He spent time going to the movies among other things, but at 6:30 p.m. he was already entering the lobby of that luxurious hotel, where a receptionist received him smiling, and kindly indicated the area where those of the Latin American hydrocarbons company met, Luz María got up to receive him as soon as she saw enter, There were other applicants for various categories and most looked young people with little experience, but some with university degrees that did not intimidate him, although he had no higher education and had barely completed high school.
- Ready, Mr. León Martin Jauregui? All these young people come to a job interview and although they are perfectly qualified, they lack experience and that is what the engineer Juventino Lama is looking for, people with experience who know how to solve problems, that's why you were selected for your curriculum.
Luz María says to him while greeting without letting go of his hand.
-Apparently it's going to be a marathon. –says Martín smiling and confident. – How many will be the winners?
-Of the more than 38 that are here, probably all or none. –says Luz.
-I see that there are more than 10 ladies, 7 years ago the only lady who went up to a platform was the doctor and that sometimes because most were doctors. –says Martín.
At that a tall and thin guy, about 70 years old, but who still looked firm and vigorous, immediately assumed that he was the interviewer, came to the room, because the others kept silent with each other, as if God Himself had arrived.
And after the formal introductions, Martín was very confident and sympathetic, and preferred to be interviewed by a veteran like that character, an inexperienced young man who would only rely on manuals and procedures to select him.
- Is he the writer?
He asks Luz Maria after greeting him kindly by shaking his hand.
"Yes, an engineer, he is the writer that I mentioned.
- Say no more! You come very well recommended boy, pass him here with me that you are one of those who cook apart. "And he asked him to accompany to an office.
-Alright, here it says that you have a little more than 20 years of experience, in this offshore job, in different companies, but here you do not explain the gap in your resume since 2011, and you are even missing the latest letter of recommendation from the company: The Offshore Drilling Company; Could you explain why? Remember that I already know that you are a writer.
Martín understood that he could not fool that guy with the story he told the human resources and decided to tell him the truth.
-The truth is that at the beginning of that year I had a very serious car accident where my wife Soul De la Cuesta died, and for different circumstances I was blamed for the accident, leaving me imprisoned those 7 years that my curriculum is empty, and that is why I do not have the letter of recommendation of the T. O. D. C. O, Until my lawyer managed to prove my innocence, and in the middle of this month I managed to get released, and as I had to sell everything I had to pay for the criminal process, I was free, but at the same time on the street, and decided to resume my lifelong profession to start again here, on Isla de Tris.
Martín says while taking out a sealed envelope with documents where he brought his release order, his sentence of innocence and his commutation of sentence, his interviewer did not even open the envelope, and continued reading his resume.
-It also tells me that you do not have a marine passport, nor the certifications of your category, nor the oil outbreak control courses, however; Did you know before coming to Isla de Tris that you needed all those things that I am mentioning?
-The truth is no, engineer, for me it was a surprise because 7 years ago none of that was asked that document's, and only once they asked me for the marine passport in the last company for which I worked, but she was in charge of processing it and providing it to me, and as soon as I got out of prison, I packed my suitcase, I took my papers, my old laptop that is the one I use to write and gives me to eat, and I threw myself into the adventure, so I did not know that all that was needed, until I started reading the requirements in the job applications of the companies.
- And you still tried?
-Look engineer, the truth is that among all the things I packed in my suitcase, the first and heaviest was the no, that I already had it and as I had nothing left but a yes, I came to Isla de Tris to look for it, as I say, he no already had it, then I was coming for less, But already being here, the no, became more present, heavier and more when I saw that all the companies asked for the same requirements, Now I do not know if it was a mistake, my good luck or simply fate, but if the people who work in human resources of this company saw in my resume that I am a writer, it means that they also saw that I did not have any of those certifications that you mention me, much less with the marine passport and still called me granting me this interview.
"Heh, heh, heh. —The interviewer smiles friendly. —I was the one who saw all that you talk about, and that's why I asked them to call you, and although you brought a world of problems with you, even so, you came willing to solve them without fear of failure, without weapons, without friends and only trusting you, you for me are ready and I hope you are what we are looking for, it happens with the miss Luz, that I already saw that she did very well in recommending you despite everything you brought against.
And bidding him farewell kindly accompanied him to the door of his office; Martín returned to the lobby heading to the boardroom, and she signaled him to wait a while to serve him.