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It’s lights, camera, job interview
Applicants hoping to land a job at a Birmingham internet company may have found the interview procedure even more daunting than usual – because it was carried out in front of Channel 4’s TV cameras. The cameras were present to film the
proceedings – at Jewellery Quarter firm Wow Zone - as part of a new series on Channel 4, ‘The Job Interview’. Four applicants were filmed, each hoping to
land a job as an account manager to oversee marketing campaigns on the internet. The four – whittled down from 45 candidates
– found that the cameras laid bare a few things that they may wish had remained private. For a start, a receptionist was caught whispering that one of the candidates looked like Chewbacca out of ‘Star Wars’. Perhaps not surprisingly, ‘Chewie’ didn’t get
the job, as it went to Anna Abedayo, a café waitress from London. Wow chief executive Qasim Majid was full of praise for his new recruit, and said: “Anna loves to get out of her comfort zones, which is one of the main reasons as to why she was picked.
Anna, 27, said: “I may not be the most skilled
but I’m mouldable. A positive attitude takes you a long way.” Wow Zone is a growing digital agency based
in Branston Street, and has been in business for 12 years. The firm says it ‘does everything, from
growing businesses online via digital marketing to designing (and building) robust and innovative websites’. The opportunity to take part in the Channel 4
programme came about because the production company who made it saw Mr Majid in a few of Wow Zone’s own online videos, and ‘thought he came across quite well’. He said: “So the production company
New starter: Anna Abedayo with Wow Zone’s co-CEO, Ausaf Khan
“Moving to Birmingham and working for Wow
Zone was another challenge she had yet to face, she met this change with optimism. She is learning the world of digital as she goes along, however, her main qualities are ambition and enthusiasm - which is unteachable.”
contacted us for this opportunity, which was great because at the time we were looking to expand our team anyway. It felt like hitting two birds with one stone and it's worked out perfectly.” Both Mr Majid and the firm’s newest recruit
are now hoping that things will continue to work out perfectly.
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