High I<\/a>. He spoke at a frenetic pace and at great length. To top it off, he rarely offered a cogent thought.<\/p>\nSo you can imagine there were many moments of silence as we sat there stunned at his performance. During one of those moments, out of the blue the candidate states, “I may talk fast, but it’s slow in my head.”<\/p>\n
He didn’t get the position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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