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Around ten minutes later, a staff member called out, \u201cMs. Sienna Winger, please come in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna took a deep breath and entered the conference room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Three interviewers sat behind a long table. The person who caught Sienna\u2019s eye was the woman with short hair sitting in the middle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She wore a well-tailored, light gray suit and a simple white shirt underneath. The woman was twirling a pen with her fingers. Her gaze seemed intense yet a little laid-back at the same time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna hadn\u2019t expected to meet Neriah Sanderson during the first round of interviews. She had once read an interview with Neriah in a magazine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Neriah was 30 this year. She had traveled to Inora for her studies and now moved back to her home country. Neriah was a famous interior designer well known for her unique designs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna calmed herself down. She handed over her resume and portfolio to the three interviewers. Then, she sat on a chair and waited for them to ask her questions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Neriah was the company\u2019s creative director. She scanned the papers fairly quickly. Then, she slowly looked through the\u00a0<\/p>\n
portfolio.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man and woman beside Neriah were from the HR department.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The woman holding the resume asked, \u201cIt\u2019s been a year since you\u2019ve graduated. Why are you only looking for a job now?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna calmly told them the excuse she had come up with. \u201cI felt rather anxious and restless back when I had just graduated. I decided to slow down a little and study more. I had planned on undertaking postgraduate studies initially, but I didn\u2019t manage to pass the entrance exam.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man and woman from the HR department took turns to ask her questions. The questions were centered around her personal information and the expectations she had regarding her job position.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna did not lose her composure like she did last time. Her answers were proper and natural.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Suddenly, the man asked, \u201cYou got married at such a young age. How are you going to balance between your work and family? Our employees have to work overtime or go on business trips sometimes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWork will come first, naturally.\u201d Sienna beamed. \u201cMy husband is very supportive of me pursuing my career. He\u2019s an ordinary office worker. There are days when I don\u2019t even see him. So, my family won\u2019t cause any hindrance to my work.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you and your husband have any plans of getting a baby soon?\u201d The man asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just as Sienna was about to answer that, Neriah interrupted the conversation. Her words were harsh and direct.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Zielke, how many times do I have to remind you about it? That\u2019s not one of the criteria we look at when we\u2019re hiring. What our company values the most is a designer\u2019s talent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAre we going to eliminate and miss out on a candidate just because they have plans to have a baby in the future? Don\u2019t forget that some of our company\u2019s female designers are also married and have kids.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man\u2019s face grew ashen. He tried to reason with Neriah. \u201cIf she gets pregnant right after she joins the company, she\u2019ll be granted maternity leave and receive various help and resources.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHer being away on maternity leave might also cause delays for our company\u2019s projects. I\u2019m saying all this for our company\u2019s sake.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Neriah cast the man a sidelong glance and said in a clear voice, \u201cEven if that happens, what matters is she\u2019s useful to us. Besides, she can\u2019t possibly be planning to get pregnant and give birth to babies like a nonstop cycle. Someone like that won\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
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be able to work here for long or climb up the ranks in our company anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cI don\u2019t think those who have been chosen to work for Jierre Studios are after such measly, short-term benefits. Moreover, all three of us would have to reflect on ourselves if we did allow someone like that to work for the company.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a short pause, she added, \u201cAlso, it was pointless for you to ask her this question. Are you going to blindly trust what she said just because she told you that she had no plans to have a baby?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man was rendered speechless. It was finally Neriah\u2019s turn to ask questions relating to the design profession.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She happened to flip to the page showing Sienna\u2019s work, \u201cChildren\u2019s Library\u201d, that the latter had submitted for a competition during college.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy did you design for the slope of this curved bookshelf to be 35 degrees instead of the usual 45 degrees?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the slope being at 35 degrees, it\u2019ll be easier for children below four feet tall to take the books from the shelf. It can also prevent the books from slipping off the shelf.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI finalized on how much the angle should be after doing some observations at a kindergarten,\u201d Sienna replied unhurriedly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Neriah nodded. She flipped to the last page of the portfolio, where there was \u201cThe Quiet Cottage\u201d. It was a lovely, quaint cottage drawn in clean, fine lines. Yet, there was a loveliness about this cottage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an interesting piece.\u201d Neriah lightly tapped her pen on the piece of paper. \u201cYou designed a rotating screen partition in this open space. Share with us about your thoughts.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna\u2019s gaze fell on the work she had once poured her heart into creating. She curled her fingers subconsciously. Her voice was so steady that it sounded like she was telling someone else\u2019s story.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe screen features a rotating design to create variations of light and shadow according to the time of the day. In the morning, the sunlight falling over the screen would cast shadows on the floor. In the evening, changing the screen\u2019s angle would help protect the house owner\u2019s privacy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Neriah asked Sienna a few more questions which the latter had answered correctly. She even referenced the visual deception technique that Neriah had mentioned in her magazine interview last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finally, Neriah asked her the most crucial and important question. \u201cTell us your understanding of Jierre Studios\u2019 humanistic design philosophy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna responded calmly. \u201cLet the space tell the story. As you said, a good design is not about showing off your skills in the details. Instead, people will notice that there\u2019s a valid reason in every detail of the house.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was a hint of approval in Neriah\u2019s eyes. She used her pen to mark something on the score sheet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna felt quite confident about her performance throughout the interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The woman from the HR department informed Sienna to keep a look out for the announcement regarding the second round of interview. Sienna smiled and nodded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she came out of the conference room, Sienna spotted out of the corners of her eyes a person who seemed rather familiar standing at the end of the corridor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That person wore a dark green suit. He walked off in big strides and moved out of sight very quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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