You seem to have integrated yourself rather well in the community, which is always great, but from what you have done in forum in your time here, I can't really say anything about you. It's very good that there is nothing bad to say about you, but if that is the only good thing, is that enough to evaluate if you would be a good addition to the Moderator team? I have seen you reply in discussions, short and to the point, yet it's rare, as vast majority of your posts are from taking part in forum events. While it is great that you actively take part in events, what is not so great is that you don't seem to be too involved in the forum itself outside the events. Perhaps you feel too new to engage, which is understandable, but to me, if I was in your shoes, it would feel essential to involve myself everywhere I can, show that I am an asset, that I can help and do so even if I don't have the position. Dress for the job you want not the job you have kind of thing.
Your mentioned strengths and weaknesses are very vague and generic. "I wasn't so sure if I would make the team, nor that I wanted to" is not a great way to reason your desire to apply, it looks more like personal interest rather than genuine desire to contribute to the community.
Despite the mentioned, it is great that you are honest and openly admit that your past experience was so long ago that you can't call it experience at this point and seeing how you said that you are willing to learn, this is not an issue whatsoever, nobody knows how to ride a bike if they have not spent time mastering it. Your English proficiency is good, which is very valuable and arguably one of the key points for English speaking forum Moderation.
Based on your application as it is now, and your time spent in the forum since registration, it is hard to generate an opinion about you.
Instead of giving an opinion now, I would like to see you improve on your application, elaborate on strengths with a specific example or two, such as past situations where you handled challenges or resolved conflicts, as 29 years old guy you should have more than enough real life experience in work environment where you have faced challenges. Let us get to know you better. There is no need to write a novel like I did now, just extract the main idea of the story, for example tell us that you are good at x because you faced x challenge more than once and it came easy to you to solve this kind of problem, so you consider that you have the x ability to the point. Be proud of your talents. This is just an example of course, use your own words and imagination.
In addition, I would suggest that you rephrase the why should we hire you part, try to focus on what you bring to the table, instead of saying that you apply because there is a position available. As it stands now, I don't see enthusiasm.
I am in no way trying to say that your application is bad, it simply needs an improvement to be better, to tell us more about you, it is great that you applied and I salute the courage to do so despite being unsure about your chances. If you don't ask, answer is always no. If or when you add to your application, I will edit my reply to give an opinion on your updated application. To take my advice or not is up to you, good luck regardless.
I must say, an honest and sincere response in all sense of words, I gladly accept your comments, more so ever the parts with things that are not done good enough, or with enough effort from my side.
I wanted to be straight, like I am in real life: if I donβt like you, Iβll state it right in front of you, itβs who I am and who made me till today.
Iβm a graduate of Automotive Manufacturing Engineer, and from this point of view, too many words for me are useless. Iβm cut to the chase, but thereβs where you opened my eyes and I truly am grateful for that: I know my capabilities, and now my worth and if I want to make something, Iβll sure make it happen, but of course you donβt know that, because weβre not in real life here, friendly chatting at evening with a beer and a snack, discussing life problems, work problems and family, how weβve built our success and lifestyle.. thatβs a part that I just skipped it in with some lousy lazy words, just to not let that topic unwritten..
What can I bring to the table:
- a devoted member, one who likes to help in all terms that he knows, and even if I'm not aware of the topic, I will search, ask, grind myself into that thing to be able to help the members, also boost my knowledge
- a member who is funny, always tryin' to search the good in the bad, to be cheerful and get the best out of others
- a guy who you can rely on when heavy works come, who can help not just members of the community, but also staff if somebody is in need (the quote from Captain America: "you're not the guy who'd make the sacrifice play, to lay down on a wire and let the other guy crawl over you" - well I fit in the opposite of that quote from my perspective)
Re-reading the reason that I first stated for the hiring matter, I'd say now it rather looks selfish, undeserving of joining the team, but in my defense, I really didn't know how to state it, because words aren't my strong point as it seems, but the actual matter is: I'd really love to try the best out of me joining the MOD team, trying to help all members of this community, but at first sight I was unsure to apply or not, because the lack of experience I have and that we are a very big family over here that needs the proper guidance (since I didn't had all the tools in my mind to know all the facts, I started to see myself as unworthy, but hey, everyone started from somewhere, and with the guidance of the staff, for sure I'm gonna learn what it takes <3 )
