[MoM App] - Richard Blackwood

First and Last Name: Richard Blackwood

Age: 27

School attended (Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, ...): Hogwarts

Favourite Subjects he/she studied: History of Magic, Defence Against the Dark Arts

Department you want to work for: Ministry of Magic Public Information Services

Job you are applying for (if the department you chose offers more than one job): Daily Prophet Journalist

Why did you choose that job? Since my student years, I have loved investigating and writing about events happening in the wizarding world.

Why should we choose you? I already have a lot of experience in the field, and I am very hard-working and persevering.

Do you have any previous experience in that field? Yes, at Hogwarts and then a few years at Wizard Weekly

Would you also like to be considered for the Head of Department position?* Yes

What are the qualities and defects of your character? Richard is very ambitious, hard-working, nothing can stop him from finding out the truth. However, he tends to ignore the rules when searching for information.

Any other Information: None

Role playing example (minimum 300 words - any situation where you are performing the job you are applying for):

Once its doors slowly closed, the lift instantly started moving. “Which floor, sir?” the attendant asked him, a polite smile on his face. “The first, please.” Richard answered with equal kindness. As they were descending deeper into the ground, he went over the topics he wanted to treat during his meeting. Despite his experience, he was still somewhat nervous about this task, since it was the first major one he had been assigned since he started working at the Ministry several weeks earlier.

His anxiety reminded him of the first years of his career, when he was still a journalist for Wizard Weekly. After investigating numerous supposed accidents across the country, he had warned everyone about the possibility that dark wizards had not been utterly destroyed by the defeat of Voldemort so many years ago. They had plenty of time to regroup behind new leaders and were only waiting for the right moment to strike. He had done everything he could, fighting censorship and threats to show the public that the ministers who were succeeding one another at the head of the government were weak and only sought to put more galleons in their already fat pockets rather than help defend the wizarding world. And he watched helpless as dark wizards from who knows where debark and kill innocents by the thousands, culminating in the closure of Hogwarts, the legendary school of witchcraft and wizardry. However, the Wizengamot then finally came to its senses, appointing Jeremy Rufford as Minister for Magic. After a long struggle and many casualties, the ex-Auror managed to drive the enemy away, and the magical community could know peace once more. But could it really?

“Level 1 - Minister for Magic and Support Staff. ” a sweet female voice announced, interrupting his thoughts. “Here we are, sir.” the attendant unnecessarily remarked as the doors were opening with a mechanical sound. “Thank you” Richard replied, exiting the lift alongside two other Ministry workers and several pale violet-coloured paper airplanes. He followed the corridor, trying to remember the instructions he was given, since this was the first time he ventured in this part of the building. The floor was covered in thick purple carpets, and on each side of the hallway, there was a set of gleaming mahogany doors, each bearing a small plaque with the owner's name and occupation upon it. Finally reaching his destination, he knocked and waited for a response. After a few seconds, a tall dark-haired man appeared in the opening. "Good afternoon minister", Richard said confidently, "I'm here for the interview."