I'll let you all in on a little secret of mine on how to get chosen for mod. Get blackout drunk before sending in your app. I barely even remember applying for the mod postitions I was chosen for, and I most definitely have no recollection of applying for senior mod. It's quite the surprise to log on to find out that you have been chosen to be a mod when you barely even remember applying, and it is an even bigger surprise to find out that you were chosen for smod when you had no recollection of applying or even considering applying for that matter. The other half of the fun is looking through your sent messages to find the application you sent and read through what it is that you wrote. I was sober when I applied for the Other Drugs position, and that's the only one I didn't get.
I think that the mods that chose me knew I was blackout drunk when I applied, so I met the qualification of being able to make quality posts while being heavily intoxicated, which is very crucial on a forum like this. Anybody can close/merge/edit threads and infract people breaking the rules, but it takes a special skillset to be able to do those things while half in the bag, or in the small window of time between nods.
Good luck to those of you applying, whether you remember doing it or not.