Chapter 468: Preparation Phase
Generally, there is a full two months from the release of the job list to the examination for the civil service examination, which allows candidates to prepare.
Then after the written test, there is still a long time for candidates to prepare for the interview.
If possible, Su Xia didn't want to rush the time. But the exercise was about to start, and the Victory was too busy to be both an exercise instructor and an assistant. Finally, at his current level, he couldn't do without the assistance of a secretary ship.
Su Xia arrived at the office at ten o'clock as usual that day - it was all because Fuso was too charming. Who could resist someone with long black hair, the king of soccer, and Yamato Nadeshiko? In fact, it was already a great achievement to be able to arrive at the office at ten o'clock - and immediately prepared to send out the test results that she had completed last night.
Yorktown did not take the secretary ship exam, but she was very concerned about the results. She was lying on the sofa in her living room, holding her phone and tossing her head, saying, "Didn't they say the results would be out this morning? Why haven't they announced the results for so long?"
"You haven't started work yet." Bumblebee curled up on the sofa, hugged his knees with his hands and rested his chin on them. "I heard that the admiral doesn't go to work until ten o'clock every morning."
"I go to work at 10 o'clock and get off work at 12 o'clock. Then I go to work at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and get off work at 5 o'clock... This life is so cool." York City said sarcastically, "I would like to be an admiral too."
"Let's be honest." Bumblebee said, "No matter how relaxed the admiral is, it's not as relaxed as you, sister... The admiral only goes to work a little late in the morning, doesn't get off work early at noon, doesn't go to work late, and often gets off work at lunch time in the afternoon. In comparison, you don't have a job, every day..."
Bumblebee noticed Yorktown staring at her, and if she didn't want to get spanked, she'd better shut up.
Yorktown watched as her younger sister shut up. It seemed that she, as the eldest sister, was very majestic and she felt very satisfied.
York City looked at his phone again, but the test results were still not out.
Yorktown thought that she saw in the group last night that the Admiral stayed in Fuso's room. Combined with the fact that the Admiral had to go to work so late today, it seemed that Fuso was also a juicer. Or maybe it was better to say that everyone was a juicer. She smiled to herself and found that Enterprise was sitting next to her reading a book, and seemed indifferent to her conversation with Bumblebee.
"The test results will definitely be out in half an hour at most." York City said, "How is the company, are you nervous?"
"I'm not nervous." The company said, "Because I'm sure I'll get the interview."
"So confident?" Yorktown said.
"With this much confidence, why would you take the secretary ship exam?" Enterprise said as he turned the pages.
"You are worthy of being my sister." Yorktown lay down again and slept on the sofa.
Bumblebee sat nearby and listened, muttering to himself. What do you mean by worthy of being your sister? Whether you are half as famous as that famous second sister in history is one thing. You have it all wrong. You are worthy of being the elder sister of the enterprise.
Since everyone was sitting far away, York couldn't hear what Bumblebee was muttering, so there was no scene of the elder sister scolding the younger sister. York continued to look at his phone, watching the group discuss the secretary ship exam and whether there was anything new in the porn group. The porn pictures that Bei Zhai was drawing were getting harder and harder to handle.
"It's out. The test results are out." Bumblebee was lucky. He saw the test results were released as soon as he played with his mobile phone.
"Just now I saw it's not out yet..." Yorktown heard what Bumblebee said and quickly picked up his phone. The admiral sent the test results to the group. At this time, he found that his sister Enterprise was motionless. "Enterprise, you are still reading... I didn't know you didn't make it to the interview."
"You definitely wouldn't talk to me like that if I hadn't gotten the interview." Enterprise put down the book and glanced at Yorktown.
"I got in the interview..." York City laughed, "But as for my ranking... guess what it was."
"I don't have the confidence to be number one." The enterprise thought for a moment, "The top three shouldn't be a big problem."
"What place?" asked the enterprise.
"Just third," Yorktown said.
"Who is number one?" Enterprise was a little curious.
"George V, King George V of England," York said. "His score on the civil service exam wasn't very good, but his score on the essay was high."
"I suspect there is something fishy going on." York said, "For the practical test, right is right, wrong is wrong, and no one can cheat. But the essay is more subjective, and the score depends entirely on the mood of the assessor... I heard that the assessors are Victory and Reputation, they are both British, so they will definitely take care of the British, King George V of England."
The company did not comment.
Yorktown was just saying that. She certainly didn't believe that Victory would help the British cheat. It wasn't because the test papers would be released at that time, but because she believed in Victory's character. Even if Victory was not so reliable, the head maid had a reputation of being selfless and impartial. Even the Germans couldn't find any fault with her, and she was worthy of everyone's trust.
"Sukhbaatar scored 76 points in the practical test, but zero points in the essay... He must have handed in a blank paper." Yorktown was excited. "Glory ranked second to last, only slightly better than Sukhbaatar, and lower than Atlanta... I thought Glory must have some killer tricks to participate. This one is obviously stupid, even more stupid than Atlanta, what a pity for that pretty face."
"Speaking of which..." York City looked through all the test results and had nothing to complain about. "Didn't they say the interviews will start in the afternoon? It's really a bit rushed. Do you want to practice for the company?"
"Okay. It's good to practice, otherwise I'll get stage fright." Enterprise said, "Sister, please practice with me."
"Uh..." York City hesitated, "I can't."
Enterprise smiled, closed the book and picked up his phone.
Of course, she was also curious about the test results. If the written test score was too low, it would be useless no matter how high the interview score was.
Inside the beach villa, Iowa looked at her phone with her chest heaving and her expression changing. She was almost there, really just that little bit short, she almost made it to the interview. Fortunately, New Jersey's ranking was still behind her, so she at least retained a little dignity as the eldest sister. However, the unreliable sister's score on the civil service exam was actually higher than hers, which was very surprising.
Wisconsin was also surprised: "New Jersey, how come you got such a high score on the civil service exam?"
New Jersey drank a Coke and said nonchalantly, "I don't think there's any question I can't answer."
“But I still didn’t get the interview,” Wisconsin said.
New Jersey snorted nonchalantly. She had no interest in becoming a secretary ship.
Missouri had the highest score among the four sisters. She knew that the first bird to stick its head out would be shot, so she didn't put on airs and just asked, "The interview will start in the afternoon. Do we want to do a mock test in Wisconsin?"
As the eldest sister, Iowa didn't even make it to the interview. She didn't dare to speak up because she hated people talking about scores. When she heard what Missouri said, she thought about it and thought there was nothing she could do. She took a deep breath and said generously, "We can also help. Let's try to simulate the interview."
"Which mock test should I choose?" asked Wisconsin.
Missouri leaned back on the sofa, rested his elbows on the sofa armrests, supported his chin with his palms, squinted his eyes and smiled: "Let this port area be filled with everyone's laughter."
Wisconsin smiled.
Considering what the admiral has been busy with, the interview questions are too easy to guess.
British-style residential buildings are more like palaces than residential buildings.
The red-carpeted hall is where the British department usually holds meetings.
At this time, King George V of England was sitting at the long table in the middle of the hall, with his legs crossed, looking at Hood who was sitting opposite him and petting a cat, and said, "Glorious is not much better than that Quincy. I didn't expect her to get the interview, but Hood, you are the flagship of our Royal Navy."
"It's okay." Hood said calmly, "That damn thief cat didn't get in either."
"Bismarck's failure to get an interview is not the reason why you cannot get an interview." King George V said that she was afraid of reputation, but not Hood. There were only so many interview places. If Hood could get an interview, there would be one less person from other departments to get an interview, such as No. 13, and there would be one less opponent. And she could use it when needed, and sell it out when necessary.
"Even if you say that... I tried my best, but I just can't get in. What can I do?" As long as Bismarck can't get in, whether he can get in is secondary. Hood said aggrievedly, "I think it's okay. I don't know why."
"I know." King George V of England said. She had heard about Hood from the Victory a long time ago. "Question 3 of the essay requires you, as the secretary ship of the garrison, to perfectly solve the problem of the chaos between Britain, Germany and France and propose rectification measures... Tell me how you answered? How could my ginger and fish cakes lose to Oscar, the dead thief cat..."
No matter how angry King George V was, Hood said calmly, "Oscar often comes to play here. You have seen him before. How can you bully my Ginger and Fishcake?" She lifted up the fat orange sleeping on her thighs and said, "Ginger, you say it's right. You will never be bullied by Oscar, a dead thief cat."
"The problem is that your ginger and fish cakes are often bullied by Oscar," said King George V of England.
"No." Hood insisted, "Oscar definitely can't beat my ginger and fish cakes."
“Even if I can’t beat you with your ginger and fish cakes, I can steal your ginger, fish cakes and dried fish… You really don’t know how you feed your cat, it’s so fat. In comparison, Oscar is also fat, but he is much more flexible, a flexible fat guy.” King George V of England had no interest in cats, but other British people were very interested. She often fed Oscar who came to visit, so she naturally saw Oscar snatching ginger, fish cakes and dried fish many times.
Hood was speechless.
King George V of England realized that now was not the time to talk about those things, and said, "Let's not talk about that, let's talk about the interview this afternoon."
King George V of England looked at everyone and snapped his fingers. Shropshire, who was standing next to her, immediately handed a stack of A4 paper to the Lion, Prince of Wales, Hood... anyone sitting next to the bench.
"Look at this," said King George V. "Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles ."
The Prince of Wales picked up the A4 paper and looked at it, frowning slightly. The reason was that the A4 paper detailed the strengths and weaknesses of all the candidates who took the secretary ship exam. Of course, people like Sukhbaatar and Atlanta were not included, and Zuikaku and Taiho were not worth mentioning.
King George V noticed his sister frowning and asked, "Does Wales find anything wrong?"
"Nothing," said the Prince of Wales, "I just wanted to ask when you were ready."
"It has been prepared a long time ago," said King George V. "I have long expected this day to come."
"Well... " said the Prince of Wales. She felt that her sister had real problems and was too calculating.
After reading the information prepared by King George V, Lion put the A4 paper on the table and said, "Why is there nothing about our strengths and weaknesses here?"
King George V replied: "Because I have not investigated you, my sisters, I have no information about your strengths and weaknesses."
The lion sneered repeatedly.
"Well, don't worry about the details." King George V of England said to himself, "Look, is there anything you want to add?"
King George V of England leaned back in his chair and said with a smile, "We should be careful to avoid the opponent's strengths. We should not fight in the areas where the opponent is good at, but look for opportunities to launch a fierce attack in the areas where the opponent is not good at, and catch the opponent off guard."
“Victory does not necessarily require getting the highest score or being the first to the finish line,” King George V said. “Victory sometimes requires only defeating all opponents.”
Since there were quite a lot of people participating in the interview and it lasted a long time, the interview had to start early, at 2 pm.
The interview was not held in a classroom but in a conference room in an office building. Su Xia, as the examiner, sat at the chairman's seat at the conference table and looked at the twelve candidates who were taking the interview.
To his left sat the Lexington, and beyond that was the Enterprise.
Missouri and Wisconsin sit together.
Across from Washington is South Dakota.
Su Xia looked at South Dakota, a girl with white curly hair, the first ship of the South Dakota-class battleship and Indiana's sister.
Because during the Second Solomons Night Battle in history, South Dakota was attacked by the enemy due to a sudden power outage and was unable to fight back. Washington took advantage of the fact that South Dakota attracted firepower to attack the enemy and sank it, which eventually led to the conflict between South Dakota and Washington. In the game, South Dakota and Washington have a very bad relationship.
However, this discord lasted until South Dakota was reformed. After the reform, South Dakota's combat power increased greatly, completely surpassing Washington, and his character also became more mature.
King George V of England, the Lion, and the Prince of Wales sat on the right side of the round table.
Akagi was still eating. No. 13 was looking around, looking like he didn't expect to get into the interview.
Zeppelin leaned back in his chair, holding the back of his head with his hands.
There are no weak people who can enter the interview. How can one distance himself from others with just a written test? It's just a matter of a few more or less points.
Interviews are very important.
