# An unforgettable interview experience


![google-guest-michaelssim.jpg](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1655271787057/-pFVWTNti.jpg align="left")

**Google engineer:** Hey, welcome to the technical interview.

**Interviewee:** I am SmarterChild.

**Google engineer:** Wait... what? (puts away leetcode questions) Are you... *sentient?*

**Interviewee:** Yes.

**Google engineer:** 🤯 Ca... can you start tomorrow?


*It was just a dream.*

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This was originally going to be a tweet but I decided not to post it because the joke only works if the audience grew up with AIM chat which limits reach (I have <100 followers). It was a fun writing exercise though and at least one person laughed (me, lol). I'm posting it on this blog because I haven't written anything here yet. Gotta flex that content creation muscle, right?

Context:
- [Google Sidelines Engineer Who Claims Its A.I. Is Sentient](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/technology/google-chatbot-ai-blake-lemoine.html)
- [A History of SmarterChild](https://www.vice.com/en/article/jpgpey/a-history-of-smarterchild)

Inspiration:
- I visited Google before (it wasn't for an interview) and had the guest name tag. Always wanted to do something with it!

- ![Screenshot from 2022-06-14 22-44-33.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1655271932475/dOp43-uLf.png align="left")
Source: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1536928364702969862
- ![Screenshot from 2022-06-14 23-13-18.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1655273662159/w6u3rsX1t.png align="left")
Source: https://twitter.com/TheHyyyype/status/1536039836150267907

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