/sci/ - Science & Math

>be me
>former spacex with other aerospace experience
>have phone interview with big upstart newspace company
>recruiter asks me to describe a "time I failed" with no context
>tell her a story about the time my team tried to automate a manufacturing process for over a year before finally coming to the conclusion that it wasn't worth the cost to automate it unless we redesigned the product or substantially upped our production rate
>dead air on the other end of the phone for like 10 seconds
>Her: "I don't understand. Could you explain your reasoning in more detail?"
>explain that the cost in custom parts and time it would've taken to build a machine precise enough to replace a technician would've taken like 7 years to break even over the cost of just paying a guy to do it instead
>more dead air
>Her: "That doesn't make any sense though. Automation is always superior to a human operator. If you knew you could automate the process then why didn't you?"
>Me: "That's the point of the story though. Usually process automation is better but in this case it wasn't and we learned that the hard way. Your gut says that if you can automate a process then you should but the math said otherwi-"
>Her: "You know, I'm not sure this position is going to be a good fit for you. I wish you luck in your job search!"
>*click*

>Look the recruiter up on Linkedin
>degree in linguistics
>graduated in 2021
>She's been a recruiter at this company for 3 months
>Before that she was a customer service rep at a fucking hospital

I'm gonna fucking kill myself.