Also found under 'help harper_interviews' on the game.
What is the applicant's name? Where are they from? Press for background here, if possible. Why are they in Ista, if not from around here? Again, background. Why is it they want to be a Harper? What most interests them about being a Harper? What is it they think Harpers do? (Incidentally, if they've read 'help harper', they /ought/ to give a good answer to that one…)
Then there are some OOC questions you might want to ask: What of the books (if any) have they read, and which are their favorites? Favorite characters? Do they have any RL music experience, and how much? Do they have any MOOcode experience (and how much)? This, of course, assumes they've had any experience on Moos at all; have they? Do they ever plan to apply for Search? Do they understand the difference between IC and OOC?
The OOC questions do not have any bearing on whether or not they are accepted, but are nice to know. In terms of other advice, just be friendly and polite. If you don't think they're up to standard, don't accept 'em, though. If they haven't developed a background, you might tell them to spend a week RPing, and come up with one, then come back. In general, use your good judgement and common sense as your guide.
One additional consideration; the IC age of the applicant. Characters below the age of 10 Turns are unlikely to be admitted except in specially circumstances, and /never/ under the age of 8. Also, if an applicant is young, they should be aware that a character under 17 Turns is /extremely/ unlikely to be handed any sort of promotion; the necessary maturity simply doesn't come until a slightly later age.
And as a reminder: The only thing the App /needs/ to do for him/herself is to @addfeature #2870. The channel, the parent change, the @sethome, the title change and the mailer are all handed by one handy dandy little staff verb. Not to say that you can't have them do any of this, if you want them to feel included right away, and there's not staff around…But it'll all be done for them anyway. :)
