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Re: How A Friend Lost A Job Cos He Doesn't Know How To Tie A Tie by agrovick(m): 10:33pm On May 10, 2016

It's in your best interest never to tell lies you can't defend in an interview. I will give 2 scenarios in a recent interview.
1) During the course of answering can we meet you question, I mentioned I like to read motivational books. One of my assessors asked when was the last time you read one, I said that very morning, which was actually a lie as I was busy preparing for that interview. The next question she asked was did you read the book here? Now if I had said yes, she would have probably said can I see the book and I would have been busted, so I simply said no and she asked what's the title of the book and what is it about. All I did was give the title and summary of a particular book I've read countless number of times.
That's a lie with a solid alibi
2) I was asked another question that I didn't know and I simply said I don't know. After the interview one of the assessors said, I like the fact that you didn't lie, that counts for you.
All na wash sha as I didn't make the next phase. The lesson is if you are going to lie, have a very convincing response to back up your lie

Re: How A Friend Lost A Job Cos He Doesn't Know How To Tie A Tie by Ojestas(m): 11:04pm On May 10, 2016

marshalcarter:
M not sure its ur friend...M sure its you

M not sure its bks of ur tie cos even frank donga's tie is worse....M sure is ur blunders

Goan learn more

Lol. . U r wicked!! Frank Donga. . that guy na case

Re: How A Friend Lost A Job Cos He Doesn't Know How To Tie A Tie by solbash11(m): 11:08pm On May 10, 2016

agrovick:
All na wash sha as I didn't make the next phase. The lesson is if you are going to lie, have a very convincing response to back up your lie

Just like I told you before...

" I like the fact that you didn't lie, that counts for you."

Re: How A Friend Lost A Job Cos He Doesn't Know How To Tie A Tie by agrovick(m): 11:17pm On May 10, 2016

solbash11:
Just like I told you before...
" I like the fact that you didn't lie, that counts for you."

This is not my real face o

Re: How A Friend Lost A Job Cos He Doesn't Know How To Tie A Tie by leahcimzil: 4:33am On May 11, 2016

but both knot a tie and tie a tie are correct

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Re: How A Friend Lost A Job Cos He Doesn't Know How To Tie A Tie by McPerry(f): 5:23am On May 11, 2016

Op,sorry your frnd caused the derailing of ur topic
...plz show him dis pix so he can know hw to 'tie a tie' or 'knot a tie' cz all na same.

Re: How A Friend Lost A Job Cos He Doesn't Know How To Tie A Tie by chillingbabe: 7:54am On May 11, 2016

mrMeen:
pride goeth before fall i believe that is the saying

Hang yourself! That's the saying.

Re: How A Friend Lost A Job Cos He Doesn't Know How To Tie A Tie by Nobody: 8:14am On May 11, 2016

chillingbabe:
Sharrap there olodo claiming to know something ..I still insist on "knot a tie" so kill yourself!

Sorry ooo...

Just take it easy with yourself

Re: How A Friend Lost A Job Cos He Doesn't Know How To Tie A Tie by mrMeen(m): 10:21am On May 11, 2016

chillingbabe:
Hang yourself! That's the saying.

ouch i think somebody's pride is hurt. Tushe

Re: How A Friend Lost A Job Cos He Doesn't Know How To Tie A Tie by Bibyken(f): 10:26am On May 11, 2016

"knot a tie"

Re: How A Friend Lost A Job Cos He Doesn't Know How To Tie A Tie by ednut1(m): 11:48am On May 11, 2016

i learnt how to knot a tie dis year. na d seller dey knot am for me ojare

Re: How A Friend Lost A Job Cos He Doesn't Know How To Tie A Tie by Nobody: 1:09pm On May 11, 2016

Jadonjack:
Untill the day I was shown the door because I used a customised facebook name, I had never taken the aphorism "little things count". Serious.

A friend of mine just came back from lagos and explain the "shocker" of his life to me.

According to him, there were 6 of them waiting to be interviewed, when it was his turn, he walked into the office confidently, waiting to screw the hr's intelligence. The first question the interviewer asked him is if he tied his tie himself, as a sharp guy he said YES.

Surprisingly, the next tin he heard is "pls remove the tie and re tie", he became dumb and prayed silently to god to change the hr's mind but it was unfortunate. He couldn't tie the tie properly and the hr told him to go and learn more before he starts searching for job.

I wanted to be surprised but I remembered what happened to me few weeks ago.

Pls, my fellow job seekers, be prepared to answer stupid questions when going for an interview....

Dnt be surprised when an interviewer asked you to show him/her how to check nitel's account balance

It's not a good reason to reject someone, unless it's the fashion industry.

Some interviewers are just lacking in skills.

Re: How A Friend Lost A Job Cos He Doesn't Know How To Tie A Tie by GiggsTk(m): 9:21pm On May 11, 2016

Most lies are unnecessary, you are not expected to know everything since you ain't God. Just tell them what you know.

To the grammarians: Both "Tie a tie" and "knot a tie" are correct.
The first has been explained rightly so I'll go to the second.
Knot is a noun, the Tie is also a noun, but the full transcription of "knot a tie" means put a Knot(noun) on a tie(noun), so the noun knot shouldn't be translated into a verb referring to the process of tying a tie, but that of placing the knot on the tie, you're to view it as something being added to another. You change it into a verb by adding 'ing' I.e knotting a tie- which shows an ongoing process.
So please let's all stop the arguments. God bless you all.

Re: How A Friend Lost A Job Cos He Doesn't Know How To Tie A Tie by cyndie27(f): 11:11am On May 12, 2016

Re: How A Friend Lost A Job Cos He Doesn't Know How To Tie A Tie by drey076(m): 12:45pm On May 12, 2016

OP is very correct Kudos to op

Re: How A Friend Lost A Job Cos He Doesn't Know How To Tie A Tie by sammyscholar(m): 1:59pm On May 12, 2016

leahcimzil:
but both knot a tie and tie a tie are correct

the two are correct but "knot a tie" is better. It sounds good when articulated than "tia a tie"

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