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Report the dialogue between Ashish and his interviewer by completing the sentence.
| Interviewer: | Why do you want to be a computer programmer? |
| Ashish: | I have always been interested in computers. |
In response to the question of the interviewer about why Ashish wanted to be a computer programmer, he replied ______.
Solution
In response to the question of the interviewer about why Ashish wanted to be a computer programmer, he replied that he had always been interested in computers.
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