Barun Mohanty: What should I do if the interviewer gave me a blank paper and asked me to sign on that?

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Interviewer- Go ahead and put your signature on the blank paper?

Neal- Why?

Interviewer- Do you want this job or not? If you want, you have to do it.

Neal- If I sign it, you will select me. Right?

Interviewer- Right.

[Neal went ahead and signed it]

Interviewer- You are rejected.

Neal- Why?

Interviewer- You just signed a blank paper given by an unknown person.

Neal- You just told me to do that.

Interviewer- We don’t want to take a risk of hiring you. You might put our company in danger by signing a blank paper given by any outsider. You can be manipulated easily. How can we trust you? We want to hire a smart person.

Neal- [Laughs]

Interviewer- Why are you laughing? What happened? Do you think it’s a joke?

Neal- I signed it because I wanted to know the real intention of the outsider (You). It’s always good to know your enemy before you attack.

Interviewer- But I have a blank paper signed by you. I can take advantage of it.

Neal- This is not my registered sign. I’m a lefty. I just signed the paper with my right hand.

Interviewer- Why didn’t you sign it in the first place. You would have done it. Why did you do a bit drama asking questions?

Neal- I wanted to keep things natural to make you believe that I was signing for real.

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