I've been attempting to get into battle on and off for the entire time I have played CF as the mud I came from I was in the anti magic cabal. Over the years I have had what I would classify as rough interviews.
Examples:
Had actually the best luck I ever had with an applicant - and managed to get 7 kills - started the interview process and had to collect 3 more skulls and get 3 written recommendations from other villagers. this process became difficult as getting current members to speak with you can be difficult and lead to more side tasks - to get the recommendation of one person I had to figure out a secondary route to the village that doesn't involve the eastern road. (I still don't know it, well enough to take it without becoming lost, and as a village applicant no potions of return. Once I figured it out the person who I was doing that for deleted before I ever seen them again. That character went stale and I quit for a year or so.