Monday, 16 July 2012
Date: 22nd March 2011
Location: ExCel Centre
It was the GamesMaker interview day. I sat down with a cup of tea and prepared myself for the interview ahead. It was not like any other interview. Hindsight I just had to remember seven months ago I applied.
Time was about 2pm and having just woke up, I sat on the sofa in my brother’s living room in my pyjamas waiting for my job to start in approximately 60 days, give or take 5 days. Boredom would be excitement at that time. It was a long wait from end of July till October. I was unable to apply for any more jobs because firstly I probably applied to every single one out there already and secondly I already accepted a job. Coincidently, it was my first application. My body and wallet was physically and financially exhausted respectively from my adventures in Nepal (check out the first 25 entries of this blog, something I wrote earlier). Once I published my website within that period of time. There was really nothing to do. Luckily, one of my friend suggested me to apply for a volunteer role in London 2012 Olympics Games.
I loaded up the application page. The first ‘hurdle’ was to pick which sport to work in and the dropdown list revealed that I was not very good at sports. Archery… Nope. Athletics… Nope. Badminton… Nope. Basketball… Nope. Eventually I settled on cycling which was actually the last sport that I did around that year. I took advantage of my high altitude acclimatised body from the trek in Annapurna (5416m) and zoomed around the lake. Oxygen is amazing. Traditionally, Team GB are great at sports which required a lot of sitting down. I like sitting down too. Rowing, sailing, horse riding and cycling. It would make a great atmosphere with some home wins. So I liked cycling if anyone asked.
Then the next section, “Do you have any first aid skills?” Nope. “Do you have any clinical skills?”. Nope. “Do you have any experience in major international events?”. Nope. A few more questions and a few nopes. There were a couple of yay’s but otherwise it was a short application.
In hindsight, how did I get that interview?
Oh yeah, I applied. I felt lucky that day and ready for the interview.
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