Hello good people, i am working on a project and need inputs from this great forum.

I have heard of job interviews in which candidates were judged with unconventional methods. E.g At a job interview in Lagos,candidates were deliberately delayed then taken to a dining hall for lunch and were asked to serve themselves unsupervised.

Many candidates exhibited gluttony while others observed table manners.

Unknown to them the HRM and panel of interviewers were watching via CCTV. Many people lost the job. Please what other unconventional interview styles have you experienced or heard? Thanks.

Bend down, touch your toes with your hands, and shake your tail before the panelist.

What?! HahahahaHaha. Thanks for your input

@Wolex polytechnic, Abeokuta. The interviewer was eating roasted corn while interviewing me. He told me that my pay would be 4k per month. After the interview, about four of us who went for the interview went to price tokunbo cars. LWKMD!

234GT: @Wolex polytechnic, Abeokuta. The interviewer was eating roasted corn while interviewing me. He told me that my pay would be 4k per month. After the interview, about four of us who went for the interview went to price tokunbo cars. LWKMD!

hmmm,that's really funny.lol

One of the top Nigerian owned oil companies.

Pre first stage: facebook things. We were told to add up the company's representative on FB. From that we were assigned to different groups on same FB. We got to know each other from there and discussed too.

1st stage interview: we were told to dress in "smart casuals", and the interview lasted for like 5mins.

2nd stage: told to come with our full traditional attire. 10man panel which was done in a kind of rotational way, where you're timed and you have to meet the next interviewer in 3mins. This means that in 30mins, you should have met the 10 interviewers. Points are deducted if you don't.

3rd stage: this was the only stage that looked like the normal interview, only that we were sent a mail a day to the interview on an assignment to submit. We were grouped in 8 and we had to meet our group memrs that same day. A guy flew down from kano that day in my own group. After presenting the assignment, we were then interviewed individually.

Didn't make it to the final stage but it was a really wonderful experience. Heard the final stage involved being lodged in a hotel on the island for a weekend. Lol

zibe: One of the top Nigerian owned oil companies.

Pre first stage: facebook things. We were told to add up the company's representative on FB. From that we were assigned to different groups on same FB. We got to know each other from there and discussed too.

1st stage interview: we were told to dress in "smart casuals", and the interview lasted for like 5mins.

2nd stage: told to come with our full traditional attire. 10man panel which was done in a kind of rotational way, where you're timed and you have to meet the next interviewer in 3mins. This means that in 30mins, you should have met the 10 interviewers. Points are deducted if you don't.

3rd stage: this was the only stage that looked like the normal interview, only that we were sent a mail a day to the interview on an assignment to submit. We were grouped in 8 and we had to meet our group memrs that same day. A guy flew down from kano that day in my own group. After presenting the assignment, we were then interviewed individually.

Didn't make it to the final stage but it was a really wonderful experience. Heard the final stage involved being lodged in a hotel on the island. Lol

WTF !!!!
which ''top Nigerian owned oil company'' did this?

This topic is going to be interesting. Coming back for it.

I have never been interviewed and never worked for anyone.


But a friend of mine who worked for a company said that during the interview, the interviewer ask him about his favourite kinds of music.


It was a casual kind of discussion and he was really surprised when he was told that the interview was over.


He got the job.

I was asked this question : " a good samaritan helped a man that was hurt. What is his efficiency ratio?"

funkybaby:

WTF !!!!
which ''top Nigerian owned oil company'' did this?

sounds like sahara

It was an interview @ GE Nigeria, was the final 1:1 interview after a previous two. The interviewer kept pinging/ tweeting for most part of the interview...I felt like punching him, that was so so rude.
I have been on several interview panel as an hiring manager at my previous firm and never witnessed anything like that in my life. Did not get the job but was offered one a week later at a German firm on the island.

Omo this tread is gonna be the bomb!
Can't wait for the post that will be posted

duality:

sounds like sahara

Confirmed!!!

234GT: @Wolex polytechnic, Abeokuta. The interviewer was eating roasted corn while interviewing me. He told me that my pay would be 4k per month. After the interview, about four of us who went for the interview went to price tokunbo cars. LWKMD!

234GT: @Wolex polytechnic, Abeokuta. The interviewer was eating roasted corn while interviewing me. He told me that my pay would be 4k per month. After the interview, about four of us who went for the interview went to price tokunbo cars. LWKMD!

LOL

duality:

sounds like sahara

what a crappy recruitment method!

the HR peeps must have lots of spare time on their hands.

first the interview started by 11pm and ended by 1.30am. The MD was dosing all the time and it got to a point that he got up and lay down on his examination couch to sleep (he's a medical doctor). After about 15mins i got up to leave but d sound of the door woke him up and he continued the interview exactly where we stopped(bargaining the salary)! I ended up sleeping in one of his empty patient rooms and left for home the next morning. Got the job, by the way...

Mine was at a bar, a hotel bar to be precise. A form, which i think was the hardest thing i ever filled in my life (just thinking) was sent to me. Missed the deadline for submission by an hour and half, but was lucky to be called for the interview in PH the next day.

Still remember what my employer was eating "Oha Soup with Plenty plenty Goat Meat"...yeah i remember cos i was frea-king hungry, considering the fact i was on the road all day. Anyways he asked me a couple of questions, you guys should have seen me forming english with an accent. This is my 3rd year with the firm and i dont travel by road anymore

d!z !z fun!

Mine was an interview with a bank on the Island. We reported at the head office since morning for the interview. We were ushered into a hall to wait. They never showed up till 8pm (over 10 hrs sitting down doing nothing).I've never been so hungry in my life before as we were not sure if we are allow to leave the hall or not. Anyway, I was interview by the HRM, she was just busy chewing gum, talking on the phone and just not paying attention to me all while I was busy talking. Had to take a taxi home that night.

To my surprise, I got the job. That was my first job after service, though had to exist about a year later, the bank is totally 'nut'.

vislabraye: I was asked this question : " a good samaritan helped a man that was hurt. What is his efficiency ratio?"

What's the answer or what was your response?

If all the threads that make front page are like this, people will dream of Nairaland.

sammily: Mine was an interview with a bank on the Island. We reported at the head office since morning for the interview. We were ushered into a hall to wait. They never showed up till 8pm (over 10 hrs sitting down doing nothing).I've never been so hungry in my life before as we were not sure if we are allow to leave the hall or not. Anyway, I was interview by the HRM, she was just busy chewing gum, talking on the phone and just not paying attention to me all while I was busy talking. Had to take a taxi home that night.

To my surprise, I got the job. That was my first job after service, though had to exist about a year later, the bank is totally 'nut'.

Wat's ur xperience in d banking sector?
U dd u exit d banking sector afta a year.

vislabraye: I was asked this question : " a good samaritan helped a man that was hurt. What is his efficiency ratio?"

the inverse ratio of the hurting man?

Keneking: Bend down, touch your toes with your hands, and shake your tail before the panelist.

LFMAO!!! What position did you apply for

Keneking: Bend down, touch your toes with your hands, and shake your tail before the panelist.

Did you audition for a hip-hop video?

My interview @ HaveSex bank was crazy! Met Aig @ abt 1am on a Sunday morning, nigga was sipping redwine and catchn trips on me! Not being desperate, I just freestyled and told him I was gonna transform his coy, he shook my hand and said 'welcome to havesex bank'

mko abiola:
Wat's ur xperience in d banking sector?
U dd u exit d banking sector afta a year.

The bank job was quite interesting and challenging, but banking is not just me, had to make the switch when I got an engineering job (studied elect/elect eng.) Plus, the working hrs of this particular bank is sickening.

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This is going to be one of the best thread for the week but let me eat my oopa with kulikuli first,i will be back

This space is for interview

i so freakin love dis thread