ayusco85:

Interviews are very tricky

I was just wondering, because I answered all the questions perfectly,nd I was sure they saw the job qualities in me.

emerged01:

I never get work until you are self employed.

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PLS AM LOOKING FOR A GOOD JOB ATONITSHA, ASABA AND ITS ENVIRONS, I HAVE DEGREE IN BCH, AND ALSO AN M.SC IN BCH. PLS HELP A SISTER HERE

How best does one answer the question: What do you expect from us, in Naira and Kobo?

Nobody should cram it word for word ooooo.

Hezbola:
This is brilliant, but in Nigeria 95% of the time your name must be on the recommended list. Else even if you answer with the knowledge of Albert Einstein nothing for you.

Well just try your luck....

Regardless.... you have to approach the interview as if it were the 5% of the time..... not the 95%of the time. @Op....great insight.

Phoenix11:
companies are particular about you being a team player....an eagle is not a team player..it hunts alone...while an ant go in search for food together
both answers are not justifyable in a work situation. truth is companies want ants not eagle....except you are the owner of the company then go ahead and be a eagle.

I will choose to be an eagle. just like the famous saying soar like a eagle. you may read up the guile, precision and the sharp[ness at which the eagle operates that is why it lords over all birds in the sky.

An ant has an incredible teamwork. Being a good employee demands you be visionary, work alone and and within a team as the case implies.

so be an eagle!

This is highly educative. I like it.

Good qstns

hardbody:
Why did you not copy and post it yourself for the benefit of readers. You could then have cured it by acknowledging source and yet let people have the benefit of the knowledge...

Plagiarism is dishonesty. It passes off another person's work as one's own.

If the OP had included the link s/he copied it from, it would have made a difference but not a big one. A large fraction of NL front page posts are copied from another website. Even when the source is acknowledged, the problem is that the content is stolen without authorization from the author. It's one thing for the OP to create a post that is inspired from another online source, it's another thing to just copy 100% of another person's writing and paste it on Nairaland. This is stealing.

It is stealing because it robs the website that was authorized to host the content from advertising revenue.

The biggest issue with chronic plagiarism is that it is a sign of intellectual laziness, an unwillingness to think and come up with one's own ideas and writing. A copycat mentality. This attitude spills into many facets of one's life, work, and society.

It befuddles me that a vast number of popular posts on NL are completely copied from other websites. I hope @Seun does something about this before he gets sued sometime in the future.

iamademola:
I was just wondering, because I answered all the questions perfectly,nd I was sure they saw the job qualities in me.

Prayers is key man. Once u get to the interview stage.

ejovwovincent:
Being prepared is half the battle. If you are one of those executive types unhappy at your present post and embarking on a New Year's resolution to find a new one, here's a helping hand. The job interview is considered to be the most critical aspect of every expedition that brings you face-to- face with the future boss. One must prepare for it with the same tenacity and quickness as one does for a fencing tournament or a chess match. This article has been excerpted from "PARTING COMPANY: How to Survive the Loss of a Job and Find Another Successfully" by William J. Morin and James C. Cabrera. Copyright by Drake Beam Morin, inc. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Morin is chairman and Cabrera is president of New York-based Drake Beam Morin, nation's major outplacement firm, which has opened offices in Philadelphia.

1. Tell me about yourself.
Since this is often the opening question in an interview, be extracareful that you don't run off at the mouth. Keep your answer to a minute or two at most. Cover four topics: early years, education,work history, and recent career experience. Emphasize this last subject. Remember that this is likely to be a warm-up question. Don't waste your best points on it.

2. What do you know about our organization?
You should be able to discuss products or services, revenues, reputation, image, goals, problems, management style, people, history and philosophy. But don't act as if you know everything about the place. Let your answer show that you have taken the time to do some research, but don't overwhelm the interviewer, and make it clear that you wish to learn more. You might start your answer in this manner: "In my job search, I've investigated a number of companies. Yours is one of the few that interests me, for these reasons..."Give your answer a positive tone. Don't say, "Well,everyone tells me that you're in all sorts of trouble, and that's why I'm here", even if that is why you're there.

3. Why do you want to work for us?
The deadliest answer you can give is "Because I like people." What else would you like-animals? Here, and throughout the interview, a good answer comes from having done your homework so that you can speak in terms of the company's needs. You might say that your research has shown that the company is doing things you would like to be involved with, and that it's doing them in ways that greatly interest you. For example, if the organization is known for strong management, your answer should mention that fact and show that you would like to be a part of that team. If the company places a great deal of emphasis on research and development, emphasize the fact that you want to create new things and that you know this is a place in which such activity is encouraged. If the organization stresses financial controls, your answer should mention a reverence for numbers. If you feel that you have to concocts an answer to this question - if, for example, the company stresses research, and you feel that you should mention it even though it really doesn't interest you- then you probably should not be taking that interview, because you probably shouldn't be considering a job with that organization. Your homework should include learning enough about the company to avoid approaching places where you wouldn't be able -or wouldn't want- to function. Since most of us are poor liars, it's difficult to con anyone in an interview. But even if you should succeed at it, your prize is a job you don't really want.

4. What can you do for us that someone else can't?
Here you have every right, and perhaps an obligation, to toot your own horn and be a bit egotistical. Talk about your record of getting things done, and mention specifics from your resume or list of career accomplishments. Say that your skills and interests, combined with this history of getting results, make you valuable. Mention your ability to set priorities, identify problems, and use your experience and energy to solve them.

5. What do you find most attractive about this position? What seems least attractive about it?
List three or four attractive factors of the job, and mention a single, minor, unattractive item.

6. Why should we hire you?
Create your answer by thinking in terms of your ability, your experience, and your energy. (See question 4.)

7. What do you look for in a job?
Keep your answer oriented to opportunities at this organization. Talk about your desire to perform and be recognized for your contributions. Make your answer oriented toward opportunity rather than personal security.

8. Please give me your defintion of [the position for which you are being interviewed].
Keep your answer brief and task oriented. Think in in terms of responsibilities and accountability. Make sure that you really do understand what the position involves before you attempt an answer. If you are not certain. ask the interviewer; he or she may answer the question for you.

9. How long would it take you to make a meaningful contribution to our firm?
Be realistic. Say that, while you would expect to meet pressing demands and pull your own weight from the first day, it might take six months to a year before you could expect to know the organization and its needs well enough to make a major contribution.

10. How long would you stay with us?
Say that you are interested in a career with the organization, but admit that you would have to continue to feel challenged to remain with any organization. Think in terms of, "As long as we both feel achievement-oriented."

11. Your resume suggests that you may be over-qualified or too experienced for this position. What's Your opinion?
Emphasize your interest in establishing a long-term association with the organization, and say that you assume that if you perform well in his job, new opportunities will open up for you. Mention that a strong company needs a strong staff. Observe that experienced executives are always at a premium. Suggest that since you are so well qualified, the employer will get a fast return on his investment. Say that a growing, energetic company can never have too much talent.

12. What is your management style?
You should know enough about the company's style to know that your management style will complement it. Possible styles include: task oriented (I'll enjoy problem-solving identifying what's wrong, choosing a solution and implementing it", results-oriented ("Every management decision I make is determined by how it will affect the bottom line", or even paternalistic ("I'm committed to taking care of my subordinates and pointing them in the right direction". A participative style is currently quite popular: an open-door method of managing in which you get things done by motivating people and delegating responsibility. As you consider this question, think about whether your style will let you work happily and effectively within the organization.

13. Are you a good manager? Can you give me some examples? Do you feel that you have top managerial potential?
Keep your answer achievement and ask-oriented. Rely on examples from your career to buttress your argument. Stress your experience and your energy.

14. What do you look for when You hire people?
Think in terms of skills. initiative, and the adaptability to be able to work comfortably and effectively with others. Mention that you like to hire people who appear capable of moving up in the organization.

15. Have you ever had to fire people? What were the reasons, and how did you handle the situation?
Admit that the situation was not easy, but say that it worked out well, both for the company and,you think, for the individual. Show that, like anyone else, you don't enjoy unpleasant tasks but that you can resolve them efficiently and -in the case of firing someone- humanely.

16. What do you think is the most difficult thing about being a manager or executive?
Mention planning, execution, and cost-control. The most difficult task is to motivate and manage employees to get something planned and completed on time and within the budget.

This started well, but later turned out not helpful if you are a fresh graduate from NYSC with what the university system is doing today. As you wouldn't even be able to meet age requirements of 18 to 28 and co.

I love this ,very informative.

Orubebe01:
I once attended an interview and the interviewer asked me, between an eagle and an ant, which one would i choose to be and why? Pls i want to know the right thing to say in this kind of situation.

I will choose to be an ant. This Bible passage explains it all Proverbs 6:6-8 (KJV)
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

A company will always want someone that will work and produce results without Supervision, bring an increase to the company's resources and can work as a team. Ants work in teams when gathering their food for storage. There are many lessons to learn from an ant

charles009:


I will choose to be an eagle. just like the famous saying soar like a eagle. you may read up the guile, precision and the sharp[ness at which the eagle operates that is why it lords over all birds in the sky.

An ant has an incredible teamwork. Being a good employee demands you be visionary, work alone and and within a team as the case implies.

so be an eagle!

And companies don't want someone that will lord over others as the eagle does except you are applying for managerial position. They want team work

These days interviewers use the STAR { Situation, Task, Action, Result} format and I bet you'll be found wanting if you're not well prepared with examples in this direction.

iamademola:
nice one Op,but I just want to blive you get a job with the grace of God, I attended an interview abt a week ago,it went so well that I blive to have heard from them bfor now ,I bounced out of the interview room in smile praying that I'll receive the congratulatory message bfor this week runs out. Now today is sat no message yet.iv been thinking al thorough what kinda life is this. May God help us all.

Please do me a favour, quote me when you get the congratulatory message.

Interview ehh na d practical of Use of english wey bobos do 4 yr1
We go use d english wella, I just hope say som boboz no go bath d interviewers wit saliva.

This is how I'm gonna answer question 6: if you don't want your organisation to crash then hire me coz I'm optimus prime

ayusco85:


How many interviews ve u been to?

no I'm really serious, they didn't ask me all these questions..

Thanks for this thread. very educative and knowing this could influence the chance of getting hired, by the grace of GOD.

Antiparticle:

Plagiarism is dishonesty. It passes off another person's work as one's own.

If the OP had included the link s/he copied it from, it would have made a difference but not a big one. A large fraction of NL front page posts are copied from another website. Even when the source is acknowledged, the problem is that the content is stolen without authorization from the author. It's one thing for the OP to create a post that is inspired from another online source, it's another thing to just copy 100% of another person's writing and paste it on Nairaland. This is stealing.

It is stealing because it robs the website that was authorized to host the content from advertising revenue.

The biggest issue with chronic plagiarism is that it is a sign of intellectual laziness, an unwillingness to think and come up with one's own ideas and writing. A copycat mentality. This attitude spills into many facets of one's life, work, and society.

It befuddles me that a vast number of popular posts on NL are completely copied from other websites. I hope @Seun does something about this before he gets sued sometime in the future.

An academic work that the source is acknowledged ceases being a plagiarized work Sir.

I have no way of determining though whether a vast number of popular topics on NL are copied but if they are, it behooves the copier to acknowledge the source. An original intellectual owner can sue even on things we think are so minor

All these questions will not necessarily relate to the experience and capacity of the interviewee

All the same OP good job

All these questions will not necessarily relate to the experience and capacity of the interviewee

All the same OP good job

GoldenJAT:
nice1!

good evening bro, pls i"d like to solicit for your vote for falconey in tomorow's Mr nairaland voting round.

I'm looking foward to a favorable reply fro you.


Thanks

The OP copied 100% of the post from someone else, this is plagiarism regardless of if he cited it or not.

It stops being plagiarism if the OP had written majority of the content himself/herself and only used (and cited) someone else's work for a small portion of his/her post. Unfortunately, most of the threads on the main NL page are 100% & fully stolen from other sources (citation or not).

hardbody:
An academic work that the source is acknowledged ceases being a plagiarized work Sir.

I have no way of determining though whether a vast number of popular topics on NL are copied but if they are, it behooves the copier to acknowledge the source. An original intellectual owner can sue even on things we think are so minor

A way to check for plagiarism is to copy a phrase in the post and paste it into google and then you will see the actual source.

micxwell:

Please do me a favour, quote me when you get the congratulatory message.

bro are you a pastor or something?.few days ago after a very long time, I received a message for the final interview. the final interview was held last Thursday, I got the congratulatory message Yesterday. I got the job and tomorrow is my medical and documentation..thanks a lot for giving me the hope. Godbless you

iamademola:
bro are you a pastor or something?.few days ago after a very long time, I received a message for the final interview. the final interview was held last Thursday, I got the congratulatory message Yesterday. I got the job and tomorrow is my medical and documentation..thanks a lot for giving me the hope. Godbless you

Praise God. He has never failed me and he just proved it again. U relied on him for a good result bro and u got it, Congrats and i wish you more testimony to come. Thanks for the quote i'm really happy you did.

Very insightful.
God will surely make a way...

This article with interview tips- the more general arts of conducting yourself at the interview
http://www.jobvacancynigeria.com.ng/job-vacancy-in-nigeria-interview-tips/

Job Vacancy In Nigeria Interview Questions and Answers
in Job interview there is a way one should responds to a job interview question and give the right answer in other to get the job
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