Chapter 338
“Of course!” With that, the man extended his hand toward Charlene and introduced himself, “Hi, I’m Gaylord Hearst, nice to meet you.”
Charlene shook his hand. “I know,” she replied. She had his resume right in front of her.
Looking at him, she asked, “So, are you interviewing me, or am I interviewing you?”
Gaylord chuckled, “Either way works for me.”
According to Gaylord’s resume, his strength lay in algorithms. Charlene probed into his skills in data cleaning, feature engineering, and hyperparameter tuning, and also tested his ability to come up with innovative solutions when faced with new challenges. By the time they finished talking, quite a bit of time had passed.
Charlene was convinced of Gaylord’s strong professional abilities.
Especially considering he had switched fields midstream.
In fact, he had been in the Al field for just over a year, not even two.
To have developed such deep expertise in such a short time was truly exceptional.
If he kept up this momentum, his future would be limitless.
Charlene closed the resume and asked him a personal question, “Your resume says you grew up in Country Goldland. What made you decide to come back here to work?”
Charlene had previously asked if he was interviewing her or vice versa. In reality, during their conversation, Gaylord had also gained a deeper understanding of Charlene’s professional capabilities.
He had already recognized her superior programming skills when she streamlined his lengthy code. Now, after their conversation, he realized that Charlene’s overall capabilities were almost intimidatingly impressive.
Gaylord answered her directly,
“Because your programming
language CUAP and the new project
Infinite CM, especially PrimeStar Technologies’ latest project Infinite CM, showed me so many possibilities. Plus, the domestic Al market is so dynamic compared to the stagnant waters of Goldland.”
After answering, he persisted, “Since you’ve asked your questions, is it my turn now?”
Before she could respond, Gaylord stood up, walked over to her, and asked, “Do you have a boyfriend? What kind of boyfriend do you like? Do you think I’d be a good fit?”
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Charlene was speechless.
Others in the interview room tried to stifle their laughter. Charlene calmly replied, “No comment.”
With that, she added, “Your interview is over. You may leave now.”
Seeing Charlene rise to leave, Gaylord assumed he’d been hired and followed her, saying, “I can start work immediately, and I won’t even ask for a salary.” Charlene ignored him and walked out the door.
In the afternoon, Stewart returned and asked her, “Did you find anyone suitable in the interviews today?”
“There were a couple of promising candidates,” she said, handing over two resumes.
Stewart looked over at them and paused when his gaze landed on Gaylord’s. “Is it him?”
Charlene looked up. “You know him?”
“Yes,” Stewart replied. “He’s the heir of the Hearst family. I heard he was doing well in finance until two years ago when out of the blue, he switched majors and drove his family crazy. After all, they’ve got a slew of businesses waiting for him to take over.”
Stewart continued, “I heard he ran away from home recently, and his family’s been looking for him. I had no idea he’d slipped back home on his own.”