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The Longest Job Interview Ever...

  

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Last month we started the longest job interview process most of us will ever witness. And it should be long and thorough, given the importance of the position (but perhaps not this long...).

It's our periodic interview for the highest profile position in the country:  The President of the United States.  Yes, it's election year, folks, in case you've been hiding under a rock for the past few months.  And expect the drama it to get more intense as we move through the year. While we won't push our political philosophies on you, we will marvel at the process again this year, as the candidates duke it out to claim the moral and intellectual high ground of the United States.

It's truly a job interview, complete with the initial screening process (speeches before the debates), the group interviews (aka "debates"), and then the final interviews, when the applicants go state to state and pitch the voters, much like your candidates would interview with various department heads or teams in your company.   And the media is kind enough to do the "background screening" along the way, digging up every piece of dirt they can find. 

Unfortunately for us, there's no pre-employment testing for these candidates, so there's no way to predict how they'll perform on the job.  Just like with any new hire, there will be surprises.  Yet it is the ultimate interview process, covered in every minute detail and laid out before our very eyes. Stay tuned, it will be fun to watch....