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«The interview went pretty well. So, have I got the job?»

A computer programmer whose BBC job application led to him mistakenly broadcasting live to a worldwide audience was last night still waiting to hear whether he’d got the job.

Guy Goma, who was ushered before live cameras and interviewed as an internet expert, said that he was "traumatised" by the experience.
Mr Goma was grilled on camera after an embarrassing error by BBC News 24. He had been looking for work in the business information department.

Producers at BBC News 24, the rolling news channel, thought Mr Goma was Guy Kewney, an internet expert, who was sitting patiently in the lobby of Television Centre in West London. Mr Kewney watched television screens in disbelief as the interview progressed, under his name, but with the wrong man.

Mr Goma, an economics and business studies graduate, was interrogated by Karen Bowerman, the business news presenter, about a victory in the High Court by Apple the computer company over Apple Corps, which manages the intellectual property of the Beatles.
When introduced as Mr Kewney, editor of a technology website, his expression turned from surprise to alarm.

«When I realised I was already on air, what could I do? I just tried to answer the questions and stay calm.» ::