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Nellso:
Bro, my interview was yesterday with the same guy. Same format. No much questions. In fact if you want to talk too much, he'll stop you and say "that's enough". Good luck to everyone.

elnasabdallah:
Hello house... I did my interview last week at lagos embassy.And i received mail yesterday to forward my language certificate through mail as it is required by my University TU ilmenau..
I only have an online test report of TOEFL, i havnt received original cert from ETS..so i replied the embassy mail with my online print out of TOEFL result.

Please does anyone have idea if that online TOEFL report will be accepted by the embassy?

Thanks

ansellotty:
MY INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS 29/08/2018

I want to begin this write-up by saying that everything you have heard about oga Paulinus is true.


I left my lodge at Hotel Campbell( 3k a night) at exactly 4.18am. I got to the Consulate at 4.30am. Together with three other guys, we were the first set of persons to arrive the Consulate.


Oga Paulinus arrived at about 5.40am; started singing praises. He instructed one of the security guys to call in the first five persons on the line.


We arranged our documents. He sent out two of the first five persons.


Nb : if oga Paulinus send you out, you automatically become the last person on the line. Also try and arrange your documents in the appropriate format before you get there.


He placed a tag on my shirt and I was asked to go in. I dropped my phone and filled a form at the entrance.


After the security check, I was ushered in by one of the security men. I was the third person there.


After about 10mins, one of the counters light came up. I informed the security man immediately. Immediately he opens the door, I saw a dark lady on dreadlocks. My heart literarily jumped into my hands.


The security man looked at me and said " enter that one; no body dey that man own". Immediately I heard "that man" I rushed there.


V.O.: Hello
Me: Good morning, sir.
V. O: Your documents
Me: I handed over my documents
V. O: Your visa fee, #26,500.
Me: I gave him
V. O: course
Me: M.A, History and Economics
V. O: School and State
Me: University of Bayreuth, Bavaria
V. O: When are you expected to resume
Me: October
V. O: Have you funded your BA
Me: Yes
V. O: Printed a form that contained my details and asked me to sign, if the details therein are correct. Returned my local govt of origin.

V. O: Why the course

Me: The historical process of economic development experienced by developed countries provides great lessons and advise for developing countries, Nigeria inclusive. Moreover, prior to establishing sincere measures to tackle the problems facing developing countries such as poverty, unemployment, high level of income inequality, amongst others, an understanding of the historical environment that birthed these problems is not only desirable but necessary. The Programme will provide me with the required knowledge and skills to understand the historical rationale behind the economic challenges and success stories of modern day economies. In addition, the course strictly align with my professional interest.

V. O: What is your professional interest

Me: To secure a scholarly career in the academia, with specialization in Cliometrics.

Why Germany : Germany offers quality education to both local and international students at a negligible cost, rich culture and a major international language. The desire to acquire a topnotch education that will come with an opportunity to learn about the German culture influenced my decision to study in the country.

V. O:Did you checked other countries

Me: I checked the University of Edinburgh in the UK. The tuition fee for the Programme is slightly above 23,000 Pounds for international students.

V. O: and you can't afford it?

Me: If there is one thing I learnt from Economics, it is to always choose the least expensive option, if quality is the same.I believe you will do same, if you are in my shoes.

What do you know about Germany ?

Me:Germany is located in Central Western Europe. The country has 16 states. Land area of 347,021 square kilometers. A population of nearly 83million making her the most populous country in the EU. Shares border with nine European countries: Denmark, Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, Switzerland (its only non-EU neighbour), France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Netherlands. Germany became a confederation in 1815. In 1871, she became a nation-state: the German Empire. After the first World War that spanned through the period of 1914-1918 and the Revolution of 1918-1919(popularly known as the November Revolution) the Empire was replaced by the Weimar Republic. The seizure of power by the Nazist Government in 1933 led to a series of events, including the Second World War and the Holocaust. During the period of Allied occupation two German states emerged: The Federal Republic of Germany (informally known as West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).According to 2017 statistics, Germany has a nominal GDP of $3.684trillion dollars and $4.170 trillion by PPP. The country operates a Federal Parliamentary Constitutional Republican form of government with Frank Walter Steinmier as president and Angela Merkel as Chancellor. Germany has a bicameral legislature :Bundestag and Bundesrat. Wolfgang Shauble is the president of Bundestag and Michael Muller, president of Bundesrat. The capital of Germany is Berlin and its largest conurbation is Ruhr.

V. O: Capital of Poland
Me: Warsaw
V. O: Capital of Switzerland
Me: Bern

Me: Germany has... (paused by him)

V. O: It's okay. I'm satisfied

V. O: Why not Nigeria

Me: No Nigeria university offers the interdisciplinary programme: History and Economics. Even those that offers Economichistory, they are less quantitative. This explains why only graduates with degrees in History, ISD are admitted into the Programme.

Your qualification: OND(Statistics), B. Sc (Economics and Statistics)

Your CGPA: OND (3.85/4.00), B.Sc(4.43/5.00)
V. O: What do you intend to do after your studies?
Me: enrol in a PhD programme
V. O: Same course
Me: yes
V. O: in Germany?
Me: yes
V. O: what will you do after your PhD studies?
Me: I hope to secure a scholarly career in the academia
V. O: In Germany or Nigeria
Me: I hope to return to my country, Nigeria to contribute my quota to nation building
V. O: Undergraduate thesis
Me: The Impact of Capital Market on Industrial Sector Development in Nigeria
V. O: Any question for me or you are satisfied
Me: No question, sir. I'm satisfied
V. O: "When everything is ready, we will contact you via email. For now, be rest assured that everything is fine ".
Me: Thank you, sir. I'm grateful!

Otunba147:
Glory to God Almighty

AM finally droped

Interview date: 9th August
funded Before the interview
AM: 27th August

Brandenburg Technical University
ERM

Knaruto:
Nice one brother.. I am going for the same course and same school for Next Year winter session... Graduated from Uniben B. A history CGPA 4.39/5.....will love to get in touch with you... need some clarity on some things and by God's grace. we will converge there next year

Hulkimiliano:
D guy no get wahala.... Sharp and straight forward

Rimz28:
what is his no. So I can look out for him I hope he will be the one to interview me mine is on 31 which is Friday

Hulkimiliano:
Room 3

elnasabdallah:
Biko...no one seem to be responding to my inquiry.. Help naa

uchezdedon:
Care concept (comfort) is also nice. Around 35 euros. It's another alternative to mawista classic.

saxony2018:
Fam! Congratulations. That is 3 weeks

Eldeee:
I would suggest you consider the options for scholarship as option Z, frankly speaking the requirements for obtaining a german scholarship is quite tough. if you observe clearly a good number of us here are looking for a way out either through SL or BA.

But if you wanna try, then look out for DAAD scholarships, Heinrich boll, or one MBA scholarship like that (kofi Annan scholarship for African students) or you just make google your girlfriend.

wish you the very best of success in your endeavors.

Cheers

samajayi1:
Will the premium of care concept also shoot up after one year like mawista?

alicethestriver:
Hi eldeee I'm currently applying for daad scholarships for developing countries. By any chances do u know how many number of scholarships daad gives each year? I'm just wondering what are the chances of getting this scholarship. Also what are the post study conditions of daad like can you stay in Germany

UbiPetrus:
What course and school are you applying to?

wiseking120:
After a long awaited interview, it finally happened today....

Lodged with some frnds at Hotel de campbel which happens to be very affordable(N3000) and well furnished..located at Marina which is just 10 minutes to the embassy.

We got to the embassy around 4:20am, waited for them to open the gate and as usual those business guys who are trying to open office on our heads were there deceiving those novice(thanks to nairaland and whatsapp groups for making us wise).

At 5am d gate was open and i became number 4 on the queue.. At around 6am the VOs started coming into the premises one after d other...

Immediately the VO with dreads walked into d premisses and greated, i shouted (blood of Jesus) i was gripped with fear of her sight.. And i started casting any thing that will lead me to her counter...At around 6:45am the Almighty Paulinus came in singing and praise God in his mother tongue(igbo language) and at sharp 7am, the numbers of applicants for student visa were already 45..he started calling us in.. First 5... I was so happy to be among the first 5... Oga paulinus as usual was feeling bossy and being strict trying to put fear on everyone...he asked the first 5 of us to put our appointment letter inside our passports..

After placing us on how to stand, he asked us to bring out our application form and signed declaration. As i was just about to search for my own, he just shouted as me and asked me to leave chained court and go to the queue for no just reason. I was now trying to beg and understand what mistake i have made to warrant such... The man asked me to go to the end of the line.... Me that was once number 4 became number 45.. I felt really bad.. While my frnds had entered..

At around 8am, the numbers on queue was 60...we all had to stand.. Gradually wen it was 12.30pm it got to my turn again.. I was checked in after arranging my documents according to Paulinus checklist... We still waited for about 2 hour again inside the main embassy and wen it finally got to my turn, Low ans behold met my worst fear(the VO on dreads).

She just bone her face... My heart started pounding cus i heard she gives Maths to BSc students.


VO: ur original documents and passport pls. (She checks my documents and shouted! Why
third class on ur first BSc? So u went to school to play abi?

Me: Ma its due to thhhh...VO cuts in
VO: save ur explanation cus i dont wanna hear any.. Pass me ur passport photo..(i gave her) come, this ur passport photo is terrible o. (Me i didnt just talk..for my mind i dey speak in tongues)....after biometric
VO: pls pick up the microphone on ur right hand side. why did u choose this course?
Me: i gave her my reasons as she was typing pretty fast..
VO: go on....
Me: i continued talking.
VO: (typing fast) wait. It's ok. Why not do this course in Nigeria?
Me: gave her reasons
VO: why germany
Me: i told her why...
VO: why not Uk or the US?
Me:Gave her my reasons..
VO: give me 7 facts about germany! And pls i dont want stories.. Real facts...

Me: told her all i can remember..
VO: tell me about the Bundesrat and Bundestag

Me: told her what i know
VO: who are the heads of the 2 legislatives

Me: sorry my i have no idea!
VO: (she looked at me frowning) u are supposed to know about Germany.

Me: sorry ma but Germany is a big country and am not supposed to learn everything within this short period of time. Apparently am still learning.

VO: very well den tell me what u know.

Me: i told her facts.
VO: interesting...were did u get ur facts from. Am just hearing this...ok mention the city States in germany

Me: Berlin hamburg and Bremen
VO: is that all?
Me: for the city States, yes!
VO: i can see ur brother is sponsoring ur education, what is his profession?

Me: i told her.
Vo: and his wife?
Me: told her.
VO: how many are u in ur family?
Me: told her
VO: how many of ur siblings are abroad aside your brother?
Me: told her.
VO: ok. How far have u gone in preparing for ur stay in Germany?

Me: i told her i already secured accomodation and showed her prove and i also showed her my one year medical health insurance
VO: oh u have even acquired a medical health.. Cool.(as she typed for a very long time)
that will be all for the interview but before u go, i would give u a test in mathematics. (At this point i was not myself anymore cus i dont know maths at all). Pls u have 10 mins to solve this 10 questions! Ur time starts now..

Me: I just tried my best and gave her back.

VO: that will be all for now... We will get to u via email in regards to ur application. U can go.

Pls note this* for those who haven't gone for interview, try to bring all ur complete documents and make 2 photocopies of each docs. Paulinus is not smiling in regards to a missing document. He chased some persons home and that was d end of their interview..
Those using agent pls know know that u are on ur own during the interview. A guy that went through an agent came for interview today without a visa fee..he said he had paid d agent already. Unfortunately there was no bank around to withdraw. Funny enough this guy didn't bring Motivation letter, waec scratch card and most other documents. Oga Paulinus didn't waste time to send him home..pls come really prepared. Regards.

uchezdedon:
Congratulations in advance.

I hope u were able to give the guy that paid an agent some important information or rather refer him here.
Most people believe that only the visa agents can help them get visa, but the truth is that most visa agent don't have the accurate information for visa matters.

I pity him sha..

wiseking120:
Its a pity a lot of people still don't know of this thread...i asked if he knows about nairaland and he was dumbfounded...He was really scattered today and i pitied him...he was forced to go home and Paulinus made mockery of him with the mopol men...

And for those planning to go for interview with cheap courier envelope... Pls think twice.. Go and buy the popular envelope everyone one is aware of...like DHL, FEDex ... If u bring cheap ones that is struggling to get name, Paulinus will use u and shine o.

wiseking120:
After a long awaited interview, it finally happened today....

Lodged with some frnds at Hotel de campbel which happens to be very affordable(N3000) and well furnished..located at Marina which is just 10 minutes to the embassy.

We got to the embassy around 4:20am, waited for them to open the gate and as usual those business guys who are trying to open office on our heads were there deceiving those novice(thanks to nairaland and whatsapp groups for making us wise).

At 5am d gate was open and i became number 4 on the queue.. At around 6am the VOs started coming into the premises one after d other...

Immediately the VO with dreads walked into d premisses and greated, i shouted (blood of Jesus) i was gripped with fear of her sight.. And i started casting any thing that will lead me to her counter...At around 6:45am the Almighty Paulinus came in singing and praise God in his mother tongue(igbo language) and at sharp 7am, the numbers of applicants for student visa were already 45..he started calling us in.. First 5... I was so happy to be among the first 5... Oga paulinus as usual was feeling bossy and being strict trying to put fear on everyone...he asked the first 5 of us to put our appointment letter inside our passports..

After placing us on how to stand, he asked us to bring out our application form and signed declaration. As i was just about to search for my own, he just shouted as me and asked me to leave chained court and go to the queue for no just reason. I was now trying to beg and understand what mistake i have made to warrant such... The man asked me to go to the end of the line.... Me that was once number 4 became number 45.. I felt really bad.. While my frnds had entered..

At around 8am, the numbers on queue was 60...we all had to stand.. Gradually wen it was 12.30pm it got to my turn again.. I was checked in after arranging my documents according to Paulinus checklist... We still waited for about 2 hour again inside the main embassy and wen it finally got to my turn, Low ans behold met my worst fear(the VO on dreads).

She just bone her face... My heart started pounding cus i heard she gives Maths to BSc students.


VO: ur original documents and passport pls. (She checks my documents and shouted! Why
third class on ur first BSc? So u went to school to play abi?

Me: Ma its due to thhhh...VO cuts in
VO: save ur explanation cus i dont wanna hear any.. Pass me ur passport photo..(i gave her) come, this ur passport photo is terrible o. (Me i didnt just talk..for my mind i dey speak in tongues)....after biometric
VO: pls pick up the microphone on ur right hand side. why did u choose this course?
Me: i gave her my reasons as she was typing pretty fast..
VO: go on....
Me: i continued talking.
VO: (typing fast) wait. It's ok. Why not do this course in Nigeria?
Me: gave her reasons
VO: why germany
Me: i told her why...
VO: why not Uk or the US?
Me:Gave her my reasons..
VO: give me 7 facts about germany! And pls i dont want stories.. Real facts...

Me: told her all i can remember..
VO: tell me about the Bundesrat and Bundestag

Me: told her what i know
VO: who are the heads of the 2 legislatives

Me: sorry my i have no idea!
VO: (she looked at me frowning) u are supposed to know about Germany.

Me: sorry ma but Germany is a big country and am not supposed to learn everything within this short period of time. Apparently am still learning.

VO: very well den tell me what u know.

Me: i told her facts.
VO: interesting...were did u get ur facts from. Am just hearing this...ok mention the city States in germany

Me: Berlin hamburg and Bremen
VO: is that all?
Me: for the city States, yes!
VO: i can see ur brother is sponsoring ur education, what is his profession?

Me: i told her.
Vo: and his wife?
Me: told her.
VO: how many are u in ur family?
Me: told her
VO: how many of ur siblings are abroad aside your brother?
Me: told her.
VO: ok. How far have u gone in preparing for ur stay in Germany?

Me: i told her i already secured accomodation and showed her prove and i also showed her my one year medical health insurance
VO: oh u have even acquired a medical health.. Cool.(as she typed for a very long time)
that will be all for the interview but before u go, i would give u a test in mathematics. (At this point i was not myself anymore cus i dont know maths at all). Pls u have 10 mins to solve this 10 questions! Ur time starts now..

Me: I just tried my best and gave her back.

VO: that will be all for now... We will get to u via email in regards to ur application. U can go.

Pls note this* for those who haven't gone for interview, try to bring all ur complete documents and make 2 photocopies of each docs. Paulinus is not smiling in regards to a missing document. He chased some persons home and that was d end of their interview..
Those using agent pls know know that u are on ur own during the interview. A guy that went through an agent came for interview today without a visa fee..he said he had paid d agent already. Unfortunately there was no bank around to withdraw. Funny enough this guy didn't bring Motivation letter, waec scratch card and most other documents. Oga Paulinus didn't waste time to send him home..pls come really prepared. Regards.

Oluyemz25:
Hello my people,

Pls after submitting the insurance and Passport to the embassy, How long does it take for it to be posted back?? Am asking cos i have sent to them for 2 weeks now and yet to get anything.

Otunba147:
Glory to God Almighty

AM finally droped

Interview date: 9th August
funded Before the interview
AM: 27th August

Brandenburg Technical University
ERM

Otunba147:
Glory to God Almighty

AM finally droped

Interview date: 9th August
funded Before the interview
AM: 27th August

Brandenburg Technical University
ERM

Rimz28:
what is his no. So I can look out for him I hope he will be the one to interview me mine is on 31 which is Friday

Highbeeyajibola:
I don't really have any document in place of bilogically old doc. Is it emphasized

Oluyemz25:
Hello my people,

Pls after submitting the insurance and Passport to the embassy, How long does it take for it to be posted back?? Am asking cos i have sent to them for 2 weeks now and yet to get anything.

alicethestriver:
Hi eldeee I'm currently applying for daad scholarships for developing countries. By any chances do u know how many number of scholarships daad gives each year? I'm just wondering what are the chances of getting this scholarship. Also what are the post study conditions of daad like can you stay in Germany

DeutschJunge:

take full advantage of it, bochum is an amazing school.. depending on what your course of study is, bosch, diamler, etc should pick you up even as a student with ease. take advantage of it. congratulations.

Nellso:
Congratulations Francis. Go and excel.

AyoPrudence:
Congratulations Francis.