Jesus! How did you do it?!

Thank you King of Glory for this gift, this miracle. Thank you!
Ah!

highzickjosh:
"What doesn't kill makes you stronger"- I guess this has been a lie all along, cause right now I'm emotionally, mentally, and spiritually down.

Just like any other applicant, I graciously honoured Ecobank test invite and to God be the glory, I excelled and was sent a mail to be on the look out for interview invite (all these were between January and February, 2019).

To avoid stories that touch, I had to buy a new suit in preparation for the interview thinking all other been equal invite should drop around March. The excitement of finally getting a job after several months led to sleepless nights as I knew the interview is nothing but a formality.

March came and went, nothing came through from Ecobank. Then I said to myself, these people must have really rate me so high to have given me a whole month to prepare for interview. April came in and I shouted Happy New Month with excitement knowing fully well the new month will yield good fruits. Then I went about refreshing my mail every blessed day to no avail, what might have gone wrong? Is there no interview anymore? My curiosity led me to source for information on Nairaland and behold I was at peace when I found out that the exercise was still on. Besides I wasn't the only one affected by the delay.


Just like March, April packed it bag and luggages and went without any news. Come May, I went back to the success mail I got to at least try and reach out to Ecobank. Lo and Behold the mail was 'do-not-reply', Aye o! Without hesitation, I logged back to Nairaland to see if there has been any new developments and of course there was a new development. Apparently, an applicant who couldn't bear the wait any longer put a call through to their Customer Care abi shey HR? and was told the process was still on, that we will be contacted soon.


Like play, Like play almighty NNPC came out with their recruitment exercise and reluctantly I applied. I mean there's no harm in applying now, and to God be the glory, I got shortlisted for CBT. I wasn't bother neither was I alarmed by the huge turn out (I mean it isn't the first time of seeing crowd at a test centre, those who have visited workforce center at Gbagaba will probably know what I'm talking about). All I know is I will try my best even though its obvious the recruitment was nothing but a formality (NNPC probably have the details of those they want to employ already).


As if the trauma of knowing the recruitment might not see the light of the day wasn't enough, I got an invite for interview. Eh ehn, emi ni kan tan, a won gbe I said to myself with a smile. You can't really fault me, who wouldn't want to work at NNPC. I polished my shoe, retouched my suits and hyposified my white shirt, mo gbe body me, o di Abuja. Getting to Abuja, I was dumbfounded, being my first time. While passing through the airport road up till the city gate, all that was on mind was fast n furious, that express have got to be the best road in Nigeria.

Oh, I have forgotten about Ecobank. Who needs a bank job when there's oil money? NNPC interview wasn't that good, like I was overwhelmed by the aesthetics of Abuja and The Towers (see ehn there's money in Nigeria oh) I sha ti Ati Lo Ati de. I knew anything could happen but still I was pleased with the stage I got to and to think there's Ecobank to fall back on if things go south with NNPC was pleasing.

Just like Ecobank, NNPC decided to be foolish. August came with nothing, September also followed suits like epo EWA. Then October, the stupid lawyer came forth with his court case. A mo je gbese, I jejely carried my body back to the Ecobank thread to see what's happening, at that stage I will gladly accept Ecobank pending NNe(at all at all nah im bad pass). But the thing shocked me, it was still the same case, Ecobank will get back to you soon. Ah! Tani mo se e? Will this year just go like that too ni?

Am I cursed? Cause if someone had told me I would still be jobless 3 years after graduation I will have rained curses and brimstone on such fellow. While thinking about 1000 ways to die, a new revelation came forth. Our humbled GMD said 'SOON'..... seeing that I had strength again, I mean their father, my village people can't get me. OGA at the top have said soon. So, I started preparing, researching various SBUs. Hmmm NAPIMS looks alluring but again I don't want Lagos jare. So I concluded Delta or Port-harcourt it is and again come to think of it, why not Towers gan sef?


As if the torture wasn't enough, GMD's soon started to look like a joke. But why now, 'SOON' should be around a week or two now. And again I dived to check what's up with Ecobank as it was my fall back option and on getting there, the thread was deserted, no new information. Ah! Mo gbe, my village people have finally caught up with me. Started the new year with thoughts on what next to do, I mean I can't continue this way and again I'm done with the back and forth of different sauce with burnt dodo on Nairaland. But again, I find it difficult to leave as I keep coming back to check for updates. To me Ecobank is dead, my last resort now is NNPC.


As if the cruel journey of 2019 wasn't so bad, I got a mail from Ecobank this morning, restating that they haven't forgotten me oh, that I will be called before the end of the year. Abi e ma ri awon oloshi yii oh. So they expect me to still stay up and be waiting for them. Well, it's not their fault, nah Nigeria cause am and besides who starts a recruitment exercise when there's no vacancy?


To this end I beg to ask, what does the future holds for Nigerian youths? Cause at this rate, the repercussions of what's to come frightens me.

Your Ecobank experience got me laughing because I went through something similar with Zenith bank. Wrote test with Peopleplus in September 2017, they didn't get back to me for so long. October 2018 I got 2 land-line calls one week apart with them asking if I was still available. The second call made it sound certain. They mentioned the city and said I should be on the lookout for their mail. After asking around, getting back to my brother's church guy who shared the advert (who is a managerial level staff in that city), and finding out there was indeed vacancy(ies) there, I had to tank my Futo MSc application. Didn't get transcript over before deadline....
I wait tire, I no see mail LMAO. Those guys tricked me. I no fit hold down my plans for any Nigerian employer again, not even after medicals. Did the Futo application again and I'm starting this January. Make every pending offer/regret mail, Nnpc included, run come meet me for Owerri.

Akwa Ibom. Alert. About time abeg, account was three digits

So my experience, never wanted to do this sha
Test: The most uninterested I've ever been about any test. I thought it was easy, maybe because I've spent most of my life watching NTA, AIT, Channels news and programmes. Was shocked to get the IV lol, I no dey trust govt recruitment.
Interview: This was the most I'd prepared for any interview. Prayer, research, tactics, strategy, formation, even made list of key words and taboo words. The general idea was to counter-gengenpress them into "Gas" as it was my area of strength. Chem Eng here btw.

D Day: 9th. Panel was opposite RED office and a lawyer (female) was the chair. They made a joke about my first name, introduced themselves, I attempted to jot down, but couldn't spell even the Ibibio name of the safety guy. At this time, tactics had jumped out, strategy ran out, formation scattered! I was not myself again. Surprisingly mentioned "versatile" which was never on my words shortlists. I managed to overcome the shock to end my introduction well. Did ok on the "5yrs from now question". Both questions asked by the Chairlady.
Next question was from one Gas-to-Power oga (panel had 2 of them). We've seen HAZOPS, EES, process skills, Dpr consultancy, even policy on your CV, what is your mission coming here... This is where I regained myself, name dropped 2 subs, KRPC and NAPIMS (Gas utilization), threw bait after bait on Gas (gas flaring target, gas projects, gas to power, deepening the market, replacing kerosene/firewood as rural energy, our deforestation rate), wanted a technical question here but them no gree take my bait.
4th Question: Teamwork. The time I faced a team member issue and how i resolved, used my uni plant design project. Akwa Ibom man asked 2 lessons from this.
3rd Question. Problem at work and how I resolved it. Used a kleptomaniac problem we had at 1 of the 3 gaming shops I manage. Had my first real rapport with lawyer Chairlady here with the evidence, suspects, prime suspect, innocence until proven guilty and Jonah (in the bible) explanation, we were on the same page. I entered uncharted territory after I "mistakenly" mentioned that the person that was sacked to restore normalcy was a "she", was walking a tightrope until she was satisfied. All but 1 of them joined in this discussion.
4th Question: Ethical, clash of interests from my kleptomaniac answer. The man that asked mentioned "the thief", both me and chairlady chorusly corrected that she was only a "prime suspect", the good ma'am went on to point that I'd addressed the ethics question in my previous answer.
5th Question: Traveling safety. The man that asked this added 2 more points to mine.

My Question to them: Most of them had packed up, stood up, as I was the last before they go for lunch, so I apologized for delaying their lunch, remarked how I will not sleep well if being in a room filled with industry leaders, I didn't ask about PIGB. Asked about the disruption it will cause and how well nnpc is prepared to handle the disruption.
Mini chat with the chairlady ensued, they were standing, file in hand at this point, except chairlady. Jotted down a few things here.
I have not slept well since the usher told me 1 or 2 Ogas liked the way I spoke, asked me if I work in radio broad. and talked on Grace.
Las las, tactics no work, counter-gengenpress no work, no technical question, Grace abeg help my solution�

klassd:
This thread don make me sick sef, will do general checkup and commence treatment the moment I receive APL....

Fam I went to check my bp on Saturday, thank God e no too bad �