Sorry for the loss but I can't find a correlation between where u stay, the fact that he is a Deeperlifer and your loss of the job opportunity.

bros u can lie. u jst looking for and excuse. the same bank will have staff bus going thru ur route. i doubt dats d reason

life is a bit.ch

PHIPEX:
Sorry for the loss but I can't find a correlation between where u stay, the fact that he is a Deeperlifer and your loss of the job opportunity.

That is the problem with many Nigerian youths. Blaming everyone and everything but themselves. I have been recruiting people on my thread here on nairaland, teaching them how i make money on Fiverr.com but the nonchalance some exhibit is nauseating. Now. look at this one blaming his location for his problem. I was in Katsina serving, importing tablets from aliexpress. I didn't look how dry the land was. i was getting recommendations for jobs but i had better skills i wad developing

Now... I can't imagine myself asking for a job when i have companies fighting over me to get the skills of a graphics designer, website designer, Video and Animation expert, social media expert all in one... By the time many of them sending CV will become serious with doing something with their lives, people like us would already been charging millions for them to hear us speak.

Take heart...a better one awaits u....but errrrrrm, pls tell us d area u stay,so we can avoid such pitfalls in d future...biko

Brazen liar.So,everybody that look sober(appearance)are Deeper life member?Deeper lifer aren't wicked as u potrait it here.A deeper life member will rather encourage,pray for U/congrats U @ dat stage.A colleague of mine live around Abaranje and work on the Island.Tell us the TRUTH not dis bole kaja tales.I dnt even trust U now with dis LIE(U for dey steal money in d bank self )

Probably a dream self afta eaten Akpu plus

Name of d area or...

OP, you couldn't have lost an entry level bank job because of where you reside. There must have been other things considered. Banks don't expect their employees to come from VGC or Wuse.
Infact, bankers are ordinary people being made to look like superstars because of their flash suits.

Funny Comments OP how did you know it is because of where you live? By the way, why didn't you tell us the name of the place? you better come and tell us o

Op, we need both the name of the place and the name of the man that turned you down. At least an indication of his name. You cannot come here, make some outlandish statements and disappear.

There is something 'Tosin' is not telling us and I think it's has to do with tribe and ethnic origin.

Iamtosin - "Few minutes ago, I got a message that I wasn't recommended after all what I sacrificed for this job. I will never forget this experience and I think I will always hate anyone that bears this man's name[b][/b]"



Methinks the man has an Igbo name....

where do you live or i dont believe this.

Going through the OP's previous post and topic, I deduced that the said basnk is Sterling bank and the OP lives in the mushin area of Lagos state.
The name of sterling bank group head Lagos is Mudathir Lawal , an unlikely name for a "deeper life man", except it is another person.

What I can't convincingly connect is the relationship between mushin and " deeper life", is it the drugs , crimes or ruggedness all of which depends largely on the individual" deeper life
members over to you , should a member's priority be "saving a soul" or rejecting a "sinner".

efilefun:
Sorry bro, but I don't think the area you reside had anything to do with you being rejected, we Nigerians are always very fast to attribute our failure on one thing or the other, maybe your portfolio wasn't as "juicy" as that of the other candidate... He might have done some professional courses relevant to the field and got more working experience than you... So there are a lot of things that could have gone wrong... But definitely not cuz of the area you reside

I think it does matter now. A friend went for a job interview and the first question was 'where do you live?'. Yaba he blurted out in shock as that was the last question he expected. Well the rest session was mere formalities and he got the job with a car and driver.

Discrimination useless pple....if na Yankee u do dis to an individual and they mean to take the firm to court..d firm go beg u even employ u sef

EsanEmmanuel:
I know its SBPLC.. cux I was treated same way... took me days to get over it... bruh... those pple are heartless... take heart

SBPLC .. a bank .. .. all will be well.

I don't even know what to make of this story.
Deeper life interviewer not liking where you live?

The Interviewer might be doing you a huge favour, you could not see it. If the pay is not worth your distance from home vis-a-vis the office, it will be sheer evil to employ you. As desperate for a job as you are, trust me, at the long run your emotional state will affect the company's output.

My former employer would never employ you (no matter your qualification) for a N100k pay if your distance is not among the neigbors and borders of Ikeja.

Far areas like Sango Ota, Badagary, Ajah/Lekki, Apapa, Ayobo, Okokomaiko etc will not be shortlisted for interview unless the pay is from N150k. The company's office assistant was someone who lived in the neighborhood, who was ready to accept N30k.

There are some employers with human feelings. We may not see it, sometimes when employers reject us for a reason based on our locations.

Move on, it's not the end of life. It's all for good

jtownrep:


I think it does matter now. A friend went for a job interview and the first question was 'where do you live?'. Yaba he blurted out in shock as that was the last question he expected. Well the rest session was mere formalities and he got the job with a car and driver.

Now, this is new.

Koolking:
The Interviewer might be doing you a huge favour, you could not see it. If the pay is not worth your distance from home vis-a-vis the office, it will be sheer evil to employ you. As desperate for a job as you are, trust me, at the long run your emotional state will affect the company's output.

My former employer would never employ you (no matter your qualification) for a N100k pay if your distance is not among the neigbors and borders of Ikeja.

Far areas like Sango Ota, Badagary, Ajah/Lekki, Apapa, Ayobo, Okokomaiko etc will not be shortlisted for interview unless the pay is from N150k. The company's office assistant was someone who lived in the neighborhood, who was ready to accept N30k.

There are some employers with human feelings. We may not see it, sometimes when employers reject us for a reason based on our locations.

Move on, it's not the end of life. It's all for good

True

Iamtosin:
With heart and eyes filled of tears I write this and I want everyone to learn from my experience


I passed the bank's entry level test last year November, I wrote another test this year Feb, then I passed, scaled through the first interview and also the second interview which was a panel interview.

I then got called to come for a final one which was a chat with the group head.

From our conversation I knew I was going to have a problem with the man. I never knew he was a deeper life man. I was neatly dressed with nice hair cut. At the end of our conversation when he asked which area of lagos I stay and I told him, his countenance changed and told me 'you can go' without the conventional 'do you have any questions for us'

Few minutes ago, I got a message that I wasn't recommended after all what I sacrificed for this job. I will never forget this experience and I think I will always hate anyone that bears this man's name

From our conversation I knew I was going to have a problem with the man.
---you can imagine how you counted the eggs before they hatched. Meanwhile, I want to believe you were either not answering his questions or you were not straight-forward.

I never knew he was a deeper life man.
--this is why you need to learn to remove all forms of religious perception of people when you are in formal meetings, face the professional view of everything

I was neatly dressed with nice hair cut.
--this was probably the only selling point you took there. If you don't have the stuff he needs, nice hair won't sell him anything

At the end of our conversation when he asked which area of lagos I stay and I told him, his countenance changed and told me 'you can go'
--I doubt if he was laughing all along and suddenly frowned.

without the conventional 'do you have any questions for us'
--Once again, you had an expectation of what to meet. You probably have read too much 'How to prepare for interview'. People that know that an organization needs them don't have to prepare all the expected questions in their head.

Above all, if you have the stuff they need, and you committed the interview to God (if you believe in God), and you still don't get the job, just know that as long as you have something to 'sell', another 'buyer' will come.

All will be well, bro.

felai:
"Living in an area"

iamtosin can u please make it clearer

Actually, area of residence can affect job prospect. In a place like London, if you're living in certain areas, better not put the address in your cv.

Those middle class people have prejudice against those living in poorer areas. In London, your post code changing from SE to SW next street can attract £400 more in rent per month. Some people living in one area of London all along may not even know. Some people pay over the top just to avoid certain post codes.

If you move only with fellow blacks, you may not even know.

Even me Africa man, there are certain areas I avoid going to if I can. Prejudice is very widespread: race, religion, wealth/poverty, area of residence, profession, education and so on. FACT.

TalkDirect:

carzola:
This OP should be banned for religious discrimination, he just came here to tell us that '' DEEPER LIFE '' people are bad.

I agree with you. I wonder what being a Deeperlifer has to do with OP's story. Is it a kind of stigmatization? I just wonder.

No wonder some of you struggle with comprehension. Where did the OP say Deeper Life people are bad?

pishure of d man or adonbelivit.

mytime24:
mushin or ajegunle

And if it Mushin or aj, there's nothing wrong with it. Good people don't live in such places?

mapet:


No wonder some of you struggle with comprehension. Where did the OP say Deeper Life people are bad?

he said the man that interviewed him is a member of deeperlife, he the op refused to mention his address so the only point gotten from this post is the fact the guy that made him not get the job was a member of deeperlife until other facts are brought to the table we would judge the story based on the fact the interviewer was a deeperlife member... receive common sense hence forth to reason like a human. IJN

It had nothing to do with where you stay. You may have goofed in front of the so called (by you) "deeper life" man.

Its possible he was rejected cos of that. I once went for an interview and asked where I live. On mentioning Ikorodu, the next question was how i'd make it to VI early.

U don't expect a bank in lekki to employ you when you stay in iyana iba.......its just common sense

Bros mindworx,

Think you need to cut this guy some slack. You were too harsh on him.

1. If he scaled all levels up to the final level, then it counts for something and not the dumbo you're trying to make him look like
2. It's my impression this guy is a fresher, and should not be crucified for some experience he couldn't have gotten. We can engage him on the terms of him being new to the job market
3. I find it absurd that you'll tell him "this was probably the only selling point you took there. If you don't have the stuff he needs, nice hair won't sell him anything". This is condescending are uncalled for....You were not at the interview and cannot make judgements simply based on his emotion-laden piece

Truth is a lot of things goes into hiring and yes, in many cases, candidates do all the right things yet don't fit into the profile. Truth is the said "Deeper-life" man might have been unnecessarily harsh, maybe his bad day or maybe simply a bad interviewer

@OP, these are my tots
1. When you go for interviews, just relax and enjoy the experience. Don't put so much into it like your life depends on it. At this stage in your life, there are many more interviews you'll still do
2. I went for an interview in my early days, I was in IT then. So they asked me if I knew any Deployment tool and I told the truth and answered in the negative. These was after I've answered every questions that had to do with ITSM. Then this "Idiot" on the panel just went off as if I took his girlfriend that how can I not know any deployment tool? I answered that my company's policy on deployment had moved to web-based and our ERP solutions are web-based on the client side, regardless of the location. For the purpose of those not IT-aware, this is a simple case of choices; option A or B. This guy was crucifying me for something I don't have experience in and I sincerely declared. If I were 2-3years older in the industry, I would have simply stood up and tell him to FVCK OFF.
3. Even if the job interview went well, it is not the impression you get when you leave that translate into you getting the job. My wife went for an interview and they tacitly implied to her to expect to start the next week. If that next week will come tomorrow......... another case , she went for another and came back home looking a little depressed. She said she didn't like the fact that she was catching her breath to answer some question.......alas she got the job
4. I went for an interview with @ Telco in 2006. It went so well that it turned to a gysting session. They were so impressed with my performance. The HR manager even escorted me to the elevator saying "Mr. XX, expect to hear from us by Thursday........" I waited and didn't hear from them. I called my contact, who told me that it was a tough competition between 3 candidates and I was one of them. The company decided to go for the guy with a Big 4 experience, unfortunately I never worked in any consulting firm.

At any rate these are simply learning experiences. You will go through thougher ones and it's your ability to plan and think of this like a chess game, plan your moves, be confident, be prepared and most of all, relax while you're there. It's your calm mien that could count.

mindworx:


From our conversation I knew I was going to have a problem with the man.
---you can imagine how you counted the eggs before they hatched. Meanwhile, I want to believe you were either not answering his questions or you were not straight-forward.

I never knew he was a deeper life man.
--this is why you need to learn to remove all forms of religious perception of people when you are in formal meetings, face the professional view of everything

I was neatly dressed with nice hair cut.
--this was probably the only selling point you took there. If you don't have the stuff he needs, nice hair won't sell him anything

At the end of our conversation when he asked which area of lagos I stay and I told him, his countenance changed and told me 'you can go'
--I doubt if he was laughing all along and suddenly frowned.

without the conventional 'do you have any questions for us'
--Once again, you had an expectation of what to meet. You probably have read too much 'How to prepare for interview'. People that know that an organization needs them don't have to prepare all the expected questions in their head.

Above all, if you have the stuff they need, and you committed the interview to God (if you believe in God), and you still don't get the job, just know that as long as you have something to 'sell', another 'buyer' will come.

All will be well, bro.

carzola:
he said the man that interviewed him is a member of deeperlife, he the op refused to mention his address so the only point gotten from this post is the fact the guy that made him not get the job was a member of deeperlife until other facts are brought to the table we would judge the story based on the fact the interviewer was a deeperlife member... receive common sense hence forth to reason like a human. IJN

Bros,

One big lesson I have learnt over the years, like in this case, is to keep to the FACTS of the case. Since he did not mention Oh-ha that Deeper-life people are bad, then you need not rewrite his story or meaning. It could be a contextual thing. For example, he could have done something else, that put off the supposed Deeper-life man(what if he wore earrings to the interview, and the interview finds it offensive, showing it in his reaction)? "Deeper-Life Member" could be the OPs contextual generalized term for someone looking pious and holy-ish......

When you grow up, you will understand something about life. Jumping into conclusions like this is beyond immature, it sparks a comprehension deficit.