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Keep these five things in mind as you go through the interviewing process to give yourself the best chance at landing the job.

Ask Good Questions
According to Howard Pines, founder and CEO of BeamPines, “the best thing a candidate can do at an interview ask good questions.”

Doing so shows that you are thoughtful and interested in understanding the company. There’s usually a chance to ask questions at the end of your interview, so be ready with questions that show you’re engaged in the process.

Pines suggests several questions, including:
What are the biggest short- and long-term issues I would need to focus on in this position?
What would I need to focus on differently than the previous person in this position?
What organizational issues should I be aware of?

“I’m flexible.”
Whether it’s about possible job duties, a potential start date or simply timing for the second interview, stressing your flexibility makes you easy to get along with.

Hiring managers don’t like complications, and having to coordinate complicated schedules or haggle over a job description eventually just makes you look difficult. While you certainly don’t want to be a pushover -- and “flexible” shouldn’t define your salary negotiation -- show your potential employer that you’re interested in results that work for everyone.

The Company’s Own Words
Before your interview, become familiar with the company’s website and literature. Pay attention to the words used -- what’s important to the organization?

“In your interview, hit key words that appeared on the company website or brochure,” says Olivia Ford of Adeptio. “These key words might include team, leadership, simplistic, culture or growth.”

Mixing these keywords into your answers can provide a subtle hint that you are plugged in to what the organization is looking for.

“That’s a Good Question.”
Use this phrase instead of blurting out “I don’t know” if the interviewer stumps you with a surprise question. It can give you a few moments to come up with an answer and, in the meantime, strokes the interviewer's ego a little bit too.

Avoid the “I don’t know” answer when possible, but of course don’t lie about your experience or training.

"Reasons You Want the Job"
Knowing a job prospect’s motivations is important for managers who are hiring.

During your interview, talk about how this position fits into your future plans and the ideas you have about your career, how it fits with your values, and what you would like to learn from it. Talk about how you see yourself in relation to the company and what you believe you can bring to the position.

These kinds of thoughts show who you are as a person, and go a long way toward giving the hiring manager an idea about how you might fit in the company’s culture and values.
This articled was culled from Yahoo

See more at: http://thechronicled..com/2013/08/career-tip-best-5-interview-answers-to.html#sthash.c88H4vyY.dpuf

These oyibo people are champion at teaching their kids to be open minded and accept some abnormal lifestyle like sexual orientation but unfortunately they dont teach their kids suicide is not a solution to any problem. Or maybe suicide is part of the abnormal lifestyle they inculcate in their people mtscheew

@ Exponetial
Please go ahead and create the thread between car key and a car. First of, that is such an inappropriate comparison. Provided the car key and car are in good working condition, they dont have say in the matter.

Also create a thread telling us how often you take permission from your car key before driving your car. Telling us if the car key were as important as the car why is that people can comfortably bypass the car key and drive a car without any need for the car key.

Feel free to lie to us that if you are given the option to choose between a car key to no car and a car with no car key that you will pick the car key with no car.

All I'm saying is proposal is important BUT not as important as the actual marriage. Period.

If I have a choice to choose between a mere car key and a car, I will choose the CAR without giving it a thought. One will be a legendary hypocrite not to do same.

Every woman wants to have a dream marriage proposal and wedding. This dream proposal doesn't necessarily mean it'll be grand but let it be as the woman envisioned it. They talk about this often. How often do you ever hear women talk about having a dream marriage? Just be honest with your answer whether you are a man or woman. That brings me to the question; “Which is more important, the marriage proposal or the marriage proper?” The proposal to me is the destination of few weeks, months or years dating/courtship journey while marriage is a lifelong journey. But with the invention of the device called divorce, marriage can last a few hours.

“Which is more important, the marriage proposal or the marriage proper?”
I have often wondered which is more important. The question can be likened to a similar question like “which is more important the journey or the destination?” This is a million dollar question which we will try to answer. Is there even an objective way to answer this question? Opinions differ for sure. A few women I discussed this with all said marriage proposal is important and needs to be a very romantic and memorable. I quite agree with them. BUT none of them was able to categorically say, yes marriage proposal is more important than marriage itself and vice versa. Is it me or is it just the way God wired women?

I can categorically tell you anytime any day that marriage is more important than marriage proposal. Maybe that’s how me or men are wired. Marriage is a long term journey and the proposal is a few minutes event. I don't know about you, as for me;

"I Rather Have A Shitty Marriage Proposal And Have A Blissful Marriage Than Have A Blissful Marriage Proposal And Shitty Marriage" - Scopium NwabuKing

Some People Take The Proposal More Seriously Than The Wedding Vows
It is so wrong to do so. With divorce rate soon to overtake rate of marriage, one wonders what really pushed the couples to get married. That entire perfect dream proposal lasted only a few years of wedding anniversaries, are you kidding me?

What is the essence of a dream marriage proposal if the marriage is only going to last a few weeks? Then the woman may as well just pick out a ring while the man watches a football match. Yeah I know you'll say nobody goes into a marriage hoping for it to fall apart few years down the line. It falls apart because priorities are misplaced. The less important event is treated as the most important. And the most important journey is relegated to the background.

I'm not saying that marriage proposals aren’t essential. Like I said before They are important. They can serve as a great jumping off point for the sometimes grueling process of planning a wedding. Honestly, creative proposals are the best. The kind when the guy proposes in a way that is romantically meaningful and unique to the couple.

Does It Really Matter How A Man Proposes To A Woman?
Are there women who would turn down marriage or be genuinely upset if he didn’t propose the “right” way? If so what is the "right" way? Are there women who would say yes to a boyfriend she didn’t necessarily want to marry simply because he asked in a stunning fashion? I wonder what single women including you reading this have in mind as their “dream proposal” and what happens if the reality is nothing like they dreamt?

If you have dated this person for some time and you still don’t know each other very well as to make a bad proposal, what else do you know well about your future spouse? What else can your future spouse do well?

According to a marriage proposal study;
One in four brides hated the way their future husband proposed. Twenty-six per cent of brides-to-be said that they wished the moment had been more romantic, original or personal. Others would have preferred it to be more private or complained that it was too over-the-top special, and a third said that the biggest faux pas was proposing without a ring.
I totally agree with the women on proposing without a ring, how dumb is that? How can you not propose with the engagement ring?

Most Nigerian single women want their single Nigerian men to shower western version of love on them especially when it comes to marriage proposal but they still retain core African attitude towards some of western romantic gestures. For instance an average Nigerian woman will never value being bought flowers fresh or plastic. Their spoken or unspoken sentiment is; ''na flower I go chop?'' meaning 'Is it flower that I will eat?' Or something like; ''Do I look like a goat wey dey eat grass to you?''

A simple, romantic but not over-the-top proposal is necessary, please always remember it is not the end itself. It's a means to achieving an end. There are a few tips to bear in mind for the great marriage proposal.

I have seen a lot proposal failures and I think to myself does it really worth it? Dude please save yourself the misery and just keep it simply simple


It is very possible to have both a shitty marriage proposal and a shitty marriage or have both a blissful marriage proposal and a blissful marriage. No problem if you end with the latter. If you can have best of both worlds that is awesome. That's my desire for everyone. But if you must have one at cost of the other, please it has to be the long term journey which is The Marriage and not the short term destination which is The Marriage Proposal. It is important you don't let your marriage last as long as your grand spectacular dream marriage proposal.

For more check out http://thechronicled..com/2013/07/which-is-more-important-marriage.html

The lines above is the lyrics from one of Bob Marley's numerous songs titled Sun Is Shining
"Sun is shining, the weather is sweet
Makes you wanna move your dancing feet"

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has warned that there will be severe weather and heavy rainfall in Lagos tomorrow Tuesday June 18th.

NEMA spokesperson, Ibrahim Farinloye, said the early warning is based on alerts received from the African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development based in Niamey, Niger Republic.
He said:
“In Nigeria, Lagos and its environs are expected to experience torrential rainfall from about 50 mm 24h: Confidence medium means that all stakeholders must be prepared to take all precautionary steps against leaving the warning unattended......blah blah blah"
The NEMA warning at least shows some people work in that agency. It's good they warned before hand, Im glad it wasn't like Noah's warning of flood. I look out my window and the sun is shining. Yes it rained earlier, not heavy by any ramification. That goes to show you that man propose, God laughs and then dispose!

However I have one issue with the source of that warning. Seriously NEMA went to Niger Republic to get a reading on Nigerian weather?! What is NEMA Nigeria doing? Let me guess PHCN didn't give them power to do the work. Could it be the road to their office is bad so they went to Niger Republic. Just like we fly to foreign countries for good medical treatment? Is it the same reason why we import even common toothpicks?

Let's hope they didn't come back with excess luggage of terrorist as evidence insurgence activities points in that direction. I liken it to President Jonathan running to Niger Republic president to rule Nigeria with the resources of Niger Republic. That is ridiculous. I don't if the body is African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development, Nigeria claiming GIANT of AFRICA should have it's reliable effective and efficient Meterological Institute.

For more check here http://thechronicled..com/2013/06/weather-report-nema-warned-of-heavy.html

I eloped with nostalgia down memory lane recently and one of the ancient site we visited was New Haven Primary School 1 Enugu. Something about a crush made this place stand out historically.
If I were to make a list of my childhood crushes, the list will be a little longer than Mississippi. It was that big but the name will remain the same. A name I’ve closely used once ever since. The name is Deborah.

The list would've looked like this
1 Deborah....
2 Deborah....
3 Deborah....
4 Deborah....
5 Deborah....

Forgive me Debbie for not remembering your last name. Maybe I was busy feeding my fantasy off her exotic body frame to remember her last name. My fantasy had the appetite of an insatiable voracious black hole swallowing any and everything on its path.

The fantasy thingy was like second creation for my kiddo brain. Thoughts of her consumed me in a manner parallel to a cow grazing the entire non ocean parts of earth to point of desertification. You can imagine the weight I carried. The never ending long wait I married. The wedlock of me and waiting-in-vain was a disaster. I never had enough courage to express myself so I waited like a fowl waiting to grow teeth.

Debbie was my classmate in primary 4 in New Haven Primary School 1 Enugu. I fell for her the second my brain processed her image. The terrain of my heart was emotionally wet and slippery, little wonder why I fell head over heels for her. She lacked the height of the hills but she stood tall like a mountain because of my overflowing shyness fountain. Gawd! I was such a shy machine.

She was Brilliant, 1st position in class. I couldn’t grab that position till we moved to different classes. She was Black. She was Bold. She was BEAUTIFUL! She had a sensuous thick lips and a killer smile. Her sculptor fitted her with exceptionally cute dimples that lights up her smile causing my body ACs to malfunction. Her sweetness was my weakness.

How can a piece of iron filing like me stand the strong attraction of a giant magnet like Deborah? How was I supposed to repel that attraction? I was both the predator and perfect prey.

God took a rib from Adam to make Eve, I think he took my entire skeletal system to make Debbie. I was totally caught and crushed up in the rapture of love. Funny how much I loved Anita Baker then though my primary 4 mind never grasped the mature meaning/message of her lyrics. I often tail Debbie home like some invisible CIA agent, shit it was crazy.

In a similar case one girl tripped helplessly for me. I wasn’t man enough to show or tell Debbie how I felt but this other girl was boy enough to at least show me her innermost feelings. Unfortunately she had a twin sister and they were perfectly and identically identical. You can’t tell them apart even if they were your own right and left hand. Besides my feeling at that time was faithfully and naturally custom-made for Debbie technically other girls just didn’t exist. Kinda like the early days of Clark and Lana of Smallville.

It’s curiously amazing how this portion of my memory has remained very vivid all these years. It comes in colourful HDTV production quality while the rest is in blurry black and white. I’m just wondering what became of her, who she grew up to be. What and where she is now. I don’t feel like that anymore but I won’t mind meeting her once again. Have you seen her? Tell me have you seen her. If you see her, tell her to give me a call. My number is 1-800-childhood crush.


For more check out http://thechronicled..com/2013/06/an-ode-to-debbie-my-precious-childhood_3.html

Does the lawma BROOM party still carry broom now that its APC?

It used to be anthrax now enemies of America are using a new poison. A letter addressed to President Barack Obama tested positive for the poison ricin and was from the same sender who mailed a letter to a senator that also tested positive, officials told NBC News on Wednesday.
The letter to Obama was intercepted at an off-site White House mail facility and was being tested further, the FBI said. A federal law enforcement official said that the letter was “very similar” to one addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.

Federal officials told NBC News that they believe they know who sent the letters, but no arrest was made because authorities were waiting for further test results.
Ricin is made from castor beans and can kill within 36 hours. There is no antidote. Some threatening letters simply contain ground castor beans, resulting in a positive field test for ricin without the concentrated poison. Results from full laboratory tests are expected in the next 24 to 48 hours.

Filters at a second government mail screening facility also tested positive for ricin in preliminary screening Wednesday.
An FBI official told NBC News that the agency did not initially believe the letters were related to the attack on the Boston Marathon on Monday.


For more check out http://www.rhipplemedia.com/2013/04/letter-laced-with-ricin-poison-sent-to.html

The prophet with a knack for prophesying tragedies, Prophet Temitope Joshua, head pastor and founder of the Synagogue Church of all Nation, said that he has once predicted the omen that recently befell the people of America.

Rhipplemedia gathered that, Joshua revealed an earth shaking prophecy of the recent devastating terrorist bombing attacks in Boston, Massachusetts USA long before they ever happened. Watch it for yourself to see that prophets and prophecy did not die out with the Old Testament. Jesus Christ's power is the same yesterday, today and forever. All things lie open before Him; there is nothing hidden from God.

To watch video and more check out http://www.rhipplemedia.com/2013/04/watch-video-of-how-prophet-tb-joshua.html

More pix. WTH is wrong with people and crazy stuff anyway?
http://www.rhipplemedia.com/2013/04/quidditching-new-internet-picture-craze.html

its amazing how stupid things take wings ideas or act infect alot of people As any internet craze aficionado will know, there's a gossamer-fine line between inventing a popular meme and just looking stupid, if not a little deranged.

Indeed, if you're into online trends, you'll know all about planking, breading, owling and Batmanning... and you'll definitely have heard of Lion King-ing.

But here's a new one that is bound to get off the ground: Quidditching. Hundreds of Harry Potter fans are literally jumping at the chance to show off their Quidditch skills in this new online rage that is already beginning to sweep the globe.

All you need is a spring in your step, a quick-fingered friend with a camera and a broomstick wedged firmly between your legs. And unlike some of its predecessors, this is a trend that is both safe and easy.
It involves leaping with a broomstick to look like J.K. Rowling's bespectacled wizard Harry Potter competing in a game of the mythical sport Quidditch.

For lots more pix and info check out http://www.rhipplemedia.com/2013/04/quidditching-new-internet-picture-craze.html

Have you ever wondered who the most literate celebrities on Twitter are? Take a look the result Buzzfeed came up with.

The website Buzzfeed.com took the 10 most-followed celebs on Twitter and ran their last 10 Tweets through an online "readability calculator", in order to determine the grade level their grammar would be appropriate for. Interestingly the list has more females than males.

PRESIDENT OBAMA came out first, followed closely by KATY PERRY and then LADY GAGA.
And, coming in DEAD LAST was JUSTIN BIEBER who failed to reach even a FIRST GRADE/School year level.

1. President Obama, 6.11

2. Katy Perry, 5.88

3. Lady Gaga, 5.74

4. Ellen DeGeneres, 5.24

5. Taylor Swift, 4.07


For more juicy gist and infotainment http://www.rhipplemedia.com/2013/04/obama-is-most-literate-celebrity-on.html

ifyalways: Its impossible. Lekki landlords for don throway you since,unless you stay in all those kpako-house-no-mans-land side of Lekki.
You just need traffic to your blog but make the story a bit realistic.

Since you are now oga@dtop who knows and sees everything, goodluck with that. Or you are a member lekki landlords association. Whether you believe its possible or not is largely irrelevant to me, God knows the truth. I did have talks with my landlord two months after they came, fortunately/unfortunately he wasnt such a kick-ass type. I dont mind when people express their opinion. However I do mind when instead of airing your opinion, you jump to a very false conclusion and try to force it down as a fact when you dont know the truth. Does this look like fun and games to you?

Speaking of blog, I started that blog mainly as a dairy. Check the DEAR DIARY section and see all the diary entries, almost all of them has reference to the situation at hand as it happens on a daily basis.
Go ahead and make some more mindless false conclusions.

@Heavensown
You made a very good point. I tried to be brief cuz if I put every detail the length may fatigue the eye and people may not have patience to read. He met some other childhood friends who stayed in the same area. They adviced him to relocate to Lagos (center of excellent plenty opportunities) instead of east. They told me they've decided to stay in Lagos after a month but it wont be at my place, I dint quite believe them going by what I was seeing. Im not mocking their situation. They packed their things out of the rented apartment in the east, gave out some and kept some with their in-laws.

ileobatojo: I find it incredibly hard to believe that one person housed a family of 4 in a 1 room apartment for a year! With 2 young kids? Non relatives for that matter? Who were only supposed to stay a week? How did you do it? How do you guys sleep, cook, breathe even? How do you share the bathroom? What about your privacy? How do you stay sane? How have you not thrown out all their things by now? How?!! In short, how is it possible

Please for the love of God, send them away now. How can you wait till June?? Give them money for their bus tickets to the East, borrow it if you have to. It's a small price to pay for your peace of mind. Help them pack their things and escort them to the bus park. Don't even wait till tomorrow, do it today.

Still in shock!!

Bros it was ridiculously difficult. I started staying out late so the moment I get home, I just sleep. I had two mattresses, I use one they use the other. Every second i see something that will piss me off. It wasnt all bad initially but its now bad and way out of hand.

Why do people find it hard to believe? Is it easier to believe that people live under the bridge? Anyway I have prayed that God should help them get a place of their own. I stopped praying that, now Im praying that God should help me get another place. I got other issues Im taking care of, otherwise I woulda move out long time if the money was readily available. My babe dont even visit again. Most of my friends dont come around anymore. I have told him before that my babe is moving in but he kept begging me like Im his saviour.

Im happy at your responses thus far. Im sure people go through worse situation than mine. I have indeed learnt my lesson, trust me this is how the meek became the mean. Please you can doubt if my head is correct or not but dont doubt if this story is true or not

Listen to this short true life story. I rather you decide whether it’s short or not. I can’t vividly put everything on paper, but let me try and make it short. I’m a guy trying to make a decent living in Lagos like some people. I stay alone in one room self contained apartment somewhere in the Lekki corridor plagued with unreasonably astronomical rent. One day my childhood friend called. He is Lagos with the family somewhere around Ikotun. I promptly cleared my calendar and paid them a visit.


A week or few days later he said they will be traveling back to the east on the next Saturday. But since their engagement was in Victoria Island and it demands they be in the office as early as possible on Friday, they requested to stay with me which instantly accepted without giving it a thought. Of course I dint have to. I was simply lending a helping hand to a friend. So the golden plan was to come to my place on Tuesday, do their thing in V/I on Friday and then travel back to the east on Saturday. Roughly 5 DAYS stay. Very simple you would say. The month was March. To be precise, it was MARCH 2012. The shocker is that they are still in my place. And this is MARCH 2013! A 5 days stay turned to a 365 days stay yet, the end is not in sight!


Imagine Mr. D, Mrs. A and two little niggling kids (girls) living with me in one room. That’s 5 people in one room. The last girl still wears pampers. The wife took the kid back to east sometimes in February this year. The main issue is that their lifestyle is polar opposite of mine. I’m the kinda person that can give you a clear precise direction from another galaxy in space on where to get a needle from any corner in my room. In other words I’m very organized. Very neat. It annoys me when things are scattered and untidy. I cook and clean. These people are they exact opposite.


These people turned my room upside down. They “junglefied” my room effortlessly. In one month the room has seriously aged more than it did in my 3 years stay in it. They destroy and litter everywhere every second and the usual suspects are the kids even when they are not. I keep fixing things, they will never fix a pin. They will pile the trash up like they are building a pyramid. At a point I had to clean every inch of the walls using cleaning agent and a cloth. He can’t even wash his handkerchief. The moment they open their eyes, they rush to the TV both papa, mama and kids. They watch TV with the kids till 2:00am atimes. I’m like what are you teaching these kids? Oh yeah they fought like crazy initially over really retarded reasons often orchestrated by the guy. They pack a lot of nasty dirty habits that really irritate, disgust and annoy me. I just ignore and endure. Im not saying im perfect though.


On December ending of 2012 I asked them to leave that I cannot ignore and endure anymore and to my greatest surprise, the guy challenged me on that. He challenged as if we had an agreement to live together.


Telling me “….so you want to kick us out? Me and my family will wait for you and the police or army you will call to kick us out”


I took it calmly like my usual self. I can really be calm on the surface even though its tsunami underneath. All I said to him was “…this is why people don’t do good deeds.” I initially gave them till end of January to leave and the guy threw tantrum again. Later he apologized for the tantrum that he was being a jerk. They said they are looking for an accommodation but it doesn’t look it to me. My rent expires by June, Im just watching, not talking anymore. I tried to be brief.


My uncle once said something that shocked me cuz of how true his words of wisdom was for me. This was before they even came. He said people of our family love to help people but we do it to a point that it really hurts us and we keep doing it. When I reflect on that comment I shudder. Every and anybody I tell this just wants me to kick them out by fire by force except two people.

Im asking for your opinion, what do you think I should do?

I await your responses.

http://thechronicled..com/2013/03/what-do-i-do-now-that-help-i-gave-is.html