Hamed works as an intelligence professional for Iriam intelligence, a competitive intelligence firm. He is tasked with gathering intelligence about Dripcore Inc., the major competitor of Iriam’s biggest client. To gather the intelligence, Hamed poses as an applicant for a high-level position with Dripcore and obtains a job interview through which he elicits sensitive information from Dripcore’s employee. Hamed’s approach is an example of: