Trying to win a contract with a football team isn't like your average job interview.
Rather than preparing your CV, reading up on your prospective employer and sitting down for a lengthy chat with questions being fired at you about your goals, hopes and dreams you have to let your work on the training ground do the talking.
Sure, players can send in DVDs of themselves but they are highly edited versions of what they can do. In trials, you have to back it up in front of the manager - more than once.
Luke Rowe and Ian Hogg are about to undergo the process of convincing new Wellington Phoenix coach Ernie Merrick they're worthy of being given a job this season.
Both Kiwis have been given a gift-wrapped opportunity to impress following the departure of long-time left-back Tony Lochhead.