He had converted it to PDF, DOCX, TXT, and even tried pasting it as plain HTML. Nothing worked. His dream job—Junior AI Ethics Researcher at VTech’s secretive “MIND Lab”—was slipping away.
Arjun stared at the blinking cursor on his laptop screen. It was 2 a.m., and the had just rejected his resume for the third time.
Below that, a PS from the portal itself: “By the way, Arjun—your resume was fine. We just wanted to see how many times you’d try before giving up. Persistence is our first filter. Welcome to VTech.” vtech application portal
And for the first time in years, Arjun was terrified—and completely alive. Would you like a continuation, or a version where the portal reveals a dark secret about VTech itself?
He pressed ‘Enter.’
Frustrated, he clicked a tiny, almost invisible link at the bottom of the portal: “Alternative Submission Protocol.”
Against all logic, he typed: “Yesterday. I told myself I was happy in my current job.” He had converted it to PDF, DOCX, TXT,
He froze. The portal wasn’t checking his credentials anymore. It was checking his consciousness .