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==== I applied to Executive Software a few weeks ago. They asked me in for an interview. At the interview they were very impressed with my technical knowledge and experience. I was interviewed by two people who were senior software engineers. At the end of this interview they said they rigidly follow the L. Ron Hubbard 11 volume set of how to run a business.

(They also had a large painting in the waiting room. It looked like a futuristic scene similar to ones in the "Blade Runner" movie. The small copper plaque at the bottom said "L. Ron Hubbard.") As I sat in the waiting room I wondered, "That name sounds familiar. Where have I heard that name before?"

They then had a private talk with Joe Osgood, the director. They were very impressed with me. I had lunch with Joe Osgood at a deli near by.

He was very impressed with me.

The HR lady administered three written tests to me. The first one was a personality test. The Oxford Personality Type Indicator, or something like that. Many questions were similar to ones from the Myers-Briggs test. (See the books: "Gifts Differing" by Isabel Briggs Myers with Peter B. Myers, "Please Understand Me: Character & Temperament Types" by David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates, "Portraits of Temperament" by David Keirsey.)

The second test was a timed test of basic mathematical skills and logical thinking.

The third test, however, I think is the one that tests to see how compatible I am with Scientology. It asked many questions that seemed quite irrelevant to the job I was applying for. Questions like:

Do you believe in Destiny?

Who invented Buddhism?

When you vote, do you:

a. Vote your party.

b. Study the issues and then vote.

The HR lady said she would get back to me either way. I called the HR lady a week later having not heard anything. She said, "Oh, I was just about to call you. You know there were many others applying for the job and we picked someone else."

I doubt she was "just about to call me". And I doubt they had any other candidate applying for the same job at the time. The job required extensive technical knowledge and expertise in a very specific field which I possessed. I believe I was not hired because of my answers to the Scientology test.

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