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Food For Thought: A Tale Of 2 Applicants by favouryemmy: 10:42pm On Jul 20, 2015
Got this from a friend , I hope you find it useful

At an interview to fill the vacancy of a Field
Engineer in a multinational oil company, two competent and qualified Engineers were shortlisted and the company was to decide on
who to retain and who to show the red card.

They asked them If they could drive and they
both answered in the affirmative even though
only one of them could drive.

The Head of the Human Resources spearheading the interview cum pruning session then handed his car keys to them to prove their driving skills within the
premises.

The over-confident applicant collected the car
key, opened the car, switched on the ignition,
lighted it up, sped off, swirled, swerved and
made some stunts on wheels before parking
the car on the same spot to the seeming rousing applause and mischievously knowing
smile of the interviewers.

The other applicant
who could not drive collected the key all the
same, opened the car, opened the bonnet,
checked the engine oil level, the brake fluid level, the gear oil level and the water in the radiator level.

As he closed the bonnet, the
chief interviewer walked towards him and said:
"Don't bother driving, you've just been hired!"

Precaution is more powerful than expertise! The race is not for the swiftest, but to the wise! Don't be brash and over-confident.

Learn the ropes and never back off from giving your
best even If you don't possess what it takes.
That someone is doing it fast doesn't mean he
is doing it right! Direction is more important than speed!

Exercise caution and take
precaution in the journey of life- that's how to be recruited into the employment of success....
#copied, hope u are having a lovely evening.

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Re: Food For Thought: A Tale Of 2 Applicants by helpinghands(m): 10:44pm On Jul 20, 2015
OK.. Thanks
Re: Food For Thought: A Tale Of 2 Applicants by mayorkyzo: 11:33pm On Jul 20, 2015
Wow...lesson learnt..
Re: Food For Thought: A Tale Of 2 Applicants by COvo(m): 12:11am On Jul 21, 2015
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But if he nor sabi drive how he take know how to open bonnet,check brake fluid and radiator?

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Re: Food For Thought: A Tale Of 2 Applicants by favouryemmy: 8:54am On Jul 21, 2015
COvo:
Land For Sale
But if he nor sabi drive how he take know how to open bonnet,check brake fluid and radiator?
I think he must seen it done several times, but he must have done it for composure. But at the end the employers saw it as he being safety conscious. Remember, their job description has nothing to do with driving but they used it to test who is more safety conscious between the 2.

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