Games Maker: the opening ceremony

So, it is now only four days until this journey begins in earnest with my Games Maker selection event in London this Friday.

I have had my email reminder from London 2012, not that I leant that much – except the selection event is in the same part of ExCeL as some exams I did once. Not sure if that’s a good omen or not.

Here’s what I know thanks to the wonderful people who have blogged their experiences of previous selection events online already:

I will have my picture taken before I enter. What? Is this a prison? Will I have to be stripped and de-loused too? And will this photo be on my ID next Summer should I get picked? I have had a short back and sides just to be on the safe side.

I will have time to wander around an exhibition and chat to fellow candidates and staff. I am looking forward to this bit – I am genuinely interested in what each role entails. But is this bit part of the selection process? I’ll try to act normal, but will treat it as such.

I will watch a motivational video. I hope this is the stirring stuff I would imagine it to be, and not the sort David Brent would gladly put his name to. I shall act impressed either way (in case I am being watched – see point above).

I will have a 30 minute interview. Generally, bloggers have said the questions are ‘what you would expect at an interview’. I hope by that they mean ‘talk me through your experience’ and not the dreaded ‘what is your weakness’. Or are they being cute and masking what is in fact an Alan Sugar style grilling? I’ll keep you posted on that one.

And that’s it. Sounds harmless enough, right? I am looking forward to it, but I have devised a crib sheet of possible questions and answers, just so I am briefed. And don’t worry – I will be making notes on the day and posting exactly what happens and, more importantly, what I am asked in the interview.

Final issue? What to wear, of course. The invite says ‘informal’, but I’m gonna pitch my attire somewhere between that and suited and booted.

As this is a PR team I’m going for that ‘PR look’, I think. Dark jeans, tan brogues and a stripy shirt (tucked in, of course). If I wore glasses I would put on my trendiest pair. But I don’t, so I won’t.

Until next time.