How old is Katie?

M: Come in. Please have a seat.
W: Thank you.
M: I’ m Paul Turner. Branch Manager.
W: Katie Thomas, nice to meet you.
M: I hear that you’ re looking for temporary office work.
W: That’s right.
M: How old are you, Katie?
W: Eighteen.
M: That’ s rather young. What experience have you had?
W: Well, I’ ve just left school, in fact, and I’ m looking for a job between now and when I go to college.
M: It doesn’t sound as if we can help, Katie. You see, our clients are very demanding, especially when it comes to new office technology.
W: Oh, that’ s no problem. I took extra classes in office skills at school.
M: Oh, perhaps you’ d like to outline what you’ ve been doing?
W: I started by learning keyboard skills. Then I went on to learn about word processing.
M: Good. You seem qualified from the technical point of view. But how well do you think you’ll get along with people in an office?
W: I think I’ m quite adaptable. I belonged to the drama society, as well as working on the school magazine. And I played a bit of sports. So I’ m used to working as part of a team.
M: Sounds good. Let’ s see...There’ s a request from Johnson’ s Imports for "a bright youngster...".