Please note:
We have high standards, so what works for you and your server may not work for us and our server. Where your standards are set is something only you can decide and for your own reasons.
The first step is always to gather as much information as possible, and certainly basic information (name, gender, age, location, MSN, e-mail, language, experience, reasons for applying). It has never been our experience that younger GM's have ever been able to maintain our standards for a level of maturity on a regular basis. An older person can act immature, but a younger person can't maintain level of maturity we require on a constant basis. Kids are kids, if you hire kids and get immature GM's, it's your own fault. Same goes for hiring people you haven't seen working out an internship process to be tested. You get what you work for, and we work hard.
Don't take my statements personal because they are not directed at any specific person and what works for us my not be your style or choice, and you're entitled to your own opinion either way.