{"id":384,"date":"2006-10-20T15:28:42","date_gmt":"2006-10-20T20:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=384"},"modified":"2006-10-20T15:28:49","modified_gmt":"2006-10-20T20:28:49","slug":"the-spiderman-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/the-spiderman-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spiderman Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.recruiting.com\/going_to_great_lengths\" target=\"_blank\">Ragan Jones writing about bizarre candidate interviews.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trust me, a great read to end the work week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ragan Jones writing about bizarre candidate interviews. 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