Company, offering a 6 month contract: …Well, we need someone with long term experience, your résumé has a lot of short stints?

Candidate: The role I am interviewing for is contract work, I have lots of contract experience, and my experience also spans 10 years collectively overall.

Company: We just need the most experienced candidates for the job.

Candidate: (You called me? What?) “Understood.”

Company: So, did you just not want full-time work? What happened there?

Candidate: I am interested in the nature of the work, I do not control what form the work comes in — contract or full-time, etc. — I do not control who hires me, I can only interview for it.

Company: pauses, thinking and listening sounds

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