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Princemuba:
I cant imagine people are happy for a death of human being, lets drop the status of Yar'adua and lets be reasonable that he is nothing than just a human being like us, you better stop celebrating the death of your enemy or a human being and think of when you'll also die, "De Prince"

word!!! , ashiri

Excellent *****

About myself ?    . About myself is not enough to give the right answers to the question number 4,5,6,13 and 15. It would be nice of you if you can help to give logical answers to them or any one of them.

The counter says 44 people read this post already, just wonder why no one is responding it can't just be that the whole of Nairaland run out of ideas or is it that people just don't care anymore Please help if you can, no suggestion or idea is useless.

Hello fellow Nairalanders, am presently working in the Aviation Industry at one of the international Airports in UK, and i've worked in various departments of Aviation industry and have also gathered international working experience in the past years due to my Multi language skills. I've got some Aviation qualifications but not one that can put me directly into a managerial position. Currently, i applied for an internal position as a Terminal Duty Officer, a managerial qualification with working experience will be of an advantage but not necessary if one have good special skills and Aviation working experience. I,ve never work as a manager before but have worked close and observed managers implementing their duties in the past. Am preparing at the moment for the interview and am also doing a lot of theoretical research concerning the position. Below are the most likely questions for the interview, i've got my own answers to some of them and am trying to develop some answers for the rest and to compare mine with yours. Could anyone suggest some possible answers with scenarios to any of the questions below that would help me to create a positive impression and receive a good evaluation from the Interviewers. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks



General and Possible Job Interview Questions

1)Why are you interested in this job?

2)Tell us about your current or previous job. What did you do? What did you like most and
least about it?

3)Imagine you became the boss of the organization you last worked at. What would be the
first improvement you would make?

4)Tell us about a time when you had to maintain confidentiality. How did you do this?
Through your work, you find out that your cousin’s wife, Fatou has been raped. Your
cousin knows you know something about Fatou, and comes to you for help. He says that
Fatou hasn’t been feeling well, but he doesn’t know what’s wrong. He is very upset and
asks you to tell him anything you know about Fatou so he can help her. What do you do?
Why?

5)You find out that an Animator is accepting money from people who want to be
beneficiaries of your program. What do you do? Is it a violation of confidentiality if you
tell someone?

6)You notice that a co-worker has taken money from her grant group and used it for
herself. She begs you not to tell anyone and promises to replace the money next week
after she gets her paycheck. She really needs money this week because her baby is sick.
What do you do?

7 )Explain how your experience working with people or supervising people in the past
would help you in your new job.

Questions for Supervisory/ Managerial Positions

8 ) Tell us about your strengths as a manager, and your weaknesses as a manager.
Imagine the staff you supervise are fighting with each other. What do you do?
A manager has to make a lot of decisions. Sometimes these are difficult because the
answer is not clear. Other times the right choice is clear, but you know people will be
upset with you if you make that choice. Tell us about a time you had to make a difficult
decision. How did you make it and why?

9) This job requires the ability to work independently. The Coordinator will provide some
direction and support, but much of what you do will be your own responsibility. Tell us
about a time you worked independently or took the initiative to do something.

10) How do you keep staff motivated?
For internal candidates: In your new job, you would be in a position of authority over
staff who used to be your peers and may still be your friends. How will you handle this so
that they don’t resent you?

11) For external candidates: In your new job, you would be coming in to an established

group
as an outsider. How would you maintain good relations and keep people from resenting
your authority?


12) As Manager, part of your job would be to find out when staff are breaking the company

rules. What kinds of problems would you look for? How would you handle them?

13) Tell me about a time when you took the initiative to change something you thought
wasn’t right.

Hello fellow Nairalanders, am presently working in the Aviation Industry at one of the international Airports in UK, and i've worked in various departments of Aviation industry and have also gathered international working experience in the past years due to my Multi language skills. I've got some Aviation qualifications but not one that can put me directly into a managerial position. Currently, i applied for an internal position as a Terminal Duty Officer, a managerial qualification with working experience will be of an advantage but not necessary if one have good special skills and Aviation working experience. I,ve never work as a manager before but have worked close and observed managers implementing their duties in the past. Am preparing at the moment for the interview and am also doing a lot of theoretical research concerning the position. Below are the most likely questions for the interview, i've got my own answers to some of them and am trying to develop some answers for the rest and to compare mine with yours. Could anyone suggest some possible answers with scenarios to any of the questions below that would help me to create a positive impression and receive a good evaluation from the Interviewers. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks


General and Possible Job Interview Questions

1)Why are you interested in this job?

2)Tell us about your current or previous job. What did you do? What did you like most and least about it?

3)Imagine you became the boss of the organization you last worked at. What would be the first improvement you would make?

4)Tell us about a time when you had to maintain confidentiality. How did you do this? Through your work, you find out that your cousin’s wife, Fatou has been raped. Your cousin knows you know something about Fatou, and comes to you for help. He says that Fatou hasn’t been feeling well, but he doesn’t know what’s wrong. He is very upset and asks you to tell him anything you know about Fatou so he can help her. What do you do?
Why?

5)You find out that an Animator is accepting money from people who want to be beneficiaries of your program. What do you do? Is it a violation of confidentiality if you tell someone?

6)You notice that a co-worker has taken money from her grant group and used it forherself. She begs you not to tell anyone and promises to replace the money next week after she gets her paycheck. She really needs money this week because her baby is sick.
What do you do?

7) Explain how your experience working with people or supervising people in the past would help you in your new job.

Questions for Supervisory/ Managerial Positions

8 ) Tell us about your strengths as a manager, and your weaknesses as a manager. Imagine the staff you supervise are fighting with each other. What do you do?

9) A manager has to make a lot of decisions. Sometimes these are difficult because the answer is not clear. Other times the right choice is clear, but you know people will be upset with you if you make that choice. Tell us about a time you had to make a difficult decision. How did you make it and why?

10) This job requires the ability to work independently. The Coordinator will provide some direction and support, but much of what you do will be your own responsibility. Tell us about a time you worked independently or took the initiative to do something.

12) How do you keep staff motivated?

13) For internal candidates: In your new job, you would be in a position of authority over staff who used to be your peers and may still be your friends. How will you handle this so that they don’t resent you?

14) For external candidates: In your new job, you would be coming in to an established group as an outsider. How would you maintain good relations and keep people from resenting your authority?


15) As Manager, part of your job would be to find out when staff are breaking the company rules. What kinds of problems would you look for? How would you handle them?

16) Tell me about a time when you took the initiative to change something you thought wasn’t right.

davidif:
I am yoruba and we only have three words for different languages: white (funfun), black (dudu), red (pupa) but my teacher wants to find out what we call blue, green, yellow, brown, and pink.

Very interesting topic https://www.pic4ever.com/images/kaffeetrinker_2.gif

Green (Awo ewe/ leaf color), i heard that lots of time on Yoruba news, but the rest i don't know. I think i took for granted that language programme on TV (WAZOBIA) back in those days .  we're gradually losing our culture

By the way davidf when are you coming back to teach us some German language
Ich bin ein Nigeria, i must confess i fell for that one, u got me writting the whole page

Willkommen im Klub MamaJD.

MamaJD:
um ehrlich zu sein mag ich die deutsche sprache nicht so*lol*

MamaJD:
wie alt seid ihr denn?

owopepper:
my brothers abeg make una try am jare maybe when una do am man pickin fit vex leave this naija one day and hope him go reach uk via road at least there is hope.

doe:
If u guys are serious about this i am in. Get we get together in a small group to organise things.

I am based in the UK.

Teejay07:
@bhola,

thanks for the new spirit u brought in. Definitely, this is 'doable'. All we just need is proper planning, like I said earlier. Now lets start counting those that have indicated their willingness to undertake the journey.

So, people, COUNT ME IN!!!

lucabrasi:
hey dude,i absolutely love this idea and im down with it, i have a toyota rav4 yr 2000 model and i live in manchester uk could you tell me more about it as its been my dream wont mind being a passenger as well if its not too expensive and how r bout the visa process for the countries n tha

Quddy:
how can I get in contact so we can go together

komekn:
Teejay,
It is my idea but I'm willing for anybody to jump on board, everybody that participates takes credit, this is not an ego trip its an adventure fun trip. one thing it seems you are in Nigeria, you know its London to Lagos and not vice versa.
Thats not a problem though you can always catch a flight here first, before we drive off for Lagos.

Father, PLEEEEEEEASSE enter your childrens hearts and change their minds, for they do not know what they are talking about.  

Hallo nairalanders, Nutzen sie diese Diskussionsfaden um ihr deutsch zu verbessern, diskutieren sie gegenseitig und versuchen sie Deutsch sprechende leute weltweit kennenzulearnen. Also, los geht leute  . 

Hello there Nairalanders, use this thread to improve your German, discuss with one another and get to know German speaking people worldwide. Common everybody, here we go.

slimfine:
Not being able to read and write as many people have said is not a disease and can be changed but while you enroll her in school and all, u need to make sure u want help her as a friend because there are no guarantees that she will marry you upon her graduation! my two cents

You might be right and that's one of the reason why am planing to go home soon, to get some more facts about her and to know her family background very well.
I think i should be planing to have and investing on my own family. Not investing on a woman to be someoneelse wife in future. But please bear it in mind as well that adult education doesn't disturb pregnancy or marriage.
As long as i can pray about it and still able to score 1, 2, 3 or more goals with my piston, i believe everything is possible . Thanks

slimfine:
@waladis: By the way, does this girl still want to go back to school? I understand that she intiatially came to Lagos for that but is the zeal still there?

She knew i was schocked and unhappy about her Illiteracy. So a month ago while telling her on the phone that i will send to her some pocket money, she told me she would preffer if i can use the money to arrange  for an adult learning programme for her. I was impressed but also see it as an opportunity to put her to test.
Few days later, i called again to tell her that a male tutor will get intouch with her and her best friend (the one that introduced her to me) to make arrangement for the tuition. I hardly finished the sentence before she flatly said NO, and that she would preffer a female tutor. I must confess, i was double impressed with this action.

slimfine:
Now you up and rented a place for her and now you want to send her to school? there is nothing wrong with doing charity work oo! but this is Naija we are talking about and plus you are in the Uk so that makes you a potential prey.

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slimfine:
@waladis: I am kindda concered about you becuase you barely know this girl. did you meet her aunty, mom, her friend just to confirm all that story she told you?

I talked to her mum and the senior brother about a week ago for the first time. The mother is self employed at the College Of Education Warri. The mum appeared to be friendly but i guess the brother is either a bit too serious, strict or being protective over his sister which i can understand.
Except the Mum, the brother spoke good and clear english.
I intended to travel very soon to Nigeria (probably september) to get some more facts and to carry out some better plans concerning this issue if everything goes well.

I can only contribute the following before the chapter is close. Some of the criticsism is justified.
HOW CAN I STOP MYSELF FROM PICKING WRONG MEN?
It's almost impossible.
WHY? because if you don't pick them they will pick you for one reason or the other.
Secondly, few days or weeks is not enough to determine the personality of any person.
Thirdly, every human being deserve a chance. ( please don't misunderstand me, am not saying that you should go around
sleeping with every man that comes your way)
And finally, if you cannot find a good/right man atleast there are many ways to prevent yourself from moving from fry pan to fire, until the right man comes accross your way because good partners are very hard to find nowadays. You will need to set your priorities right and develop a positive personality and aim to keep them, be an observant, and have the ability to exercise patience and self discipline, be contented and try to build healthy and save communication. All this qualities will create a good image for you in front of any man, once a man likes your presentation (the first impression) and personality, he will begin to admire and like you as a friend and then later be proud of you as a lover whilst your inner beauty reflects. Based on my personal experience, most men are physically stronger than women but are emotionally weaker once you know the gate way to their heart. There are some certain principles you need to develop as a woman before and when you start dating a man. Good luck

rancetech:
It has nothing to do with being literate or illiterate.

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Quote from: luxoire on June 04, 2009, 11:49 AM
just because they do not know a 'better/civilised' approach on how to deal with things
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My African queen luxoire, with all respect i totally disagree on this one. (uncivilised, barbaric and potentially ' dangerous' ) any human being is capable of the above  mentioned behaviour, depending on the state of mind at a particular time.

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Quote from: luxoire on June 04, 2009, 11:49 AM
an illiterate woman may be easier to control and take your word for gospel - however, bear in mind that the illiterate ones may be very uncivilised, barbaric and potentially ' dangerous' in the way they handle confirmtations and arguments,
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Agreed, but please bear in mind as well that it could also go the other way round

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Quote from: luxoire on June 04, 2009, 11:49 AM
some literate women would question you and seek reason in what you say / do. others wouldn't - it just comes down to an indivisula's predisposition.
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You are very right

Wait a minute a neighbour is ringing my door bell____________________Oppsss i  forgot to quench the fire in the garden. Panapana oooooooooooooooo (Fire brigade). Guys c u later, da roof is on fireeeeeeeeeee ________ 

BINGOOOOOOO.!!!  You are completely right, just carried out a quick research in my garden. It's perfume

JJYOU:
MMM Character is like a smoke  more like a perfume dont u think?

Smoke or perfume, mmmmmh. Which one is actually easier to perceive.
Wait, i'll be back?

Pittbaby:
Ori oda , Olori buruku , ko ni da fun e , your own no go beta ,


OR

You are Stupid , You are an Idiot , F***K you

are you asking for the difference b/w that, wht you seek you shall find , civility does not neccesarily come with education

Like i've already said some few minutes ago that there's a logic reason behind every move that i made on this thread and that the time will tell.  At first i thought its going to take probably a week or more but i was flabbergasted to see it happening in such a short period of time, it was absolutely beyond my expectation :o___________ .

Character is like a smoke, it can never be covered, it will certainly find a way out. And this woman/Poster here is suppose to be educated. There are two types of education, the one we received at home from our parents and the one we received at school. Only few women have boths. Illiterate or not, educated or not, what matter most is to be GOD FEARING. Beware, there are lots like her out there parambulating without no destination, jumping from door to door looking for another scape goat to ruin his life and using the most precious gift that God has given them in exchange for a chicken change that will never be enough to protect the future consequences while simultaneously breaking up many happy homes. Brothers, always look before you leap, least you regret. The mistake of a bad slave make one to curse all the other slaves, but not all are the same. Behind every successful man , there is a woman and i say_____ behind most ruined men and marriages there is also a ____________ ? U all know what i mean. Nothing make a man feel better than a woman, but we need to be careful, observant and patient while dealing with them. A word is enough for a wise.

congoshine:
1stly. . .pls confirm u f ucked her HARD ?!

2ndly. . , . seems you're in love,pls confirm

3rdly if answer to above is 'YES',marry her !

Question Number 1:  No comment
Question Number 2: 1000000 times confirmed
Question Number 3: Only if you promise to come on the wedding day