Chapter 5
*Kate's POV*
It was 3pm now. Everyone else had left the room and Kate was the only one waiting for her turn in the final round. There were only two other people with her for this last round. When she finished her first round of interview with Mr. Collins, Kate came to know that there were seven others who were applying for the same job, but only three of them could make it to the final round - Angela Williams, Mark Davis and herself. Angela and Mark had already left the place as they couldn't please the interviewer and neither of them got the job. Kate was now feeling sorry, she had become friends with Mark in just a few hours and he was a great guy, a little goofy but fun to have around. They exchanged numbers before he left the office. On the other hand she was glad that Angela didn't get the job, she had an obnoxious attitude and was dressed like a slut, wearing a skirt so short and tight that it looked like it was going to rip to shreds at any moment. She had such a shrill voice that the while whole time she was talking, Kate had to fight with a headache and a strong urge to strangle her to death. Kate was lost in her own thoughts when she suddenly heard Mr. Thomas, the HR manager's voice, "We are ready for you Ms. Jones." He was standing at the door, looking patiently at her. She got up quickly taking her file and bag along with her.
"Sorry this took so long. Sir is waiting for you in boardroom no 2. Just walk straight ahead and the last door you see is the same room. I wish you all the very best and hope that you'll be able to crack the interview." Mr. Thomas smiled at her reassuringly, gesturing her towards the corridor.
"Thank you Sir," saying this Kate walked towards the boardroom. As soon as she reached the door, she paused, letting out a deep breath before softly knocking on the door; a deep and smooth voice answered from inside, "Come in."
Slowly pushing the heavy door, Kate got inside the room. Stepping forward, she saw that the room was big, very big with a huge table that could seat at least ten people on each side. There was a bright light on top of her head, lighting half way across the room. At the other end of the table, Kate could see a silhouette of a man and from his shadow, she could make out that he was tall.
"Please take a seat Ms. Jones," the man had a silky and hot voice. Kate nervously sat down at her end of the table. There was something familiar, very familiar about the voice, her mind was pointing towards one name but Kate quickly chided herself before she could go any further.
"So Ms. Jones tell me about yourself," the man asked her, bringing Kate out of her thoughts.
She straightened up and with a new confidence in her voice began, "Good afternoon Sir. My name is Katherine Jones. I'm 28 years old. I have pursued a course on Business Administration from New York University. I was working for Joseph Morgan's company for four years until last year before I had to quit my job for some personal reasons. I was Mr. Morgan's personal assistant there also."
The man was quiet for short while before asking her again, "Why do you want to join The Anderson Enterprises?"
"Sir, Anderson Enterprises is one of the top companies in the world and the very best in New York. When I got this opportunity for an interview, it got me very excited and plus I don't want to lose such a good job offering." Kate had a surprisingly steady, professional and confident tone.
"And what makes you think that someone like you is suitable for working in this company Ms. Jones?" the man sneered at her, as if he was mocking at her and her education.
Kate was slightly taken aback at the sudden change in the man's attitude and voice, "Excuse me? What do you mean someone like me?" though he was her interviewer, she was not a woman to put up with anyone's nonsense no matter whom the person was.
"I mean exactly what I said Ms. Jones. Do you think that someone with such a mere degree, such low self esteem and confidence, someone with your background, someone like you, will be able to work in such an esteemed company without spoiling its reputation ?"
Kate felt as if someone had slapped her hard on the face. Her eyes widened and her mouth opened. No one ever knew of her background, her family, her father. All of it was a part of her life which she had hidden from everyone. A past she never wanted anyone to know. How did this man find out about it? How was it possible?
"Yes Ms. Jones our company does a thorough background on anyone who plans on entering this business." She could feel him smirking at her discomfort.
Shakily, Kate found her voice back before answering, "First of all let me tell you that my background is none of the company's business and no one has any right checking through it without my permission, its literally illegal-"
The man suddenly interrupted her by saying, "Please Ms. Jones, whatever background checks we do is completely legalized and done with the permission of the candidates, the company has a special clause for it in the application form, which the applicants are made to sign, before agreeing on any sort of interview with us. But seeing your sense of irresponsibility and lack of common sense, I'm quite sure that you didn't go through the entire document carefully before signing as you were and I quote 'very excited'.
Kate was seething now. Trisha had made her sign the forms telling her that she herself had checked every detail on it. She was going to kill her as soon as she got out of this place.
"Secondly Sir, I believe that I'm the best candidate for this job as I have the appropriate degree and experience as well. And regarding my background I assure you that I will do no such thing that will bring down the reputation of this company. You can take my word for it."She said with a hard and cold voice, her nails digging in the palms of her hands as she was trying to keep her anger and tone down.
"Very well Ms. Jones, you may leave now," the man dismissed Kate as if nothing had happened and she was no one.
"What? That's it? It's over? But I've only been here for ten minutes!" she was exasperated now.
"Yes Ms. Jones, you're interview is over. Is there anything else you would like to say?" the man's voice was surprisingly calm again.
"No Sir." Kate replied through her teeth
"Very well then, I'm sure you'll able to find your way to the door."
"Yes Sir. Have a good evening and thank you for having me here," she quickly got up and reached the door. Getting out of the room, she was about to close it behind her when she heard him saying again, "The pleasure is all mine."
Walking fast towards the elevator, Kate jumped inside it as soon as the doors opened. She was breathing hard. Never had she been so angry and so insulted in her whole life. What did the man think of himself? And to think that his voice sounded like Rick, that man was an arrogant, stuck up bastard, nothing compared him. To hell with him, this job and this company – she wasn't going to get the job anyway.
When Kate got down to the lobby she wanted to run and get away as far away from this place as she could but a familiar voice stopped her in her tracks, "Ms. Jones!" Turning around Kate saw that it was Edward Collins.
"Uh yes Mr. Collins? Do you need anything?"
"Yes Ms. Jones. Actually I've come here to give you good news. You have got the job. Starting tomorrow, you'll be a part of The Anderson Enterprises."
Kate was shocked, "But how? I don't understand. My interview went horrible!"
"Well that's for Mr. Anderson to say. I'm only here to give you the news."
"Excuse me? Mr. Anderson?" Kate's voice was caught in her throat.
"Yes the person taking your final interview. Mr. Richard Anderson himself, the CEO of our company. He's the man for whom you'll be working as a Personal Assistant starting from tomorrow."
And the whole world stopped for Kate.
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0_0 What in the world?
Didn't see that coming did you?
Quick question: Whose POV is better? Rick's or Kate's?
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