[JoeFroggs]

Hey, I'm new to this site, essentially signed up because it was the only one I could find that had any useful sort of converstaion going on about the BBC interviews, sorry if you feel at all used! Thought the least I could do would be to give you some info on my interview.

I was in Manchester so it was a relief to hear from others that they didn't get a second interview on the day, the four or five people I talked to afterwards were under the impression that no-one did. In fact, I think the people interviewing were not affiiated with the programme and were probably specifically hired in to screen applicants; the one I was talking to said she had absolutely no interest in animals. From the questions she asked I thought they were looking for people with some previous experience of travelling and who genuinely wanted to work for the BBC at the end of it (and obviously a huge interest in animals, but that's probably taken for granted if you're being interviewed).

Surprised to hear from Nick that only (approx.) 50% of applicants got interviewed, they Emailed me back about three hours after I sent my application off so I assumed they were just screening them for certain words using some computer program, but maybe that's too cynical of me. Anyway, best of luck to everyone, hope that reassures anybody who went to the Manchester interview and thought they'd blown it by not having a second interview.