The note said “Småstad, Floor 18, IKEA, North Pole”, but now that you stand in front of the wardrobe you hesitate to knock. You really need a job, but this feels sketchy even to you. However, the sign on the door matches the job notice: “dAnkan Political Consulting”, so with the grumbling of your empty stomach in mind, you knock on the door.
“A moment please!” you hear a voice shout from inside the wardrobe, followed by what sounds like a rapid redecoration process. After a moment, the door opens, and you are greeted by a yellow duck in a suit and tie trying way too hard to look professional.
“Come in, come in!” they say as you clumsily enter the cramped wardrobe and sit down on a Perjohan, across from dAnkan, with an Olseröd between you.
“Welcome to the ‘dAnkan Political Consulting’ headquarters! I am dAnkan — owner, founder, and PR specialist — and I assume that you have heard of our vacancy?” asks dAnkan.
“That’s right. I’ve been a Santa voter all my adult life and Santa admirer before that. With my combination of education and history in the ‘Youth Santa League’, I believe I will make a good addition to your ‘Re-Elect Santa Claus Ultra Efficiently Committee’”, you say confidently, silently celebrating that you said it flawlessly.
On the other side of the table, dAnkan is looking over some Vippstarr and writing something with a Solfågel.
“Hmm, yes that’s great. Anyway, what’s your opinion of Rudolf?”, dAnkan asks without looking up.
“Well, he used to be a strong supporter of Santa and his announcement of his own campaign came as a shock to me. I hate that…”
“Great!”, dAnkan cuts you off from continuing your eloquent, nuanced statement. “How about Gävlebocken?”
“Well,” you start, carefully considering how to formulate this. “Gävlebocken is running on a platform of conspiracy and worry, trying to get votes through their “Fire dangerous!” campaign. Some might call that extortion, but I…”
“Fantastically put! You’re really breezing through this interview,” dAnkan says happily.
You realize that your ability to answer questions under pressure may have to be refined some.
“Now for some personality tests. I’ll show you some pictures, and you just tell me what the first thing that pops into your head is. What do you see here?” asks dAnkan, and shows this:
“Uh… ink? Or the political shadowplay prevalent in today’s society.” You can feel yourself starting to panic a bit.
“Hmm, not quite. Try to look at it from a different perspective. Get to the root of it.”