dexiouz:

So bro, what would have been the correct thing to do.

idris4eva:
I had one with the head hr uba HQ

Madam hr: Tell us about yourself

I went ahead to tell her about myself the way I can cos that wasmy first experience going for an interview after talking like 5min I stopped

Madam raise head up and like OK continue

I give it another chance i continue saying my rubbish I stopped again

Madam look up again and like OK continue

I just kukuma stop dey look her

Maybe she wan know me pass myself I don't know

I lose d job still

idris4eva:
I had one with the head hr uba HQ

Madam hr: Tell us about yourself

I went ahead to tell her about myself the way I can cos that wasmy first experience going for an interview after talking like 5min I stopped

Madam raise head up and like OK continue

I give it another chance i continue saying my rubbish I stopped again

Madam look up again and like OK continue

I just kukuma stop dey look her

Maybe she wan know me pass myself I don't know

I lose d job still

barbatee007:
I got a call from my cousin that a pharmaceutical company she submitted my resume was conducting aptitude test in Lagos. Then I was still working in my MSc supervisor laboratory though he was paying me stipend I didn't want him to know I am still searching for jobs. Quickly I packed my bag and headed for Lagos and I arrived in time to write the test which luckily for me was a piece of cake.After finishing the test quickly and about to zoom back to Ife where I was schooling and managing myself only for the invigilator to announce that we should wait that they will mark and call the names of the successful candidates for interview which they would conduct that same evening. Well as expected I was called for interview while the rest were excused to go. Maybe I should just have excused myself if I had known what was in store for me in the interview room but no instead I walked with confidence in to the room when my name was called. I was thrown off balance when the first missile was shot at me by the lead panelist when he asked why I dressed "shabbily," for the interview. Mind you I was dressed in a T shirt and baggy jeans but I managed to answer that I came to write test not knowing I would be interviewed. Then came the simplest question you can ask a biochemist or someone that is still in academics is to explain Kreb cycle. My people I know it despite not expecting something as elementary as that but I became over excited and didn't know how to break the pathway down and explain myself. I would start and get stuck start again got stuck till the leader said Mr man please go and become a teacher you can't be our representative. A lady in the panel begged I should be given another chance cos she is convinced I know it and I was given another chance but I fumbled again only this time I excused myself. The leader of the panel was just laughing at me as I exited the room. Then came the mother of all embarrassment when I switched on my phone and entered the wrong pin 3 times and my Sim card was blocked. I didn't plan to sleep in Lagos so I went to ATM to withdraw money for traveling only to enter the wrong pin 3 times again and my ATM was blocked too. Well to summarize I had to resort begging for transportation money at Oshodi park before I could ride in a bus transporting tomatoes to Ibadan. Don't forget nobody knew I traveled so I had to sort myself. That was over 10 years ago but lesson learned was that I vowed never to settle for a teaching job as the lead panelist "advised". I wonder if he earns more than me now. N.B I am presently working in an integrated oil and gas company and I have only God to be grateful to for that.

yeyerolling:
In 2011 my first interview made me realise my comical talent. The whole interview turned into comedy. Ceo of the company ( the coy is now very big) asked me wat i currently did. Well my mum was into hajj travel tins den and i used to assist. I answered the madam i currently work for mummy. Madam ceo burst into laughter , her hr manager and d oda panelist followed suit. In my mind i was like mogbe o. Hr manager asked do u stay alone or (Ceo interrupted he stays with mummy). Anoda round of laughter chai. Went home sad

MKO4ever:
When I used to have "Reading" as a hobby on my CV

And then the interviewer asked me.....

"What was the last book that you read..............."

............................................then the rest was history

oluwamitomisin:
Mine was not an embarrassment, more of an anger. HR and Manager have my CV already. HR asked, how old I was, I responded 25. Manager asked is that your football age? I responded 'yes'. Na so the man vex and sent me out o. I was like (in my mind) you were playing with me and I played back, now you have right to vex? nawa for this people sef.

I got the job after much begging the HR after everyone else had been interviewed.

idris4eva:
I had one with the head hr uba HQ

Madam hr: Tell us about yourself

I went ahead to tell her about myself the way I can cos that wasmy first experience going for an interview after talking like 5min I stopped

Madam raise head up and like OK continue

I give it another chance i continue saying my rubbish I stopped again

Madam look up again and like OK continue

I just kukuma stop dey look her

[/b]Maybe she wan know me pass myself I don't know [b]

I lose d job still

shoyemiayodeji:


I should have told them that in a formal setting like that, It's inappropriate for me to do such a thing..

dammie4j:
Mine was a partner interview @ KPMG sometime in 2014. I had waited at the front desk for over an hour after the scheduled interview time.

Hungry, tired and frustrated. Finally, I was invited to the 18th floor for the interview. I had managed to put myself together being one of my first major interviews.

Immediately I stepped in, he requested I shut the the transparent glass door an offered me a seat. Next was he gave me a pen and paper to in 10mins, take down my observations about the firm all the while I had been at the front desk.

In my mind, i was like "Oga, this is supposed to be an interview not a written assessment." As a sharp lasgidi guy, I politely refused using his pen and quickly bought some time in fine tuning my thoughts while I was deliberately reaching out to my pen from my bag.

I finally made it through that stage but still didn't resume at the firm.

MKO4ever:
When I used to have "Reading" as a hobby on my CV

And then the interviewer asked me.....

"What was the last book that you read..............."

............................................then the rest was history