dba_afish said:
every so often they do a staff drive, last one was around 11 months ago, now.

applicants sign up to be either a moderator (who handles user report tickets and bans) or a janitor (who handles post approvals and deletions), an admin interviews the applicant, and then they take some time and decide which of the applicants should be picked to fill in the roles.

Oh, thats a pretty useful info, do you know what the interviewer wants in a possible janitor?

Bsmasulauch said:
Oh, thats a pretty useful info, do you know what the interviewer wants in a possible janitor?

I would assume:
1. Someone that understands the basics of the uploading guidelines pretty well. That is to say, if something is unambiguously on one side of approval/rejection they should be able to make the correct decision. (I'm conjecturing, but the applicant having many posts uploaded is a sign that they are at least familiar).
The edge cases can be discussed (and passed onto someone else) so don't worry too much about those.

2. Generally, avoid having a record or staff note (or vibes in general) saying that you're (unduly) hostile to other users. (This is probably a pre interview background check)

3. The ability to use discord to communicate with the other staff (discord is where most of the private staff interactions take place)

4. The ability to set aside some time to go and approve/reject/delete/unflag the posts in the modqueue