Topic: Re:unfair remarks from the nnpc boss

The fact that we got our interview invite does not mean we are superfluously intelligent, we should always practice telepathy so that we can empathize with others who did not make it to the interview stage. however hard we try we cannot rule out serendipity in this whole exercise, luck has been the constant denominator in this exercise for anybody who cares to be honest.
i don't subscribe to the weightless argument of trying to bulk shift the "mass failure" on unfavorable exam conditions, any first class or 2.1 who is worth his onions is not expected to fail that cheap test regardless of whether the conditions were favorable or not , the fact that you were tired can never justify your inability to produce results, and if you want to claim that the hall was dark, at least candidates were permitted to buy candles or make use of their phones for illumination, at least for anybody who knows what he/she is doing these conditions are grossly insufficient to produce mass failure.

Nobody has said anything on what i think should be the main issue.
1. Who can explain why a 27 yr old first class engineer with 9 A's in o levels who also posted the highest jamb score in his year did not get a test invite not to talk of interview invite.
2. Who can explain why numerous first class and 2.1 were excluded from the test process
3. Why is that NNPC failed to publish the result

The Number of candidate to be absorbed is reflective of the ideal number they wish to employ, 40,000 invited for aptitude test is nothing other than showmanship and a desperate effort to mimic fairness.
Some of us who are lucky to get an interview invite will never stop making noise and a maxim has it that "empty vessels make the loudest noise". if the quota system is anything to go by then some of those who did not get interview invite actually posted intimidating scoreline over and above some who were invited from other states , the quota system has legitimized inequality,

There is nothing more unequal than equality (federal character)

I strongly believe that not all the test scripts were marked, when they were having their hands full they decided to abandon other scripts and make do with the ones they have marked just the same way some first class and 2.1 were excluded from the test process.
As a face saving attempt and publicity stunt the NNPC GMD who widely suffers from verbal diarrhea made that unfortunate remark in a fit of epileptic seizure .
Let us not be carried away with our excitement, that hasty and ambitious remark is a stain on our collective intelligence and it is an attempt to dwarf our intellectual stature after being dutifully meticulous at the intellectual colony
Don't be in a haste to forget that only 4700 were invited for interview out of which not more than one thousand would be absorbed, the remaining 3700 will join others on the insult baseline, then you will truly understand how those complaining have felt.
Though i am not disputing the fact that some people don't deserve 2.1 (spare first class, at least they should deserve 2.1) but the truth is that majority can defend their certificate intelligently.
I prefer we sympathize with those who did not get the interview invite because anybody can fall into that category at any given time.
If you know Nigeria very well you wont make much noise and you wont count your chicks before they are hatched, THE POLITICAL ORCHESTRA HAS ASSEMBLED AND IT HAS COMPOSED ITS MELODY, THE TUNE TO WHICH EVERYBODY MUST DANCE TO " don't be surprised that someone who didn't even get a test invite will receive offer letter, everything depends on your political correctness.

nigerians are so selfish. you only complain when it affects you, if it does not then no problem. i took and passed the test but that does not make me more intelligent than all that did not pass. there are many factors that come to play when one is subjected to test in a conducive environment. when we now consider what played itself out on that day, we cannot but say that the test was not organised. when you go for multinational coy's test, there is no opportunity to cheat but we all know what happened in the halls. am sure that some of us that passed cheated in the hall and now claiming intelligence.

please lets stand up for what is bad no matter how much that favours us. i didn't cheat anyway. i couldn't have and expected God to help me.

Thanks prof salvage, you are as honest as ever, let them continue to blow their trumpet, pride goes before a fall, the lord resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. the end shall justify the means and the end is here.

Originally Posted by prof salvage

The fact that we got our interview invite does not mean we are superfluously intelligent, we should always practice telepathy so that we can empathize with others who did not make it to the interview stage. however hard we try we cannot rule out serendipity in this whole exercise, luck has been the constant denominator in this exercise for anybody who cares to be honest.
i don't subscribe to the weightless argument of trying to bulk shift the "mass failure" on unfavorable exam conditions, any first class or 2.1 who is worth his onions is not expected to fail that cheap test regardless of whether the conditions were favorable or not , the fact that you were tired can never justify your inability to produce results, and if you want to claim that the hall was dark, at least candidates were permitted to buy candles or make use of their phones for illumination, at least for anybody who knows what he/she is doing these conditions are grossly insufficient to produce mass failure.

Nobody has said anything on what i think should be the main issue.
1. Who can explain why a 27 yr old first class engineer with 9 A's in o levels who also posted the highest jamb score in his year did not get a test invite not to talk of interview invite.
2. Who can explain why numerous first class and 2.1 were excluded from the test process
3. Why is that NNPC failed to publish the result

The Number of candidate to be absorbed is reflective of the ideal number they wish to employ, 40,000 invited for aptitude test is nothing other than showmanship and a desperate effort to mimic fairness.
Some of us who are lucky to get an interview invite will never stop making noise and a maxim has it that "empty vessels make the loudest noise". if the quota system is anything to go by then some of those who did not get interview invite actually posted intimidating scoreline over and above some who were invited from other states , the quota system has legitimized inequality,

There is nothing more unequal than equality (federal character)

I strongly believe that not all the test scripts were marked, when they were having their hands full they decided to abandon other scripts and make do with the ones they have marked just the same way some first class and 2.1 were excluded from the test process.
As a face saving attempt and publicity stunt the NNPC GMD who widely suffers from verbal diarrhea made that unfortunate remark in a fit of epileptic seizure .
Let us not be carried away with our excitement, that hasty and ambitious remark is a stain on our collective intelligence and it is an attempt to dwarf our intellectual stature after being dutifully meticulous at the intellectual colony
Don't be in a haste to forget that only 4700 were invited for interview out of which not more than one thousand would be absorbed, the remaining 3700 will join others on the insult baseline, then you will truly understand how those complaining have felt.
Though i am not disputing the fact that some people don't deserve 2.1 (spare first class, at least they should deserve 2.1) but the truth is that majority can defend their certificate intelligently.
I prefer we sympathize with those who did not get the interview invite because anybody can fall into that category at any given time.
If you know Nigeria very well you wont make much noise and you wont count your chicks before they are hatched, THE POLITICAL ORCHESTRA HAS ASSEMBLED AND IT HAS COMPOSED ITS MELODY, THE TUNE TO WHICH EVERYBODY MUST DANCE TO " don't be surprised that someone who didn't even get a test invite will receive offer letter, everything depends on your political correctness.

k Dudes! What's dis noise about? Is NNPC test d only job test dat applicants have failed to pass?. Come to think of it, would chevron n shell ever invite dat no for job test or even recruit up to 1k applicants? Pls stop comparing dem wif NNPC! Look, I'v had tests in d past n failed, but I at no point criticised d organization of any of d tests. Why should ppl take offence bcos dey didn't pass? Dat u failed d test doesn't mean u'r not good but by going ahead to criticise d outcome may be u'r not good afterall. Infact i give credit to both PCL n NNPC for controlling that crowd of applicants n at d same tym giving everyone a fair chance. Pls dont make dose dat'r called fr d interv feel u'r better dan dem cos u'r actually not. For d Phd/Havard/Oxford guy, NNPC is just a corporatn by which d fed govt of Nigeria regulates its pet resources/products. NNPC wants gts, ehs n ops n not some researchers who ought to end up as academics. For d best jambite, it's a pity he wasn't shortlisted may b God has better plans for him. As someone wrightly said; NNPC's not d end of d world. It's just a company dat's expressing her rite to hire n fire, k?

Originally Posted by prof salvage

The fact that we got our interview invite does not mean we are superfluously intelligent, we should always practice telepathy so that we can empathize with others who did not make it to the interview stage. however hard we try we cannot rule out serendipity in this whole exercise, luck has been the constant denominator in this exercise for anybody who cares to be honest.
i don't subscribe to the weightless argument of trying to bulk shift the "mass failure" on unfavorable exam conditions, any first class or 2.1 who is worth his onions is not expected to fail that cheap test regardless of whether the conditions were favorable or not , the fact that you were tired can never justify your inability to produce results, and if you want to claim that the hall was dark, at least candidates were permitted to buy candles or make use of their phones for illumination, at least for anybody who knows what he/she is doing these conditions are grossly insufficient to produce mass failure.

Nobody has said anything on what i think should be the main issue.
1. Who can explain why a 27 yr old first class engineer with 9 A's in o levels who also posted the highest jamb score in his year did not get a test invite not to talk of interview invite.
2. Who can explain why numerous first class and 2.1 were excluded from the test process
3. Why is that NNPC failed to publish the result

The Number of candidate to be absorbed is reflective of the ideal number they wish to employ, 40,000 invited for aptitude test is nothing other than showmanship and a desperate effort to mimic fairness.
Some of us who are lucky to get an interview invite will never stop making noise and a maxim has it that "empty vessels make the loudest noise". if the quota system is anything to go by then some of those who did not get interview invite actually posted intimidating scoreline over and above some who were invited from other states , the quota system has legitimized inequality,

There is nothing more unequal than equality (federal character)

I strongly believe that not all the test scripts were marked, when they were having their hands full they decided to abandon other scripts and make do with the ones they have marked just the same way some first class and 2.1 were excluded from the test process.
As a face saving attempt and publicity stunt the NNPC GMD who widely suffers from verbal diarrhea made that unfortunate remark in a fit of epileptic seizure .
Let us not be carried away with our excitement, that hasty and ambitious remark is a stain on our collective intelligence and it is an attempt to dwarf our intellectual stature after being dutifully meticulous at the intellectual colony
Don't be in a haste to forget that only 4700 were invited for interview out of which not more than one thousand would be absorbed, the remaining 3700 will join others on the insult baseline, then you will truly understand how those complaining have felt.
Though i am not disputing the fact that some people don't deserve 2.1 (spare first class, at least they should deserve 2.1) but the truth is that majority can defend their certificate intelligently.
I prefer we sympathize with those who did not get the interview invite because anybody can fall into that category at any given time.
If you know Nigeria very well you wont make much noise and you wont count your chicks before they are hatched, THE POLITICAL ORCHESTRA HAS ASSEMBLED AND IT HAS COMPOSED ITS MELODY, THE TUNE TO WHICH EVERYBODY MUST DANCE TO " don't be surprised that someone who didn't even get a test invite will receive offer letter, everything depends on your political correctness.

You string sentences together very nicely. Well done.. But, tell me, why would your guy be wasting his time applying to NNPC. People that have the same profile as him are struggling with the world's best at NASA, Google, Microsoft and some other top, top firms in the world. I was shocked when I read what you wrote about him..

Is he not exposed? Ahan, 9As, best jambito, top first class in engineering. His profile reminds me of some guys, the same engineering guys, who are now doing well and competing with the best in the world..No be all these 400K per month competition O..We dey talk about...make i no talk.

Good luck to him sha..His profile just caught my attention.

Originally Posted by Benoskilala

@mbello, ur opening remark sounds rude and impolite. I want to beliv dat u made it 2 the interview stage and u think it is bcos of ur intelligence dat u made it. And now u think dat all d rest dat didnt mak it ar a bunch of ignoramus and u ar more inteligent dan dem all. Anyway if u say so, is ok 4 u. But knw dat d bible says dat d race is not 4 d fastest runner, d battle nt 4 for d strongest, bread nt 4 d wise. Bearing dat in mind, u should knw dat u were favourd by God and not your inteligence catapulted you 2 dat interview stage. And anoda tin is dat d recruitment is based on quotaly bases and not every inteligent onces would be called at d same tym frm their respective states. My friend made a first clas bt he didnt mak d A-test bt he made d ptdf scholarship. Would u stil say it's a shame dat he couldnt pass d test? Mind u nt all calld 4 d intaview wil finaly make it. So wil u stil say it's a shame 2 dos dat may finaly nt make it? Be wise!

Pls read my post very well b4 passing any judgement,i dint say those dt failed r nt intelligent,bt those dt passed were nt only lucky bt also as intelligent or better than those dt u guys were refering to,and mind u am very religious,so i knw only GOD decides all our affair.

aptitude test are not true test of knowledge
How many students don't get 2.1 are de less intelligent,if we all say the people called for interview where lucky
I concur,I know I was biting my biro in the hall that day,cos if I had really learnt those basics back in second sch,I shld be able to defend it anywhere,anytime
On the exam centre conditions,most of us wrote them in schools in conditions where we were most likely taught in (I can remember my public secondary sch),dilapidated classrooms bad chairs and desks...
Am not saying luck dint play a major role,but the premise that cos of ur antecedents one must make the cut off mark,(that u weren't cald means u failed)then jobs shld be given to pple with the highest cgpa's
NNPC isn't the end of the world,its normal to feel heart broken,let's move on with our lives
God knows best and his will shall be done
More luck to the lucky ones.

i agree the NNPC boss remarks were unfair !, for transparency he can publish the test scores and rationale for interview invitation , though i believe we should let the sleeping dog lies as regards the NNPc recruitment test.

"Failure" in the test is a very relative term, a candidate who scored 58% in the test, whose state cut off mark is 60% actually failed. While another with score 0f 51% in a state with cut off mark of 50% passed.

The claim about the form of questions asked does not necessarily apply, as long as their is uniformity in the application of the questions.

Let's not allow interview invitation or not affects our self esteem, Its a shame what our policy makers have done to the psyche of this our generation, and even turning us against one another. We will overcome.