D.pinaku:
In addition to what @op has said, the followings are also true.
1. Don't answer questions with just YES and NO.
2. Always have a question to ask, it shows you are interested in the company.
3. Don't sit down until you are told to do so.
4. When you enter the interview room, close the door (if applicable) without taking your eyes of or backingthe interviewers. It shows you are security conscious.
5. Don't be soft spoken. Speak up confidently too.
6. Shake hands firmly if the interviewer offers his/her hand.
7. Remember you are the applicant, don't go interviewing the interviewer.
8. Sit upright and confidently.
9. Make eye contact with the interviewer.
10. don't act as if you are so desperate for the job.
11. Don't discuss your personal and family issues.
If for any reason you are offered a meal. Do remember your table manners and proper use of cutleries.
If you are invited for an interview and nobody seems to attend to you. Don't fidget and complain. Someone may be watching.
(Some guyz were invited for an interview and were not attended to. They were there till late in the evening. Some people left, while the very few who stayed back where given appointment letters without further interiew- in fact, that was their interview. Happened in one of the big telecommunication firms.

4. hmmm yea right!! are you interviewing for maig guard or database analyst?

11. 80% of CVs i've seen on this site have tribe, religion, marital status,number of kids, age, LGA

big telco firm, you just turn up at a company and nobody will even acknowledge your presence? hmm

most invaluable..plus d responses too

Dis Guy:


4. hmmm yea right!! are you interviewing for maig guard or database analyst?

11. 80% of CVs i've seen on this site have tribe, religion, marital status,number of kids, age, LGA

big telco firm, you just turn up at a company and nobody will even acknowledge your presence? hmm

Just like you noted, CVs are not meant to contain marital status, state, origin and the likes...

Good Post

marvis5077: tanx 4 dis very important info. Another point is to avoid laughing unessasrily when a funny question is asked. Nd to also avoid reacting aggressively when a ridiculous question is asked. Imagine an interviewer asking such a question '4rm ur cv u ar 35yrs nd still single, why?'

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Havilah93:
best of all tomorrow, just add the comment above this post ^^to the ones already mentioned, and with God on your side......... ..

thanx dude 4 d encouragement. Am actually getting fully 'armed' here

wow very enlightening.. Best post of the week....

I'm savouring this post and comments. Indeed! A nice thread.

BIGER BOY: How do u respond to the' desert' question, like ; what 2 tins would u need if u were stuck in a desert?

I got d question in an interview recently(I was tempted to answer a picture of my ex, to motivate me to stay longer). But seriously what's the best answer?

A water dispenser to remain alive and a solar powered GPS to get out of the desert?

Can u imagine a lady was disqualify becos she did not no the name of the perfume she was wearing, long red painting nails,high hills shoes,blonde hair,too much painting on her face. And again never u discuss about football in an interview room bt wen ask, ure reply should be "i support the club dat play well"

You really shared some valuable points here and I am so glad.
In addition, most graduate don't know what to say when they are asked about their strengths and weaknesses.
Also, try to know what to say about yourself when you are asked and please don't say jargons about been honest or a good christian or I am from a family of two or my father married two wives. Try to talk about things you can do or offer.
Try to always give your all and prepare well.

guys i had my first interview yesterday and i think i 'killed' it cos of the impression on the interviewer's face. But i still need ur prayers o

rexfada: guys i had my first interview yesterday and i think i 'killed' it cos of the impression on the interviewer's face. But i still need ur prayers o

prayers, you will get- but i hope the interview went well lyk u said

Nice one! Really useful

A friend of mine was offered a place in a very big company, the position is intern like for some months after which if he performed well it will be made a permanent position, the reverse is also true. His dilemma now is should he leave his current permanent job with the FG for the big coy job? He sought my advice and I told him think deeply first. What do u think.

[color=#990000][/color] That's true.And another thing you must also do is dat dont 4get to fill your face with smile.It may even be because of ur smile you will be given the job

Mai-suya:
A friend of mine was offered a place in a very big company, the position is intern like for some months after which if he performed well it will be made a permanent position, the reverse is also true. His dilemma now is should he leave his current permanent job with the FG for the big coy job? He sought my advice and I told him think deeply first. What do u think.

You might what to start a new topic for this one

is he capable of meeting the job specification and surpassing them with the time frame of his probabtion period?

Mai-suya:
A friend of mine was offered a place in a very big company, the position is intern like for some months after which if he performed well it will be made a permanent position, the reverse is also true. His dilemma now is should he leave his current permanent job with the FG for the big coy job? He sought my advice and I told him think deeply first. What do u think.

Well, if he was excellent by the standards of the very big company, they would not even think of making him an internship offer. They would make him a permanent job offer straight, and sometimes on the spot. Internships are originally for students/graduates who have not really been extensively tested and found trusted, people that organizations are still unsure of their capabilities.

If your friend leaves his certain job for something he is not sure of, or worse still, for something he doesn't know his chance of getting, then he may not smile at the end of everything. How is he sure that the organization told him the truth? Does he even know the thought of the person proposing him an internship offer? Does he not know that the organization can as well say that his performance is just average after the internship and then tell him thank you and make him zero offer?

In my view, taking this risk is good for someone who has no good offer or who has no permanent job. How can a full time worker somewhere suddenly decide to go and do an internship somewhere else in hopes of landing a permanent job offer? This is a trick played by fresh graduates, not someone who is already in a professional capacity.

Unless I can take a leave of absence that spans the duration of the internship, I will never leave a permanent job for an internship. If they value me, they will make me an offer. They will not first demote me to an intern. Geez, not even a graduate entry level position. Interns, in addition to other things, are known to fetch coffee, run errands and engage in other unprofessional acts for their superiors. Why the hell would I want to subject myself to such things all in the name of probably landing an offer?

T22

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nice advice T, any way it's not actually an intern but some sort probation or graduate scheme... But non the less I guess a bird in hand is better than two in the bush!

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sorry D, didn't mean to derail the thread...

Havilah93:
prayers, you will get- but i hope the interview went well lyk u said

Bro i just got a call from the MD of the company informing me of success and also congratulating me. But the pay (according to what they told me in the interview) is 38k, so am considering not taking the offer now. I dont know whether to continue with my cisco and leave the job (though i can still carry on while doing the job) or to just take the offer. 38k in port-harcourt no much o.

having just spent much of april and may attending interviews (100% success), i have to say the OP is dead on point. No 8 (negative points) is absolutely imperative that you have an answer for that highlights your ability to transform negatives into strengths.

rexfada: Bro i just got a call from the MD of the company informing me of success and also congratulating me. But the pay (according to what they told me in the interview) is 38k, so am considering not taking the offer now. I dont know whether to continue with my cisco and leave the job (though i can still carry on while doing the job) or to just take the offer. 38k in port-harcourt no much o.

na wa o! 38k in a notoriously expensive place like PH? But since, as you say, you were told about the pay package of job during the interview and still decided to pursue it, i'm guessing your present cisco job isn't a much better alternative, abi?

Whatever the case, i'll suggest you make a very careful analysis of the offer and its location before committing yourself. All the best.

GboyegaD:

No employer has right to ask you such question as that is too personal. If you ask me, I will politely tell you I do not respond to such question because it is too personal.

don't be too sure o! in fact i'm tempted to beleive its a standard question by employers based on the number of females i've come across who've been asked such. Even my own sister when she went for interview with first bank, despite the fact she was just in her mid twenties was asked the question. She simply said it was not her time yet and that ended it. (she didn't get the job -- though i den't think it was due to that question, lol!).

To be honest though, I dont think, at least based on the nature of the job, that its necessarily too personal a question as long as all further enquiries in that direction ends with a simple answer from the lady -- however unacceptable to the interviewer it may be.. If however the lady is continuously badgered with the same or even more personal questions, then that clearly crosses the line and could indeed, esp if a male interviewer, be tending towards harassment.

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Thanks very much at learnt alot from your guidelines.

Wow! It is really educative,I like this. I think this point also will be very vital. Try to digest a question before you give out your answer, if you didnt get the question, tell the person that you didnt get the question. If you are ask 2 explain 'B' explain the b dont add 'c' . Tanx

Nyc post...many pple are unemployed bcs dy dnt knw sum f ds tns.