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hello people,

Is it possible to get a vistor's visa when ur trip is to be sponsored by a company?

Also pls can anyone help me with a draft of what a letter of sponsorship from a company should look like? specifically showing reasons why the company's fund should be spent on a private trip...

thanks in advance

@OP, You have spoken the REAL truth.

1000000 likes.

@OP, Never lower your standards for any one. As regards your comment on Nigerian men, I have noticed all of the things you have complained about 100%.

But I can confidently say that there are some who are exceptions and to meet your ideal guy you'll need to search real hard and pray.

Nice writing style.

I am a fan of Jenny and the cabal too. At some point it became stalkerish

Vikin: In terms of the job, if you are out in the field, dress smart. If given a technical task, don't try and look for the guys to help you do it etc

lol...who does that?

Vikin: Don't worry! They treat you nice if you know your stuff.

You have to see yourself as a man and do the job you are supposed to do. As a project engineer, you will be trained to the required task!

All the best! Remember, if they can do it, you can too.

Thank you....

Think of myself as a guy ...in terms of what?

hi ladies,

I am a chemical engineer about to start work as a project engineer. your comments on the discrimination female engineers face are disheartening. Is this what i hope to meet when i start?

Your fiance is very stingy.

At least a small contribution would have quelled all this.

When you people now marry, to collect money for household items would become wahala.

Four years of relationship is not beans and he is still insensitive

You must really love him because I can see from your posts whenever you seem to want to end the relationship you keep holding on hoping he'll change.

I can't make the decision for you but from the little you've said about him things are not looking too good. I'ld advice you to go with your instinct as I've come to realise over time it is usually right.

Hope you've been able to resolve your fees issue?

Hi ms.anon. Sorry to derail.

Is this the same guy that offered to pay your school fees? Did he eventually pay?

akae47us, tidygirl and house, God bless u for this thread! I have learnt so much..

I have a structured and psychological interview with Total E&P coming up and I'ld like to know from u guys what the process entails, any questions u wer asked and so on...

thanks for your reply!

hello house(tunbosun01,onezaki, BBDelta peanutbuta and all)

i am about to write a total e&p mou selection aptitude test and i was wondering if it would be accompanied by a skills test. please did the email sent to you guys inform you that you would be writing a skills test along side an aptitude test or if you were told aptitude test and then wrote both skills and aptitude together.

naijababe: Hmmm..........not sure my interview would work for you as I was an experienced hire having worked for Exxon for some years.Nevertheless, here it goes:

The first one was soft skills based - the usual drill like communication skills, working in teams, handling conflict and divergent views etc. I explained what each competency meant to me and gave practical/specific examples for each question.

The second was a technical one which was quite in-depth in my opinion, they went as far as asking me to describe how I'd model a well in Prosper from scratch.

I hope this helps, happy to help if you have more questions.

Thank you so much...did you have both interviews on the same day? If possible I'ld like to get in contact with you if you don't mind, as I have a slew of questions. I have sent you a mail...

naijababe: I have no idea as I worked in Subsurface throughout my stint with Chevron, but I'll see what I can find out for you if it's not too late.

Naijababe...thank you for your reply...pls how did your chevron interview go at d time you did it. I have one coming up and I am in need of tips and hints on what I am expected to know.

My Sister bikonu...GO and LOOK for a JOB or start a trade!!! Don't say nobody warned you...cause when your hubby's eyes opens and he start resenting you for draining his financial resources and making no contribution to your family welfare we will hear another story. Your conscience is already giving you warning signals. Ignore at your peril.

Please Debosky, tanimola22, naijababe, jaybee and all....do you have any information or an inkling of what a chevron skills test for process/chemical engineers would cover?

i dont do PDAs...especially the overtly in your face ones...suprisingly i read lots of romance novels but am definitely opposed to mushy stuffs in real life.

davidylan: Dont worry, the story of women trapped in loveless marriages abound here. Hopefully you wont be adding to it a few yrs from now.

LOOL! God forbid!

The kind of love I am refering to in that statement is one which comes from sharing your life with a good person. It is bond between two people that have gone through life's ups and downs together. Not the fiery passionate ones we see in movies that causes people to behave crazily and cools down with time.

I simply cannot understand why most posters are saying the OP is immature. Please when did it become immature to know what you want and what u can't stand in a man. So it is bettter to act irrationally as those in love do?

Please Michelin carry on...I am a staunch follower of your method of handling men. Its just that I have resigned myself to expect not to fall in love before marriage. Once I meet a guy that has 90% of what I regard neccessary in a husband I will marry knowing that I would definitely love him someday.

A possible solution to your problem would be reducing the flaws u don't like to only the important ones like character flaws.

lol...the ending is damn funny!

*subscribing*

Did y'all have a checklist of your spouse must haves during courship? What was d grade u needed, to know if ur spouse was marriageable out of say 10 things? My Aunt keeps saying any guy am considering must have 9 out of the ten things I need or I would be unhappy. Seems way too high for me.

queensmith: you dont really make marriage sound encouraging, especially with the talk of institution, responsibility, family man. What is wrong with meeting the woman of your dreams and wanting to be with her forever.

Its understandable the way you see things anyway, our culture makes a skeptic of us all. Yet we shouldn't deny the decent ladies and gentlemen out there who are blessed with good attitudes and have fulfilling relationships. Its easier when we focus on whats important in life rather than view marriage as an opportunity to seem responsible or conform with others expectations of our lives.

Hey and quit bashing the smokers the clubbers, the bar crawlers and the hip hoppers! It doesn't make you irresponsible if you enjoy life.

the bolded part of ur statement is why most marriages fail today IMHO, what happens when ur feelings of wanting to be with that person dies off...because it wud surely do...if ur not open to the fact that marriage is more than just feelings, it is a great RESPONSIBILITY and not all fun you will surely get divorced...so as the OP said if some ppl r not ready to see it as that they shud save their time and keep on hopping from one bed to the another....afterall it is not by force to marry

@OP...thinking that we all have a "the one" presupposes that we only have one chance at marital bliss....what about those ppl that their "fated mates" die? R u trying to say they wud
never find love or happiness again?

I personally do not subscribe to such mentality, although I do believe there only a few number of ppl we can truly be happy with...If we are lucky to find them in this life.

[quote author=tpia@]so what exactly is your problem here, and what do you want nlers to do for you?

what kind of advice are you seeking from the majority godless people that are found on this site?

thread sounds fake, imo.

may God forgive you.[/quote]How does it sound fake? It is very real...I am even in a similar situation but thank God I am not married to him.

Like the OP we are very good friends...I keep thinking I would grow to love him because he is one of the nicest guys i have ever met but for where.

Odunet Lbs: Thanks for sharing...was it for graduate recruitment or professional?

Thanks.

It was for an undisclosed position but I think I was the only one with no experience there. The others where guys dat were working...so I dont know if it was graduate or professional.

I don't hope too soon...I am currently doing an Msc program...so any recruitment process would not get my full attention...you seem very knowledgeable about Oil and Gas Companies...could i get your email for further contact?

I was not taking the thing too serious (my mind was still in london/i was still jet-lagged, i don't know )...i now realise what an opportunity I threw away....i also did not know Total engineers have the highest salary...it was Total Downstream and I heard they pay less than the upstream...I am not into downstream stuff so I wrote them off (so foolish of me)...I hope I get another chance at other MNCs.

Cheers!

P.S: I am a Chemical Engineer.

tanimola22: Hey baby, sorry to hear about your horrible interview with Total.

What questions were you asked? You may want to detail them here for posterity. Visitors to this thread will surely appreciate.

Thanks,
T22.

I was interviewed by a panel comprising of a few departmental heads. The questions asked were technical. What happens to hydrocarbons when they escape into the atmosphere. What is fire point and flash point? What is the second law of thermodynamics? Alternative sources of energy? What is NDT (non destructive test)? I was handed a diagram showing different tanks and pump configurations then asked to choose which is the best position for placing the pump to move fluid from one tank to another. FInally, I was asked what safety meant to me.

Hopefully someone learns from my mistakes.

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tanimola22: Very trivial input:

A former colleague was interviewed in 2009 for a position in the same finance. Amongst many others, she was asked the following basic questions:

--Explain return on asset, ROA
--Explain return on equity, ROE
--Explain return on investment, ROI
--Explain the concept of project finance in relation to the oil and gas industry
--Walk us through your CV
--Present value of a project, future value
--Idea of discounting
--Exponential discounting, should the discount factor vary with time? Why? Explain
--Best financial ratios for oil and gas analysis
--Corporate finance
--Behavioural and competency questions. I am sure you know these ones very well. They have been exhaustively discussed on naijahotjobs forum where you are an active forum member. Don't forget to let them know how your UK education has made you globally fluent. You must be able to articulate why they should pick you over other applicants that have your same exposure. Compose a good and convincing story.

All the best.

T22

I wish I found this thread a month ago...I had an interview with Total in which I performed horribly because I prepared wrongly...I expected behavioural questions but got technical questions. Bigger Boy, I wish you success in your interview.