A young girl was looking for a job after graduating from school. The lack of experience in the specialty that employers wanted undermined confidence in the success of the search and significantly increased the level of anxiety. But there was a great desire to do interesting things. And so, having found a suitable place in a government institution, the girl prepared for an interview with the manager. As a result of psychological work, the girl’s anxiety level decreased, she outlined a step-by-step plan for herself and prepared a mini-presentation of her projects, which she independently organized during her studies. Having prepared as much as possible and having overcome her anxiety, the girl came for an interview at the appointed time with the manager. The interview lasted about an hour. The manager asked her the following questions: “Do you know what the capital of Zimbabwe is? What is Sofia Rotaru’s maiden name? What children’s songs do you know? Sing one of them.”...Questions, so to speak, from the general category in the form of a quick survey , a third of which the girl could not answer... For the first minutes she tried to cope with confusion, answering unexpected questions... Then she tried to remember something from the school curriculum to answer, etc. This was followed by the question: “Do you have your own collection of poems or songs?” A twenty-year-old girl, who currently only has a diploma, so to speak, “in her arsenal,” answered: “No.” “I have them,” the leader answered, “I’ll read them to you now!” This continued until the end of the interview. The girl’s candidacy was approved. The girl, who had worked at the institution for several days, was summoned by the director to the office of his deputies. The question followed: “Can you squat? How many times can you?” The girl answered: “I can do it about 50 times...” Leader: “Okay. Now we will have a physical education lesson!” The manager ordered the deputies (two middle-aged women) to stand up from their desks in the office and squat. The deputies caught up with the girl in the line and began to squat. The leader squatted with them 50 times...then he sat on a chair, watching them, giving the command: “Another 50!” And an older woman (also a deputy manager, who did not squat) began to film what was happening with the camera of her smartphone. After the end of the action, the leader began to show the girl his toned muscles and good athletic shape, with a call, they say, touch my biceps, triceps, etc. The girl’s position is related to the organization of holidays, so at first she assumed that these were some peculiarities in the existing creative team. But at the end I felt very irritated. Later it turned out that not everyone “squats”... But the manager gave a similar task to other subordinates. The story is real. To be continued...Dear colleagues, your thoughts on the above-described case are very interesting...What is a creative approach to work? Unconventional creative interview? Caring for the health of subordinates? Or the intoxication of one’s power, the use of one’s position and self-affirmation at the expense of subordinates? Is it acceptable to give such tasks as part of the work process, even in a creative environment? After all, sex is also, to some extent, creativity...Have you encountered anything similar in your practice with clients, or maybe you have encountered it in your own experience? Psychological support when searching for work, finding employment, and during the period of adaptation to a new team. Dealing with impostor syndrome. Formation of motivation. Tatyana Dremanovich clinical psychologist +79624433540 (WhatsApp)