Guy Goma’s Accidental BBC Interview Lives On After 20 Years
Guy Goma thought he was interviewing for an I.T. job when he found himself on air on the BBC. What came next was familiar to anyone who has been unprepared at work.
Guy Goma realized that he was in the wrong interview when it became clear that he was about to be on live television.
Mr. Goma, who was at BBC headquarters in London to apply for an I.T. position, had just been ushered into a room and told to sit at a table. A news anchor he recognized came in and sat across from him. Several screens in the room flickered to life — with Mr. Goma’s face on them — when he suddenly thought: “Oh, dear. I’m in the wrong place.”
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