I had my interview for the role of Subpostmaster of Brodick Post Office last Friday in Ayr. They recently changed the procedure for Post Office applicants from a traditional interview to a presentation. I was actually the first applicant that the interviewers had had as part of the new format so they were rather curious themselves about how it would work. Thankfully I’m reasonably experienced with presentations so I wasn’t too nervous and knew roughly how much prep work was required. I decided not to rely on any slideshow technology and went old-school with a printed handout and a transcript all neatly bound together for each of the two interviewers. We came out feeling confident that we’d done well and then got ready to head off to the Isle of Arran for a five day trip.

Whilst I was sitting in the bank manager’s office on Monday afternoon, my mobile rang with a message to call the interviewer for the results. So we headed off down to Brodick shore with the Post Office at our backs and the beautiful landscape of Goatfell and the Firth of Clyde spread out before us. I made the call and got the good news that our application was successful! So all the months and months of hard work and planning have paid off!