To be hired at the IAC you have to go through an interview process.  First, the assistant director and maybe a student or two interviews you, then, if you passed the first test, a panel of students interview you again, so they can get a feel for the candidate.
 
Yesterday I was in on a student interview, the first time I have ever, ever played the part of the interviewer in a job situation like that.  I was bad at it, too.  I had a list of questions in front of me, and I had picked a few out that I thought were good.  There were three of us interviewing, so after someone else had asked a question or two I dived in asking about how he met deadlines.
 
"What do you do to make a deadline?"
 
That's what I said, after stumbling around like a toddler in a dark room for awhile.  Or maybe it was stupider than that.  For my first question, I should have just read it from the page.
 
Better yet, I should've prepared more thoroughly.  'Cause it's true that I'm not the spontaneous type.