Ted Again

The day was set up as a comprehensive interview session for Ted. A few people from the field and Clare would be meeting with him individually during the morning, followed by a one-on-one lunch meeting with Jeff. He made it clear that the primary goal would be to discern whether Ted was humble and hungry, having already determined that he was smart.

Ted's first interview would be with Craig, the foreman from the Oak Ridge project, so Jeff arranged to meet Craig an hour early to help him understand how he might go about evaluating Ted for the two desired virtues. Jeff conceded that this might be difficult, since he didn't really have great working definitions for what those words meant from an observable, behavioral point of view. ...

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