so reality is beginning to set in. I remember how some people bashed and cursed me with a particular person wishing me death indirectly all because I said the Nigerian system will never change. lol! how can you even believe so much in Nigeria. there are people whose list will over rule a god damn merit list except specialised courses and Nigeria I know will put a square peg in a round hole self meaning if you have worked in government service, your boss in account the department can be a graduate of Islamic religious studies while you working under him is an accountant. lol. so your boss will always get you to do the job while he takes the glory or recommends you for promotion. which means a specialised department is not so specialised after all.

I will say again, I don't understand when people talk about merit o. lol! it is an unspoken rule never to tell anybody that you were helped by a politician. its even forbidden not for the politician but for you the hopefuls because it can be used against you as soon as the politician is no more in service. if they find out or you're bragging to be a powerful man's baby, just wait till the man is no more or has no mouth, the first thing is to transfer you to sokoto or a place where you will be forced to resign. it happened in my fathers time and its still happening. so tell me how anyone is damn sure that 70% of federal government jobs were gotten on merit. in the history of Nigeria, 70% of the masses has never and till thy kingdom come will never get a federal government job on merit and you can take that to the bank. nobody talks everyone keeps quiet and form I did not no anybody. a nairalander who would see my comment and laugh also says he doesn't no anybody when ogbeni made a phone call to his powerful senator when his portal refused to open, he was among the last to do interview long after y'all did your own. he is here and i m sure he is laughing. just a phone call and his portal opened . anybody that gets fg job on merit is extremely lucky. such luck is not common and that person must be extremely good that you cannot tamper or overlook his/ her performance. that person must also be lucky not to come from the state of a powerful politician if not Bleep your performance. walush and the rest are 100% correct! no more no less. one thing is sure Gods grace but all of you cannot get it at this time because time and chance happen to people individually so what ever comes out take it and move on.


my dear hopefuls, if you have the opportunity to live this country, do so and never come back. and I am certain a lot of you will not accept the offer letter, or you think your state of residence is where they will automatically put you. pray they don't carry you to boko haram state. i think dpr is in every state. that is another avenue to weed out people from the south. I rest my case.

lmao

Tamihawtt87:
Interesting new topic..i think people should forget about competition for now. The time to be competitive ended already. Its important to know that atleast every state has a very top stakeholder that has a slot or 2 that will be granted regardless of the candidates scores. This is a given even if merit intake is majorly considered in this recruitment. In other words, if they are taking only 2 people in a particular state, you realise it will only take the grace of God to be taken in place of that major stakeholder's candidate even if you score the highest. We hav no idea how the quota system will be broken down or how many per state or even if your state will have a slot or not because it is actually possible they will not take from 1 or 2 states. For now, it's you and your God to find favour. We will all be fine last last..

oh my. thank you for speaking the truth. infact I am so sorry for my earlier outburst Cus I think both of us didn't start on the right note. you have said everything that needs to be said with this post. only the grace of God right now, and merit. the country is messed up. imagine if the VP has 3 slots and Ogun state has been given 5, the masses are fighting for only 2. can you beat that.

Tamihawtt87:
It doesn't work that way.. its never even across all states. The north will still have more candidates tho.

you see what I am saying. its federal character and quota system that is causing all this. so its not even equal. probably they also use population per state and all those phony things to give allocation. that's just wrong. anyway let me not talk anymore before you people say I am a kill joy.

Tetragramaton:



E be like say this government don do you strong thing fa. And how do you know its 11 from each states. Do you also know how many were called for this second batch?

someone said they are picking 400, and since we have 36 states, 36 × 11 is 396. fct is not a state but they usually pick from there I guess and I'm thinking their allocation should be smaller and should make up for the 400. this is an assumption o.

Smartgrid:
You make it sound as if the northerners are getting this dpr Job as freebies. If you are really that good, then why are you afraid of competition? What exactly are you trying to promote?

off course they are. how do you define federal character or quota system. at this age and time they are still doing federal character. to enter federal school the same rubbish. what competiton are you talking about? its the federal government that is afraid of competition not me. if there was room for competition, people from the south will not be hustling for their rights like this! why would a graduate who scored 50 be picked over and above a graduate that scored 80 at this age and time. it is nonsense. they all did the same exam and should be picked according to score not according to one state being impoverished than the other. FCC should be scrapped.


oh and yes the north has always had it easy. come and beat me!

makonko:


That's a federal character guy.

na that rubbish gan gan dey kill youths from the south. someone from the north that will score 50 but because he is probably the best in his state will be given appointment. then another from the south who scored 80 but maybe comes a distant 20th in his state will not be given appointment. how long shall we continue to live like this.

if its 400 people they are picking. its 11 per state. minus fct abuja who usually has the smallest allocation.

Pdirac:


Now you're in line, you were told you scored below average, not your exact score. About the difficulty, that the hardest recruitment exam I ever wrote. Crazy interpretations and calculations without calculator. And the case interviews na die.

50% is a bench mark score already. as I no reach am, that means I failed woefully. thank God I didn't see the exact score. maybe na 10 over 100 I get. you follow do this DPR? good luck o.

mercyigene:
Like seriously? Dragnet sent you your scores? That's so untrue...haba! I've written over 4 dragnet exams and none was sent. What about the KPMG that dragnet conducted the test, at the end of the exam after you submit it's either successful or unsuccessful. How then did they send scores?

yes they did. did their test back then in apapa. although cannot remember if I applied to work in dragnet itself or they were recruiting for another company. but I remember I was sent a test score so as a colleague of mine I met there.

csimms7:


I'm curious, why did you leave though? Reason I'm asking is that I have someone in my family who works with Total but really wants to switch to McKinsey. Kindly shed more light please. I've told the person to stay with Total oooo, but e no wan hear.

I don't no of anybody who works there and would live o. i dont know if they do contract staff. what i know about them is limited. mckinsey is on another level entirely. in fact that I got a mail when I applied, was so shocking Cus I thought the company is only for first class. I just applied o not even thinking they would reply. over professional dey worry them. is it the salary scale or the fact that you can build a career over there. the questions they asked me on the form i filled are not even questions u can google.

csimms7:



Aunty ooooo, you hate this our government sha o, it's not only government that doesn't send back scores. I have done tests with Sahara Energy, Rolls Royce, Mott Macdonald, etc. I passed and was invited for interview, they didn't show my score. So, I think it's wrong to just put it on government and say they are the only ones who don't show scores.
Secondly, recruiters aren't allowed to give metrics for their decision, because at times, more people could be qualified and they pick based on other metrics. Even after a company rejects you when you attend an interview, some, not all will give you feedback if you request for it. Should you get this DPR on merit, wouldn't you be proud to swear you got it on merit? Don't you know the effort you've put in? Let's not make some people's hardwork look like shambles. In criticizing, let's be fair.
That said, we know say some wayo go dey but let's not paint it all black, some of us go get am on merit and we will be proud of it if we do.

offcourse I do hate the government. its not hidden with the way I attack their style. its unfortunate most of you think I don't wish you well. in fact I would love to be proven wrong about that 70% merit mark abi 90%. I hate this government. I was like you people years back. always felt that the government of the day no matter what will put the youths ahead. until what I saw and experienced face to face and still seeing. off course there are people who would get there on merit, in fact merit list is almost untouchable. if that merit list was as much as this 70% almost everyone who survived the first stage should be able to scale through. I wish you well o, hopefully you will be among those who scaled through by merit.

Pdirac:



Madam, this is very untrue, McKinsey doesn't send candidates their result after PST. If the candidate is successful, he/she will get a mail invitation for Case Interview. I have been with McK as a Business Analyst before.

this is very true. I did mckensey and I failed woefully self. was told I got below the average mark of 50% or something like that. this was shortly after I finished university. it gave me closure. I had never done a test like mckensey and till date that test has been the hardest test I have taken. I have never come accross such questions in my life I was also told to keep applying for any other job openings . perhaps when I did the test u had not joined. this was between 2007- 2009 or so if I'm not mistaken .

FixNaija:



One of the panelist asked me how can I assess the recruitment so far, I said I can confirm that it was one of the most transparent recruitment so far by the FG and they all burst into laughter and I was like, why are they laughing


One of the panelist asked me how can I assess the recruitment so far, I said I can confirm that it was one of the most transparent recruitment so far by the FG and they all burst into laughter and I was like, why are they laughing

hahhahahahhahahahhaha...... my stomach!!!! I follow them laugh too. secrecy breeds corruption. I am sure the next thing is offer letter which to me is the greatest injustice to Nigerian youths. not even knowing how well one performed so one can improve in other interviews. not even knowing the criteria or cut off mark used in picking candidates is wicked. some people swore that they did so well in the test yet were not invited for this one. some people who already work in government establishment swore that they and others they know got there by merit as if they were shown their scores or the scores of others to know who is truly lying and who got there on merit. even when I did dragnet and mckensy and associates, just to mention a few my score was sent back to me. that to me is transparency. when it comes to government recruitment, if its your time, Its your time.

jayzisoverrated:
Was asked during the interview if I had a sibling in dpr. Don't know weda to be optimistic or weird

interesting.

SnowJay92:


Things change, antecedents and track records get broken all the time, and finally God often makes ways for us despite our unworthiness.

.

dayjahvoo:


If you want to make your point about recruitment on merit, make it some other way.

Saying that "DPR is a live-wire" and so most to be recruited has to be on merit is frankly laughable. Nobody gives a damn about shit like that! Everybody's cousin/son/neice/nephew and whatever are being recruited everyday in government parastatals.

CBN is a very sensible part of the government and yet, you walk into the office and you find someone sitting on a previously empty seat beside you and that's how that guy will start rising in the organization. If you've ever had the chance to observe downstream DPR operatives at work, you'll realise that a mildly trained monkey can do the job with the added advantage that it won't demand for a bribe (although if the monkey is Nigerian, you have no guarantees)

dayjahvoo:


If you want to make your point about recruitment on merit, make it some other way.

Saying that "DPR is a live-wire" and so most to be recruited has to be on merit is frankly laughable. Nobody gives a damn about shit like that! Everybody's cousin/son/neice/nephew and whatever are being recruited everyday in government parastatals.

CBN is a very sensible part of the government and yet, you walk into the office and you find someone sitting on a previously empty seat beside you and that's how that guy will start rising in the organization. If you've ever had the chance to observe downstream DPR operatives at work, you'll realise that a mildly trained monkey can do the job with the added advantage that it won't demand for a bribe (although if the monkey is Nigerian, you have no guarantees)

my dear, you no what I noticed , its either their first time applying for fg work or they just finished school. I would have stopped typing but i keep getting mentions and I'm too stubborn not to reply in kind . I wish I can expose more with evidence but I will be putting my friend in jeopardy. I have even written to much knowing that this government is a very hostile one. don't allow yourself be dragged down with their baseless optimism in a corrupt government. what started this argument was I said president has list, VP has list, speaker house of rep and senate has list, the ministers has list, senators and governors has list lastly the prominent traditional rulers. its not to daunt anybodys moral but to show the reality of what is obtainable. if all this idiots have list how can a common man get 70% when we already have 109 senators assuming each of them get one slot almost 30-40 ministers , governors of 36 states and at least 10 traditional rulers and co get one slot. what is left for the common man. you think those ones that enter will say its not merit. they will say its Gods doing . I would do the same. hell I could swear that I don't know anybody to cover my tracks.

the moment you tell anyone you know a minister, they will tell you to help them too. that's just life so everyone locks up.


for the mean time I will keep talking till I am lucky enough to have an uncle or aunt in a mighty position. hahhahahahahhaha . that's how it is. every man for his own

SolutionsGuy:


You can mark it on your wall, Onyiridike will get DPR offer.

The only funny thing then would be that you had cowardly and shamefully disappeared.

OK as her spokesman and the person that conducts interview. clap for yourself. you no! have you prayed for yourself. may someone else not take your glory. shiiiiiiooooor. I dey here kampe. if I am proven wrong. is it not for the benefit of the common man that something good is really happening in government and that truly a larger percentage can get government job on merit than man no man. you're stupidly angry at the wrong person. scrammmmmp

Onyiridike:


Who are you exactly?

If you know all these people, what are you doing here?

NCAT is about to employ people here in Zaria purely on merit.

Sometimes a parastatal carries out recruitment largely on merit because of the type of job involved and also because those who were previously recruited based on nepotism cannot handle some sensitive roles.

DPR is the lifewire of FG especially now that there is shortage of revenue. You expect FG to sacrifice this on the alter of nepotism?

I know of a graduate who was ready to pay over a million to get the job in the last recruitment. His sponsor who was also a political godfather tried to give him a soft laden to no avail.

Eventually he got the job by doing well in the exam.

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you answered your own question. specialised and merit go hand in hand.

Pdirac:


Madam, I don't mean to be rude, but abeg just shut up.

I don't mean to be rude. go and yell at your family members to shut up anytime they speak.

Tamihawtt87:
Lmao this right here is the beauty of nairaland.. it never forgets! Like i said, madam know it all.. your lies are not even grounded. Town crier how market? God bless you lawrence. Good luck everyone! May we all be favored!

the end shall justify the means. this will be my last post on this issue till the names start coming out or at least till when people are able to give their observation when they go for the interview. till then good luck walking naked.

Onyiridike:


Are you sure you are a graduate? I was trying to make you understand the fact that you should not boast of a final list when you are not even sure of tomorrow.

So I was wishing you death? Lol.

Now you have started talking from both sides of your mouth that it is your friend that made the list and not you.

You are not worth my time.

thank God someone else called you out on that statement and not me. so get off my mentions angel of death.

lawrence83:

This was your post one year ago, with an ultra-confident claim that the interview has been going on 'sinnnnnceeee'. I guess the interview is still going on till date and still, your phantom minister's cousin daughter's sister's friend haven't still gotten a slot.

You even confidently asked people not to apply for the job as you happen to be the greatest propangadist of our time. (((Read your previous post)))

News flash: the recruitment is still on going and the 'less-privileged' are gradually strolling to Zion or Mecca as the case may be.

My advice; be calm and stop the back and forth. If it doesn't come as we expected, we will still go home with our head held high. Atleast we tried.

God bless you, sunshine. Remain blessed.

hahahhahahahh. thank God I quickly removed the second post I posted after that. were you also aware that nnpc did silent recruitment as DPR too. and this was one of the fights that happened between kachukwu and the GMD nnpc. hence they quickly told the candidates to go back and do it the right way. it was because people were complaining hence everything came out. sit down there make pant dey wear you. that same recruitment still stands. only this time they are forcefully doing it with you people just to shut the masses up. nothing has changed.

Tamihawtt87:
It's remaining for you to strip naked and enter market with your rants. Yes they all have their list but so also will there be merit intakes. You understand english right. Mind you a minister can drop about 100 candidates but does that mean all 100 will be recruited? Give yourself brain madam. This same thread will have testifiers that will get appointment letters. We will all work hard and do our best and keep praying even if it is just for 30% slot Which it isn't just because we won't cave to your miserable rants! Gods got us! You a looser already and have accepted defeat. Goodluck ma! Pizz out!

it is you and everything you hold dear that will strip naked and walk inside market. infact they will put it on social media. if you are not quick to lash out and talk rubbish. I said earlier that there is space for merit. there is always space for merit in all parastatals. that list is untouchable. they don't joke with it. it would have been better if that list was of a greater percentage and this is not so. someone said 70% will get on merit. it has never happened in the history of Nigeria that a federal government job even lower than this oil companies will give 70℅ to masses on merit. it is not possible.

tolesky:
Let me share a lit bit of my experience, I applied for a job in one of the government parastatals in 2012, was invited for aptitude test and out of over 4000 candidates I came top. Got invited for interview and they keep calling me to get some more details about me which made me thought the job is already for me. On getting to the venue the staffs were already scampering to meet me but at the interview room where the then minister of the energy and mineral resources and FFC reps were waiting, Favour ran out of me, the only antagonist I had was my tribe man and he attacked me as if I snatched his wife, even other interviewers were cautioning him that he was asking irrelevant questions. They asked me many technical questions which I answered satisfactorily but this man kept saying “gerrout “ then I know it’s not how far or how well but how favoured by God. So my dear currently successful ones please pray for divine favour, do not only lean on ur own understanding and rejoice not on the failures of others. May God bless us all.

do you no what happened. usually the panelist have a list of sure candidates. if you are observant. you will notice some people don't spend up to 5 minutes before they finish their interview. coming there to them is just formality. sometimes even being exceptionally good is not enough. In your case they wanted to switch your name for someone else by all means even though you showed them how good you are. this is what they do. I have experienced it before,
I think the grace of God and timing. if it is your time, it is your time and no idiot can switch your name.

its sad because people think I'm just being mouthy and spreading rumour. but the system has not changed. nnpc and dpr no be moin moin. its not custom or immigration or firs or all those phony names. this companies are the life wire of the nation. the bread and butter of Nigeria and you think one common man will be allowed to just have access to it. kojo!

I'm not wishing anybody bad , in fact I wish them very well, for them to even get to this stage that means they are good. I mean the ones who don't no anybody. but like you said, it is not enough. the country is messed up. if any of this people get to the final stage like you, they will look for me and tell me I was right all along.

Monjerk:


God bless you Bro.
This guy seems to be a sadist, he is trying to discourage people here. So many people received invitation for interview here on merit are greater part of us will be employ.
I wonder who gave him such false information, I hope he will be here when we will come here to share our testimonies how we get the job on merit just like what happened when they started calling for interview.
Nobody is ruling out having some slot for some people in the coarse of this employment, but this guy makes it look so bad as if we everyone is as corrupt as he his.

by the grace of God I will be here, contrary to the girl who indirectly wished me dead. you should no though, even people who are very sure that their names will be on the list based on who they know and have remained quiet and who might also be nairalanders will come out and praise God for a man made decision. shiiiiiiiioooooooor

Tamihawtt87:
You lie! I feel sorry for you if you are just making shit like this up to bring others down. It says alot about who you are. A miserable person. Shakur is the DD corporate services and decision maker of this recruitment process. Surprisingly he has been way too strict with enabling stakeholders list. Go and ask anyone in DPR the staff kids that made it to interview stage is only about 10% because shakur explicitly made it clear that any staff kid that did not do well in exam won't be called and he did exactly that. Stop this BS of people getting invites ahead of the inital release date. They added stakeholder list with merit and invites were released same day. Nobody got 2weeks headstart like you claim. Which is why those also writing 2nd week are not getting their dates and venue yet until it is a week before. You should be ashamed of yourself for trying so hard to delivery bad news. If you got your invite, pls go and get busy. Face your life if you have nothing encouraging to dish out.

go and face your own life too. who is your sauce or juice that is giving you rubbish. who will not honour the name on the list of a minister or president. who is shakur, shakur ko, tupac ni. let shakur turn down presidents list or minister of state of petroleum list and see if he won't add tupac to his name.


ooh and feel sorry for your damn self. I don't need it. I feel sorry for Nigerians like you who think the country or government gives a fffff about you or your sauce. I'm sure the tupac shakur self cannot help himself not to talk of giving out info.

when has government ever put the masses into consideration not to talk of giving 70% of a juicy job to the masses while their own friends and relatives share 30%. it has never happened in Nigeria and it will not start now.

csimms7:



Your previous post stated your name was on the said minister's list, you're talking from two sides of your mouth. To be honest, people who are connected really don't talk this much... And don't get what I wrote earlier twisted, I know that corner corner list dey but believe it or not, 70% will get the job on merit. I'm not doing guess work, it is what it is.

I won't write on this furthermore in order to avoid people speculating but do your best and leave the rest. I wish you and everyone else here the best though.

Cheers.

oga go and read. I wrote my ............... the dash was representing my friend. not me. oh so u think say my name go dey there I go dey here they argue. my name is not on the list unfortunately and its paining me but theres is nothing I can do than to channel my anger to others so they can see what's happening. only thing you have said so far that I agree is grace of God but ...........


did you say 70%. hahahhahahahahha. OK o I have heard you but it is not , never ever ever possible. are you a Nigerian ?

Ajisebioyolaari:
Do you know if you will be alive tomorrow? There are some statements you shouldnt direct at people even in the moment of anger.

that's why I sent it back to her shaking together, running over. she was still calling God in one post but she has already indirectly given my enemy time of death. may it be unto her hundred folds what she wishes me