniture being
destroyed and glass being broken are heard. Finally, the room grows quiet, the door opens and the
applicant re-enters. His clothing is torn and he is scratched and bloody. He sits down at the desk.
Int: My God man! What happened?
App: Some idiot put blanks in that pistol, so I had to strangle her!
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