Seeing this.
Ishizaki walked directly in front of Matoba Shinji and barked into the megaphone against his cheek.
"What? You're not convinced?"
"No..."
Matoba Shinji's face looked ugly, but he still took a deep breath and shook his head.
Ishizaki gave another burst of shouting.
"Louder! Did you not eat?"
"You..."
Matoba Shinji's expression was gloomy.
Damn it, I've never taken this kind of abuse since I was a kid. When have I ever been humiliated like this?
But thinking that the theme wasn't clear yet, he had no idea what Ryuen's class wanted to test...
If he didn't perform well, he might be eliminated instantly.
Hesitating for a moment.
Matoba Shinji still responded loudly with a dark face.
"No!"
"Hmm..."
Ishizaki nodded with satisfaction.
In this exam.
The interviewers held an absolute dominant position, which felt exceptionally refreshing. Striking these people's spirits down to nothing was simply too easy.
Unfortunately, it was a scoring system.
They also had to see their class's exams in other classes.
"I'm telling you."
Ishizaki truly couldn't contain the pride in his heart.
"There are plenty of people who want to join our company. If you don't want to listen, then get lost! Otherwise, listen to me honestly, understand?"
Below.
Matoba Shinji and the others looked gloomy, angry but not daring to speak out.
If it weren't for rising to Class A, who the hell would listen to your crap? Even if it's a company, it shouldn't be like this; I'd just find another one.
Such thoughts were not in the minority.
On the other side.
Horikita Suzune's expression was indifferent; she didn't have such pointless pride.
In any case, she certainly wouldn't enter this kind of company... she just had no choice right now.
As far as the present was concerned.
Ryuen's class was likely testing an obedience test.
However.
This kind of deliberate bullying had already been considered, it was just that her pride still felt a bit stung.
"Now then, a five-kilometer run in twenty-five minutes starts now. Those who don't finish can get lost."
"Um... where is appropriate to change clothes?"
"Shut up! You have no right to choose! Run if you can, and if you can't, get out!"
"Dammit..."
Matoba Shinji's face looked terrible. Ichinose and the others also looked at their business attire with some headache; they didn't even have a chance to change clothes.
But after hesitating for a moment.
Everyone started the race.
Horikita Suzune observed the referee group the whole time, but didn't notice any scoring actions.
According to the exam rules.
The actual scoring content only had ten items.
Such as scoring on a specific question, or scoring on the overall performance of obedience.
Ishizaki's performance might all be smoke screens.
Running.
Five kilometers in twenty-five minutes.
It was difficult for some people, but it was a number that could possibly be achieved.
The themes she could think of were:
Physical fitness, perseverance, speed, competitiveness. Those that could be extended included teamwork, gentleness, and so on.
For example.
If someone fell now.
Horikita Suzune might consider whether to step forward to help.
The problem was.
How to find the correct answer among these trivial clues and accurately show herself according to the needs of Ishizaki and the others.
Horikita Suzune faintly felt something was wrong, yet also felt nothing was wrong.
However.
It didn't really matter.
Ayanokouji had already considered all of this.
For example.
If something happened, then what action should be taken.
Although she didn't know how Ayanokouji did it.
But this was Ayanokouji's strength: considering every aspect of the problem until it was flawless.
As long as they executed according to Ayanokouji's strategy.
There would be no problems.
At least Horikita Suzune couldn't think of any other possibilities.
Others might not be able to fully comprehend it, but Horikita Suzune could understand it clearly.
Therefore.
While running.
Horikita Suzune also seriously observed the changes in the expressions of Ishizaki and the others.
Striving to find the theme of Ryuen's class and prepare for the next two days of the exam.
Being assigned to the first day by lot was clearly very beneficial for the class.
The same applied to Ichinose.
Only from Horikita Suzune's slight observation, Ichinose seemed to be participating in the interview with all her might, having no spare capacity to observe her surroundings.
In terms of physical testing, it was extremely disadvantageous for Ichinose.
Luck was on their side.
And on the other side.
While Ichinose and others were participating in the interview, everyone else was also participating in the interviews organized by each class.
At this time.
Special Exam Building, Room 1-1.
Kanzaki and the others sat in the back of the classroom wearing suits.
Hikigaya sat in the very middle position, with a long table covered with a white cloth in front of him.
On both sides were teachers from various classes responsible for acting as referees, with the most familiar one being Chabashira Sae.
"Next one."
After seeing off Machida Koji of Class A, Hikigaya's voice was steady as he tried to put on the appearance of an adult.
Well...
With his appearance and voice, he probably didn't need to pretend, but let's do it anyway...
For this exam.
Every class would select a theme.
Conduct the interview according to the theme and let the school's referees score it.
Aside from that.
The chosen theme also needed to match corporate needs.
For example, if it were only companies like security or idols, they would specifically require qualities like obedience.
In any case, what kind of quality a company needs is ultimately decided by the company.
Like a cleaning company...
Thinking that their own enterprise also really needs talents with obedience.
There's nothing wrong with that either.
As long as the selected theme matches the simulated enterprise.
Therefore.
What kind of company was simulated wasn't that important; after all, it was just fabricated by that company anyway. What was important was the selected theme.
On the other side.
Once Machida Koji left the room, Chabashira Sae and other referees quickly marked the scores on the score sheet.
Two people had already been interviewed.
But it felt no different from a normal interview, which was seriously inconsistent with the theme selected by Hikigaya's class.
Gazing at Hikigaya Hachiman, who was deliberately putting on a cold expression, Chabashira Sae was truly a bit puzzled.
Soon.
Knock knock knock.
Three knocks sounded.
Hikigaya and the others looked at the door.
"Please come in."
As the voice fell, the little fat man Sotamura Hideo opened the door and appeared in everyone's vision.
Even though he was a shut-in before.
Now he was in a well-fitted suit with a clean haircut and a confident smile on his face.
Then, under everyone's gaze, he gently closed the door.
Although it was a mock interview, Hikigaya knew very well.
This was still different from a real interview.
After all.
The other party was not actually looking for a job and had absolutely no thoughts or mindset of asking for a favor.
In a normal interview.
Seeing 17 big men in black suits in front and on both sides, and being interviewed under the gaze of so many people, one would more or less feel some pressure.
One couldn't say there was no pressure at all now, it was just that pretending was not very difficult.
Mainly because they were all too familiar with each other.
They were all familiar faces who could be seen occasionally, and with the class teacher Chabashira Sae present, there wasn't any particularly special pressure.
The most important thing was still...
Hikigaya and the others were still too young.
Even though relatively cold people like Kanzaki were chosen, the sense of youthfulness in their appearance was still hard to change, lacking the pressure brought by the maturity of adults.
Therefore.
Having been trained by Ayanokouji.
Even Sotamura Hideo didn't panic at all.