Inevitably, in a book telling you how to interview, I have included a lot of difficulties, problems, and the occasional catastrophe! Now is the time to reassure you that it isn't always as difficult. This example shows how you can be fortunate. My Operations Managers were asking for a resource to provide quick specialist tools, fixtures, and facilities. These required a mixture of mechanical and electrical engineering skills and an ability to listen to the Ops Manager's people and deliver something quickly, experimenting if necessary. The Financial Director (FD) would not agree to a permanent contract, so I wanted someone past retirement age (no longer legal), so there was no problem terminating the contract. I also didn't want to pay too much so the person had to live nearby to avoid traveling costs. I advertised in the local newspaper and had one application from someone who lived a mile distant. He had worked maintaining the land-based connections of undersea cables on islands...