The World Really Is Small

“Hmm-mmm… I’ll pass on this oppa and this oppa.”

Of the four applications, I screened out two at the paperwork stage.

That was because the motivation sections were filled with nothing but plans to prepare for graduate school and talk of building their résumés, without a single line about mathematics.

There was nothing wrong with wanting to build up one’s credentials, but…

I felt it would be hard to survive in our lab without a passion for mathematics.

But that means there are only two people left to interview for two spots, right?

That should be okay, right?

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On the day of the interviews.

I placed chairs facing each other inside the lab...