"Hello, teachers. My name is William Carter, I am 20 years old, and I graduated from Ming'an University with a major in Fine Arts. The position I am interviewing for is Virtual World Architect..."

Actually, all the content of the self-introduction is already on the resume, but this step is usually not to be skipped.

"Have a seat." An interviewer on the right gestured for William Carter to sit in the empty chair in the center.

William Carter sat down calmly. Next would be the Q&A session.

The interviewer slightly to the right of center was a bit balding and wore glasses, appearing to hold a relatively high status among the group—at the very least, a supervisor.

In this world, technology is advanced, and most people with myopia have it cured surgically. Yet this person still wore glasses, likely because he was a bit more old-fashioned in his thinking.

Of course, this was just William Carter's baseless guess—he actually hoped he was wrong.

"We've all read your resume and are very satisfied. The only issue is... you should be interviewing for a concept artist position, not a design role, especially not for the world architect position."

The balding interviewer adjusted his glasses. "If you're willing to be a concept artist, I can directly forward your resume and portfolio to the art directors of various projects. With your skills, you would definitely pass."

A crew-cut interviewer to his left chimed in, "Yeah, your experience is all related to concept art. Did you maybe write the wrong position? If so, it's fine, you can change it now."

William Carter felt nothing inside; he had already anticipated this situation.

"Thank you, but I don't want to be a concept artist. I only want to be a world architect. That's my personal career plan." William Carter's tone was casual, but his attitude was very serious.

Several interviewers frowned slightly to varying degrees. Clearly, they hadn't expected William Carter to refuse so directly, not even offering a polite remark.

The balding interviewer cleared his throat. "Your resume gives you no advantage for a design position. It's very likely you'll be eliminated. Are you sure about this?"

William Carter ignored his words and said directly, "Please begin the interview."

The balding interviewer's expression darkened a bit, clearly feeling that William Carter was being uncooperative.

But William Carter didn't care about any of that. In fact, he was the one feeling speechless.

I'm here to interview for world architect. I've made it so clear—why do you keep trying to steer me into another role?

I'm thinking about my own career prospects, while you're thinking about hiring cheap labor for the company. Why do I have to go along with your plan?

Just give me a world architect question, isn't that enough? If I can answer it, I pass the interview. If I can't, you eliminate me and I have no complaints. Why drag this out?

The balding interviewer was silent for two seconds. "Fine, first question: Recite all the attribute values for the Mechanic class from level 1 to 20 in 'Mechanical Battlefield.'"

William Carter was stunned. What was that supposed to mean?

He had imagined many interview questions, but never something like this.

What was the point of this question?

First, the in-game stats are the work of the numerical designer. The main job of a world architect is to create the world view and design concepts, maybe occasionally participate in some project management. This question has nothing to do with the position he's interviewing for.

Second, even a numerical designer couldn't possibly memorize all these stats. For one thing, this information is available online, so memorizing it is pointless; for another, numerical design is a complex process involving data models and so on—a few isolated numbers mean nothing.

But judging by the balding interviewer's expression, he was clearly making things difficult on purpose.

The balding interviewer snorted, "Can't recite them? I told you, a design position isn't something you can handle just by doodling. Your drawing skills are indeed excellent, but the position you're applying for requires a different set of abilities..."

William Carter scoffed inwardly. What nonsense! I've never heard of a world architect interview requiring answers to numerical questions! Even for a numerical designer, this kind of question shouldn't come up!

But William Carter also knew that if he couldn't answer, the interviewers would have every reason to show him the door.

William Carter's stubbornness flared up. Why? Do you think I'm easy to bully?

If it were anyone else, they'd probably be stuck in this situation. But William Carter had a way.

All the data is readily available—why should I be afraid?

Chapter 5: Chinese and English Poetry about War

William Carter casually tapped his wristband and used the universal search tool.

The balding interviewer's face darkened. "No searching online! That's blatant cheating!"

But William Carter had only tapped his wristband once, then stopped looking at it. Instead, he looked the balding interviewer straight in the eyes and recited, word for word, "Mechanic level 1 attributes: HP 3750, stamina 1600, strength... Mechanic level 2 attributes: HP..."

A long string of data, from level 1 to 20, took a full three minutes to recite.

The other interviewers immediately scrambled to check their wristbands and search online, only to find that as they listened to William Carter recite from start to finish, he didn't miss a single detail!