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Trump to questioner: You’re hired.

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump managed to squeeze a public job interview into a Monday news conference at the site of his upcoming hotel in Washington, D.C.

A woman in the crowd introduced herself as a 9/11 survivor and a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and voiced support for his plans for the U.S. military. Then she asked if work at the Trump International Hotel would be available to veterans.

“What are you talking about here? We are doing some of that actually already,” Trump responded. “We have it very much involved. Why what are you looking for? What kind of a position?”

The real estate magnate invited the woman up to the podium to conduct a job interview for a position at the forthcoming hotel.

Donald Trump during a news conference Monday at the construction site of the Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office Building in Washington. (Photo: Jim Bourg/Reuters)

“So what’s your experience in front of the world?” he asked.

The woman replied, “Well I design. I do wreaths. I do all types of decorations.”

“And you like this building?” Trump said. “So here’s what I’m going to do. There’s the man.”

Trump directed the woman to one of his associates while telling the crowd, “If we can make a good deal on the salary, she’s gonna probably have a job.”

Later on, a reporter pointed out that it’s “pretty remarkable” that Trump just offered a job to a complete stranger and asked what inside his gut led him to that decision.

“I felt good about her. I’ll tell you what, I looked at her, I said she, you know, I have gut instincts, OK? And we’re allowed to have that,” Trump said. “And I looked at her and she asked a question and it was a very positive question… she just seemed like a good person to me.”

He said that maybe she won’t qualify for a position but he thinks she will.

No other information about the woman was immediately available. 

Trump International Hotel will be located at the site of the Old Post Office Building.