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title: Get to know Arilyn - Zakariya Ahmed, Pre-Sales Manager
description: Zakke started as a Pre-Sales Manager at Arilyn at the beginning of March. Let's welcome him with our batch of random questions!
---

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# [Get to know Arilyn - Zakariya Ahmed, Pre-Sales Manager](https://blog.arilyn.com/get-to-know-arilyn-zakariya-ahmed)

 Written by [Liisa Mathlin](https://blog.arilyn.com/author/liisa-mathlin) | 1.4.2021

Hooray, we have yet another new face here at Arilyn! Zakke started as a Pre-Sales Manager at the beginning of March. Let's welcome him with our batch of random questions!

**Hi Zakke! We're so excited to have you here! Tell us a little about yourself.**  

As a Pre-Sales Manager, my tasks include new customer acquisition and various sales activities. I'm also a football coach at PPJ.

 

**So you're familiar with hitting goals on a few kinds of fields! What are you most grateful for at the moment?**

Family & friends. 👏

 

**Family and friends are gold. Do you like rain?**

Not at all.

 

**Too bad you live in a country of eternal November. In the movie of your life, who would play you?**  

Will Smith or Denzel Washington. Will Smith because of his sense of humor, and Denzel Washington because he simply is the best actor.

 

**I see; only the best of the best are worthy. What is your greatest career fail?**

Can't think of any. I'll come back to that sometime later... Or never. 😀

 

**I will ask again the next time we have an office party. Best ever career advice?**

Be yourself and consider yourself as a learner for life. Life is a journey!

 

**Indeed! What is your favorite season?**  

Easy. Summer.

 

**You mean that one week sometime between May and August when it's not raining. Who's your hero?**  

Dad.

 

**Dads are amazing! If you didn't do what you do now, what would you be doing?**  

Actor because my life is a movie!

 

**It must be hard to fight evil and rescue the love of your life on a daily basis. Chocolate or strawberry?**  

Both, but if I had to choose one, then chocolate.

 

**You don't have to choose. This isn't a life-or-death situation like the rest of your life. What did you have for breakfast?  **

I had an omelet, a piece of bread with turkey and cucumber, orange juice, and coffee.

 

**Ooh, yummy! What would you rather have?**

I always eat the same - some variations at times.

 

**Why change something you've found to be working. Favorite drink?**  

Orange juice.

 

**What is your greatest frustration?**

This is a hard one. One of many is when I leave home, and I forget something and have to go back. Another one is waiting. I hate waiting.

 

**You better not ask me anything then; it takes a week for me to make a sentence. [It's a Häme thing](https://visithame.fi/en/smoke-sauna-combines-the-slow-hame-character-and-true-finnish-enjoyment/). Dogs or cats?**  

Both.

 

**WRONG! It's cats. What job would you be terrible at?**

A cook. I would probably become hungry from all the delicious food. Haha.

 

**No time for cooking, only eating! What do you wish you knew more about?**

Psycolochy is interesting. Especially the human mind.

 

**It is! Unusual hobbies or interests?**

I like to watch anime. I also introduced myself to pair dancing, such as kizomba and bachata. But, because of COVID, I can't do that at the moment. Maybe again sometime in the future when the situation is better!

 

**Doesn't a global pandemic just ruin everything? Favorite band?**

I don't have one. Periodically I listen to some genres more than others. I listen to rap, R&B, afro, soul, jazz, and funk. Nowadays, I've been into French hip hop, even when I don't understand anything. 😀  

 

**What a delicious combo! Tell us a short story from your childhood.**

This is a funny story; I'll remember this always. I was about six or seven and playing outside with my friend. A spider bit my finger, it hurt a lot, and I started crying and went home. When I got back, my friend asked me where I went, and I told them that my mom cleaned the finger and put a bandaid on it. My friend was shocked and shouted: "Nooo, what have you done! You lost your Spiderman-powers!" And then I also shouted: "Nooo, what have I done!"

 

**That's hilarious!** Thank you for answering these weird questions! This was a lot of fun! I wish you happy days here at Arilyn, and I hope we can soon have that office party so you can tell us all about your fails!

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