A regional office supplies magnate who yearns to be a poet.

A purchasing manager who sees big city life as the route to avoiding school reunion shame.

An interior design fanatic who needs to make up her mind about a contentious mug.

We’ll Call You is a collection of nine stories of the aspirations, self-deception, apathy and despair of the modern job interview, written by Jacob Sundberg, a communications officer and freelance writer.