out of the box, indeed

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"Tell me about a time where you thought out of the box," said my interviewer, literally reading off of a card given to her by HR.

And so I spoke of a staffing need where I needed very senior people but I couldn't promise steady work. And I found exactly these people: the many new mothers in my life. A mutually beneficial solution, to be sure, but perhaps my phrasing could have been better.

"...and so I tapped a bunch of new Moms."

I decided to break the deathly silence myself. "I think you should go ahead and laugh at me now instead of later."