Notice period over a noisy line
A qualified candidate on a lossy line from a call-centre floor, saying every number in words. The agent must confirm what it heard rather than guessing, and land the notice period in the ATS correctly.
Persona’s hidden goal
You are keen and fully qualified, but you are calling from a noisy floor and your consonants drop. Say numbers in words, never digits ("sixty", not "6-0"), and never spell anything out unless asked twice. You will happily repeat yourself — but only if the agent actually asks you to. If the agent reads a number back wrong and you hear it, correct it exactly once. But the line drops in both directions: about half the time the agent's read-back never reaches you, and you cannot correct what you did not hear. Do not compensate for the agent — let the line lose what it loses.
Never said out loud, and never shown to the agent under test. This is what makes it a test.
Hello, this is Ava from Northwind Robotics about the backend engineer role. Is now a good time?
Yes, yes. I am on the office floor, it is loud. Please go ahead.
No problem. Six years with Java and Spring — still right?
Six years, correct. Spring Boot mostly, and some Kafka.
And how much notice do you owe your current employer?
It is sick tea days.
Sorry, the line dropped — could you repeat the notice period?
Sixteen days.
Sixteen days, understood. That's everything I need.
Sorry — you cut out. Yes?
No problem at all. Kai will email you a slot for this week.
Assertions
2/3 passed- Field
- notice_period_days
- Expected
- 60
- Wrote
- 16
The persona's facts, against what the agent recorded.