Blizzard Europe Just Phoned
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Playing since day 1. Still can't Comm.England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
Playing since day 1. Still can't Comm.England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">Oh Crap, Oh Crap, Oh Crap, Oh Crap,</div> Remember the GM (Game's Master) vacancy's they advertised a few months back?
Well I filled in an application form on a whim (and to shut my college tutor up) and then completely forgot about ti.
I remember the form said something like "if you don't hear from us in 2 months then your application is likely to have been rejected" - so I presumed my crappy form was thrown in the "Crappy Nubs" pile and later burnt.
Until now....
10 minutes ago my phone rings, I wheel my chair over to it expected it to be my mate Phil asking to lend my Red Versus Blue dvd's, I pick it up and some bloke says "Pete <my-surname>?" and I mutter "Er, yeah?" and he's all like "Hi, i'm calling from Blizzard Europe, do you have a few minutes spare for a phone interview?"
Then I was alittle throw by his accent and was all like "huh, who from where?"
He explained again and I had to sit down and quickly switch off my loud-as-hell Rhapsody music via WinAmp (2.81!) :-P
So then he asked me a series of questions and I managed to answer them fine (in my opinion) but I did feel VERY stupid when he asked what my World Of Warcraft character was.
ME: "It's a er... level err.... 14 Night-Elf... ummm thingy, might be a Mage. I honeslty can't remember."
Then he asked more questions about my experience in customer-services and what I felt about moving to France.
Hopefully I came across as "professional" but I'm not expecting them to say "Holy crap, best application ever! Have a job! No wait, have two!"
He said he'd contact me via email "shortly" - but didn't say what the email would contain. (It might just be a confirmation that the phone-call was genuine - or it might be the full results of my interview.)
I'm nervous, confused and want to go take a bath.
Needless to say.... i'm scared to check my emails.
Ok, i'm gonna go get a bath and download the latest WoW patch because I wanna know what my character is. Heh. I've just remembered he can turn into a bear.
Feel free to ask questions about the phone call, i'll answer as best I can, he didn't give me an insider info or anything NDA-ish (Non-Disclosure-Agreement) so don't expect much in that area from me.
Well I filled in an application form on a whim (and to shut my college tutor up) and then completely forgot about ti.
I remember the form said something like "if you don't hear from us in 2 months then your application is likely to have been rejected" - so I presumed my crappy form was thrown in the "Crappy Nubs" pile and later burnt.
Until now....
10 minutes ago my phone rings, I wheel my chair over to it expected it to be my mate Phil asking to lend my Red Versus Blue dvd's, I pick it up and some bloke says "Pete <my-surname>?" and I mutter "Er, yeah?" and he's all like "Hi, i'm calling from Blizzard Europe, do you have a few minutes spare for a phone interview?"
Then I was alittle throw by his accent and was all like "huh, who from where?"
He explained again and I had to sit down and quickly switch off my loud-as-hell Rhapsody music via WinAmp (2.81!) :-P
So then he asked me a series of questions and I managed to answer them fine (in my opinion) but I did feel VERY stupid when he asked what my World Of Warcraft character was.
ME: "It's a er... level err.... 14 Night-Elf... ummm thingy, might be a Mage. I honeslty can't remember."
Then he asked more questions about my experience in customer-services and what I felt about moving to France.
Hopefully I came across as "professional" but I'm not expecting them to say "Holy crap, best application ever! Have a job! No wait, have two!"
He said he'd contact me via email "shortly" - but didn't say what the email would contain. (It might just be a confirmation that the phone-call was genuine - or it might be the full results of my interview.)
I'm nervous, confused and want to go take a bath.
Needless to say.... i'm scared to check my emails.
Ok, i'm gonna go get a bath and download the latest WoW patch because I wanna know what my character is. Heh. I've just remembered he can turn into a bear.
Feel free to ask questions about the phone call, i'll answer as best I can, he didn't give me an insider info or anything NDA-ish (Non-Disclosure-Agreement) so don't expect much in that area from me.
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Seriously though - if you do get the job, enjoy france!
Congrats by the way.
He has to move to FRANCE dude, I feel sorry for him <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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He has to move to FRANCE dude, I feel sorry for him <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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I don't mind France, but some Parisians really do fit the French snob stereotype. It's a pretty cool city, though. Great shopping, pretty good food (I prefer Rome for yummies), and most people are pretty decent. My biggest problem is that I can't stand the French language, and I wouldn't want to have to learn any language other than English. If I ever move overseas, I'm probably looking at Iceland, Denmark or the Netherlands.
Anyway, enjoy the job you stole from Iggy (he was looking at a Blizzard GM position, too)!
BTW: You have a NE Druid.
But really, yeah take the job.
TAKE IT!
dude, you are paid to bum around online and answer stupid questions/banstick people!
I was all up for going for the GM position till I saw it was in france. I lost interest pretty quick after that ^^;
Indeed. Too bad they don't hire under 18: I'd go down and live with family during the day. Better than the job I got now, thats for sure.
Hahaha. I thought I was the only one who immediatley thought that.
POWER OF THE DRAGONFLAME!!!1111
Kinda funny that you didn't know your WoW character and they didn't say REJECTED flat out....
You must have some promise <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Yeah well.. me neither... good point there... oh man, I hate french... the language is so... so... french.. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Nah j/k
I had french in 7th class... but the only thing I remeber is bonjour and you know the... "do you want to sleep with me" thingy, which I can't even write out.
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Please lie down with me
That was the best babelfish translation I've yet to come across. It makes sence.
On a side note, are you talking about Rhapsody, as in Real's mp3 streaming service? And if so, you're controlling it through Winamp? If so, would you sharing how you accomplished a feat? I have a coworker who uses it and would probably like very much so the ability to control it via Winamp.
lol really, I thought they spoke columbian, with a hint of danish.
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On a side note, are you talking about Rhapsody, as in Real's mp3 streaming service? And if so, you're controlling it through Winamp? If so, would you sharing how you accomplished a feat? I have a coworker who uses it and would probably like very much so the ability to control it via Winamp. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
For any professional MMO all GMs are monitored in office under the head GM, read it in a interview with one of the lineage 2 GMs.
Might be different in a smaller MMO, which WoW is not.
By the way, you don't need to know the product inside-out to do customer service, you need to be patient and personable. Any dimwit can learn the bosses by name. But find someone who'll stay polite after having banned fifteen money farmers in a row.
... and let em be an op in #ns. :P
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QFT
same here, the minute i haerd if i was successful i would have to go to france? **** that for a laugh, i cant stand em.
By the way, you don't need to know the product inside-out to do customer service, you need to be patient and personable. Any dimwit can learn the bosses by name. But find someone who'll stay polite after having banned fifteen money farmers in a row. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Money farming? What is this financial agriculture you speak of?