West coast

If you grew up in a monsoon climate, you would not be able to adapt to the Mediterranean climate on the west coast.Months of continuous exposure to the sun in summer, as far as the eye can see, the side of the 280 road is full of withered grass, as long as there is a little spark, it can be ignited. Only in winter will there be rain, but this rain lasts for at least four months.

Lin Nan, who was sitting in the back seat of the taxi at the moment, didn't care about the weather. He was just very nervous about tomorrow's interview.The taxi driver also seemed to be an immigrant, and his English was not fluent. After simply confirming that the destination was a Hilton Hotel in Nanwan, he didn't chat much, and he was playing English slobber songs on the radio throughout the whole process.

After getting out of the car, Lin Nan generously tipped him 20% more than the original fare.The big factory spends a lot of money, and any candidate who is invited to interview will be provided with all meals at the airport hotel.So when Lin Nan got off the plane, he took a taxi without hesitation.In the past three years in the United States, his basic necessities depended on the meager scholarships, and Lin Nan cherished his living expenses very much.

During the night of sleeping in the hotel, Lin Nan did not sleep well. The soft mattresses of the four-star hotel could not guarantee the guests enough sleep.Lin Nan knows that tomorrow's four rounds of interviews will not only test your speed of answering questions and communication skills, but also a huge test of your physical strength.

But Lin Nan still suffered from insomnia.When he left home three years ago, he was the pride of his parents. With an offer of combined master's and doctoral studies with full awards from the United States, it seemed that his future was already guaranteed.

But three years later, he gave up his doctoral qualifications and ran away with a master's degree.The student visa is about to expire, and I must find a job within three months, otherwise the visa will become invalid and I must return to my country.

At this point in time, Dachang extended an olive branch. If Lin Nan can win this job, he will have an explanation for his three years of experience.

Lin Nan stared blankly at the ceiling for a long time, and his nervousness did not abate in the slightest.He closed his eyes and tossed and turned on the bed for several rounds, but still couldn't fall asleep, so he simply got up and turned on the light, turned on the computer and did a few more questions.It wasn't until four o'clock in the morning that I fell asleep a little.

The next day, Lin Nan was woken up by the alarm. Although every joint in his body was protesting, he still struggled to get out of bed, not to miss this important interview.After all, for this day, Lin Nan has been doing summer vacation questions day and night at home.

He followed the map to find the location. Dachang’s office building does not have the temperament of a CBD, but more like a university campus. Each office building is independent of each other, with no more than three floors. Each has its own characteristics, but it is also very harmoniously form a whole.The office workers who shuttle among them are all logo short-sleeved and backpacks, walking unhurriedly, but secretly revealing their ruthlessness and arrogance.

According to the email prompt, Lin Nan found the interview building, and was taken to the interview floor after a brief handover at the front desk.

The interviewer in the first round was a shy Caucasian boy who seemed to be a rookie in the workplace who had been pulled to make up for the job. He was drinking water all the time and was even more nervous than Lin Nan when he spoke.Lin Nan, the caucasian brother, had done this question before, so he was quickly taken down.

The second round of interview was to have lunch with the interviewer. Lin Nan maintained his political correctness and did not say anything inappropriate.

The interviewer and Lin Nan in the third round of interview happened to be from the same university on the east coast. They chatted about the daily life of the school and had a good chat. The interviewer also nodded frequently to Lin Nan's answer ideas.

Two hours later, Lin Nan struggled to deal with the first three interviewers. The high-intensity brainstorming hollowed out his head, leaving only his tired body.

Only this fourth place is left, as long as you persevere and play steadily, there may be hope for an offer if there are no accidents!

Lin Nan asked for instructions and needed to go to the toilet for a while to recuperate.Standing in front of the clean and bright mirror, Lin Nan took a deep breath, raised his head and looked at himself. 25 years old, handsome, bookish.With wide double eyelids and long eyelashes, the eyes are lazily opened, and there always seems to be a mist in the eyes.Because he spent a long time studying questions indoors, did not exercise often, and today's high-intensity interview made his face look a little pale.

After checking the appearance in the mirror to make sure it looked clean, Lin Nan took a deep breath, silently cheered himself up, and then stepped into the interview meeting room again.

At this time, the interviewer in the conference room was already seated.This person wears glasses, thick eyebrows, a high nose bridge, a sharp jaw line, and a shirt in a sweater with only a collar exposed. His slender bony fingers are holding a cup of coffee, calm and composed, and he looks more prepared than Lin Nan But also enough.

Seeing Lin Nan coming in, the interviewer stood up and stretched out his right hand. The tall man immediately formed an oppressive atmosphere.Then he smiled very officially, showing the little tiger teeth that were not in harmony with his stern temperament, looked at Lin Nan in English and said, "The interviewer was scheduled to be sick today, so I will take over. Long time no see, Lin Nan. "

Lin Nan was stunned for several seconds, is this Qin Chuan?His middle school classmate Qin Chuan? !

After going to college, the two never spoke again, and neither of them took the initiative to contact each other.Lin Nan had indeed heard from his classmates that Qin Chuan had now gone to Silicon Valley and climbed to the position of supervisor within three years in a large factory.

How can it be so coincidental?

Lin Nan stretched out his hand dumbly, and shook Qin Chuan quickly.

Qin Chuan shook hands with great strength, and pressed his palms down hard, forming a superior posture.Qin Chuan conducted the interview politely and slightly aggressively, throwing out several additional questions one after another after each question.

"Although your method is feasible, it is not fast enough. Can you optimize it?"

"Your method is indeed fast enough, but it uses too much memory space. Memory costs money. Can you improve the memory problem?"

"Your plan can achieve basic functions, but if the number of user visits suddenly increases tenfold, the entire system will collapse. Please think of another plan."

Although it was only half an hour, this last interview made Lin Nan feel that a day is so long.On the one hand, it was because the additional questions that Qin Chuan raised were all questions that had not been answered before.On the other hand, it was also because "Cheng Yaojin", who was not on the list of interviewers, completely disrupted Lin Nan's position.

Before he came to the interview, he had carefully investigated the backgrounds of the interviewers on the Internet, and tried hard to find experiences that could cause common topics on their resumes.

But Qin Chuan was obviously not on the interviewer's list, and they had a lot of common memories from middle school.However, seven years later, one was sitting in the interviewer's seat, while the other was a candidate being interviewed.

After the interview, Lin Nan felt empty in his stomach and dizzy. He finally walked out of the office building and sat down on the side of the street.

Memories fly back to the middle school days.At that time, Lin Nan was sitting in the penultimate row, and Qin Chuan was sitting directly behind him.Every day in class, Qin Chuan sleeps heartlessly.

Lin Nan is a very passive person.Everything was arranged by Lin's mother since she was a child.Ms. Lin often comes to the school to chat with the teachers and establish a good relationship. On weekends, she always arranges four training classes.Lin Nan doesn't need to worry about basic necessities of life.Lin Nan only needs to get good grades in school to win the praise of his parents.

The "quality" of friends is also checked by Lin Nan's mother.In school, who Lin Nan walked closest to, what their parents did, how the students' academic performance was, and whether they had any bad habits, all had to be investigated clearly.So Lin Nan is not a proactive person when it comes to making friends, because Qin Chuan always comes to ask him to play football and games together.

If it weren't for Qin Chuan's father being a rich man, Qin Chuan, a noble son who doesn't care about his studies at all, would not be able to pass Lin's mother.

Qin's father is a well-known real estate developer. The real estate projects that have become popular in the past few years are basically built after Qin Chuan's father bought the land.

Lin Nan's father runs a small local trading company that specializes in providing construction materials for real estate.Qin Chuan's father is the biggest customer of this trading company.In order to keep this client, Lin Nan's father took great pains.

Most of Qin's father's friends have sent their children abroad, so Qin Chuan knew very early on that he would study abroad in the future.As for what to study after going abroad, and how well he learned, he didn't care.This paper appointment is just the icing on the cake for the already glorious lintel of the Qin family.So throughout high school, Qin Chuan didn't work hard.When he encountered a subject he was interested in, he would listen carefully, and when he encountered a subject he was not interested in, he would sleep in the last row.

In sharp contrast to Qin Chuan's carefree attitude, Lin Nan has been studying very hard since he was a child.It is a frequent visitor in the forefront of age.Whenever Qin Chuan needed to copy homework, he would beg for nothing and call Lin Nan one by one with a "little pumpkin".

The intimate and heartless youth of the two came to an abrupt end in the summer of their sophomore year of high school.That day, Lin Nan was still doing homework at Qin Chuan's house, when he heard noises outside the living room, the two of them ran over to have a look out of curiosity.

Lin Nan's father knelt at the door of Qin Chuan's house.

The author says:

Q: Can you meet bamboo horses during the interview?Is there really such a coincidence in the world?

A: It's certainly not a coincidence...