Now if Trump (or his fuckwit team) studied history instead of erasing it, they will know of a Rickover interview.
If they had asked Jimmy Carter nicely, I am sure he would have told them (because unlike Trump, Jimmy Carter passed the interview).
ussrickover.org/rcl-mark-harper/
Eventually guys started getting called to see the man himself, Admiral Hyman George Rickover, Class of 1922. We were instructed to enter his office quickly when called, take a seat in the chair directly in front of his desk, and give short, honest answers to all his questions while looking him directly in the eye. Above all, be respectful, regardless of what happens. Just to make sure, there would be another person in the room, a senior naval officer in civilian clothes, to take notes and witness whatever happened. Since I knew the front legs of the chair had been sawed off to shorten them, the uneven chair didn’t bother me. As I sat down, I looked across the large desk, piled high with messy piles of papers, and nearly panicked: there was nobody on the other side! Suddenly a very frail looking, little old man with white hair poked his head out from behind a stack and barked his first question.
(Incidentally they tried this trick on me when I was interviewed by the civil service in 1986. 😀)