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ibanezdan wrote:
I applied for a job as a staff member at Games Workshop in Bristol, UK, and I recieved an email informing me I had an interview in 3 days time!

10/25 Joined DakkaDakka
10/26 last posted
10/28 Interview

I think it's safe to say that he isn't coming back and we can let this thread die

 adamsouza wrote:

ibanezdan wrote:
I applied for a job as a staff member at Games Workshop in Bristol, UK, and I recieved an email informing me I had an interview in 3 days time!

10/25 Joined DakkaDakka
10/26 last posted
10/28 Interview

I think it's safe to say that he isn't coming back and we can let this thread die

... He joined on the 26/10
I can't possibly imagine why such a dedicated poster wouldn't comeback to comment on his only thread...

He sent me a PM asking for all the information I could remember from my interview in addition to what I'd already put in my post here. I'm very happy to help someone out but just a thanks in reply would have been nice...

Sooo, any feedback if he got the job after all?

 Kosake wrote:
Sooo, any feedback if he got the job after all?

Like we said, he's vanished after the interview. Hasn't been back.

Probably got the job. Lol!

 Byte wrote:
Probably got the job. Lol!

I'm with the idea that because he cant delete the account he's not allowed back on

So does that mean there's a secret GW internet gestapo after all?

How would GW know if an employee is online unless they're daft enough to post under their own name?

 Howard A Treesong wrote:
How would GW know if an employee is online unless they're daft enough to post under their own name?

If there is such a system I imagine it's more of an informal system; if he got the job, he was probably just asked to stay off forums as we're all GW-bashers and psychics who know about new releases before a GW worker can even admit they exist...

(yes, that last bit was intended ironically)

I could go investigate, but i won't. A frequent user of Dakka working at one of the stores would give me a reason to go in, but since he probably isn't gonna come back i won't. The nicr folk at Element Games can have my money instead.

Holy water and stake comes to mind.. :p

I was in the store the other day and there was a staffer there that I didn't recognise.

Though I guess it could have been cover from another store maybe.

Hey guys, I know this is a ridiculously late reply but I thought I'd get back anyway.... No I didn't get the job, and following the interview I had to deal with a big personal issue which I don't want to go into, but I kinda forgot about this whole thing due to that.

Anyway, that's all behind now, but I'd like to thank everyone who helped me out to prepare for this interview, and even though I didn't get it, it was certainly a learning experience.

Thanks for coming back with the update. Sorry to hear about what's happened but hopefully things will look up!

To be honest you dodged a bullet anyway

Herzlos wrote:
Thanks for coming back with the update. Sorry to hear about what's happened but hopefully things will look up!

To be honest you dodged a bullet anyway

"dodged a bullet" Hmm, what do you mean?

If you worked for GW we'd all know it and some of us would start going to you with complaints, I'm guessing.

I just meant at least you didn't end up an overworked and underpaid store "manager" for GW.

As opposed to an overworked under paid -insert job title here.

I'm sure allot of the working population of the world thinks this at some point in the day!

Howard A Treesong wrote:They're not after someone interested in the hobby.

Things have definitely changed in that case! I had to bring in a box of my best-painted and converted miniatures and the manager at the store a game of Blood Bowl, as part of the interview process*

* In the manner of Japanese businessmen playing their bosses at golf, I lost.

 Pacific wrote:

Howard A Treesong wrote:They're not after someone interested in the hobby.

Things have definitely changed in that case! I had to bring in a box of my best-painted and converted miniatures and the manager at the store a game of Blood Bowl, as part of the interview process*

* In the manner of Japanese businessmen playing their bosses at golf, I lost.

Did you get the job, then?

I wonder if they changed the interview process since I worked there?

I had to build a 4foot tower with 15 sheets of paper and 1 meter of tape, and build a tower out of spaghetti, and marshmallows

It was all quite strange, and it then took them 4 months to get back to be to tell me I had the job O_o

Herzlos wrote:
I just meant at least you didn't end up an overworked and underpaid store "manager" for GW.

How underpaid?

lliu wrote:
How underpaid?

Unless its changed since I was there, maximum pay for an experienced managed outside of London was £16K
Glad I left before I got to stuck it, as I make nearly £10k more telling people to fix their computer

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 Pacific wrote:

Howard A Treesong wrote:They're not after someone interested in the hobby.

Things have definitely changed in that case! I had to bring in a box of my best-painted and converted miniatures and the manager at the store a game of Blood Bowl, as part of the interview process*

* In the manner of Japanese businessmen playing their bosses at golf, I lost.

Did you get the job, then?

I did indeed! Didn't last long though..

How is this thread still going?

Because its interesting?

It's still going because we were curious about his job interview and he finally got back with us, now folks are up to the usual complaining, and crying, and jabbing at GW... you know, same old GAK.

The interview was very basic and informal in my own experience. There was just the manager and two of GW's recruitment guys, all they did was ask me some questions such as "how would you descibe your sales technique?" (I think I answered by saying I would greet the customer, build repute with them and ask them if they were looking for anything in particular, and if not, reccommend a few different products that might suit them.) umm, they asked which games I played, to which I told them I have at different points in my life played Warhammer, 40K and LOTR and enjoyed all of them. a few general questions you would expect in any interview, and that was about it. I imagine the paper tower building is usually only in group interviews, haha.

They handed me a pen, said this is a grenade, the manager then said I'm a mercenary looking to buy grenades. I sold him the grenade... lol It was a blast and they offered me the job, but I was afraid my favorite hobby would become work so I didn't take it... Regrets, but they closed the store down a few years later after the guy who got them the Lord of The Rings line took over the retail stores. They had a great bunch of guys who worked there.
Anyway, I read here that you dodged a bullet but whatever, none of the guys I knew who worked for GW had many complaints if any because I never once heard them.