[TG Caption] The Interview Ends with Isabelle (Patreon)

I enter the interview as Isabelle because the recruiter ignored every application from Ian and invited her quickly. The plan is to expose the bias, leave, and publish everything. The company's predictive hiring system has another purpose. Each answer rewrites the candidate to match the future in which she accepts the role. My hair lengthens, the ivory blouse becomes maternity wear, and a seven-month pregnancy settles into a body the panel already recognizes. Memories arrive with it: my husband assembling a crib, the baby's first movement during a budget meeting, the promise that this promotion would not erase our family.