Are Naija Job Interviews Free and Fair?

Hi
This is to all you great guys and members at NaijaHotJobs!!

I thought all interviews in Nigeria were free and fair until one day by chance, just before the interview started, I saw the list of the names of the persons who were going to be employed.

I needed money. I was hoping to get a job so that I could start life .I did not know that days before the interview started the top management of the company had already selected the people they were going to employ.

The interview was just a camouflage. A disguise. A smokescreen for the due process stuff. I was just like you. All my life I had been waiting for someone to help me get a good job. Nothing happened until I discovered a simple secret.

This secret changed my life and helped me to stop going for job interviews.

Amazingly I also discovered that even though thousands of people like me have this priceless secret they never discover it .They just ignore it and never use it.

That is why they continue making the 10 deadly mistakes that keep people poor.

Do you make these deadly mistakes ? Many people do!!!

What do you guys think? Are Job interviews in Nigeria Free and Fair?
Prince Seyi

the answer am sure you already know.you av the answer with you.it just takes the grace of God. never mind, the Lord will see us through. Amen

Prince seyi i agree with u but mind u my pple just follow ur mind n continue trying untill ur own tym comes,surely one day a perfect job that suit u will cross ur way.

av attended more than 10 interview this year but still belif in God ego better. Luv uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu all one love.

@ Prince Seyi

There is nothing free and fair in this country.

90% of our interviews are pri-arranged for the big and mighty in the society.

These days it is who you know that counts not what you know.

I have seen an interview inwhich the question was set by one of the candidates himself.
In a country where god-fatherism holds sway what ease do you exepect?

hey Prince Seyi,

Like every body have said, nothing is free and fair in Nigeria. But, the favour of God also works, i mean, it works very well in its own time. By de way, What is that secret you discovered that changed your life for de best. could kindly share with us, so that we all can enjoy the same freedom you are enjoying. And again i would seriously want to know the 10 deadly mistakes that keep people poor, so that i can avoid them. Look, i swear i don't want to be poor. Never!

@ seyi,
U re right, but I still blieve some are free and fair(though very low percent). I ve seen pple gotten big jobs not knowing anybody. Just work hard and leave d rest 4 GOD.
Oneluv.

Did you ask/say free and fair? In Nigeria? Lord have Mercy!

I lost confidence in the job interview system of this country the day a friend of mine told me not to apply for a job advert I saw in the dailies. It was advertised by one of the biggest Auditing/Consulting firm in Nigeria even in the international terrain. When i asked why, he simply told me that the advert was for records purpose that those to be employed had started working 2 months b4 that time and He(my friend) was one of them.

I also had a similar experience with a govt. agency in Abuja who are in charge of polio immunisation in Nigeria. I and 4 others had an interview with them and passed; Only to be called later for another interview. When I got there, I was shocked to see some funny looking candidates dressed in babariga and slippers who had also come for the interview. I later discovered from an inside source that they were "special candidates" nominated by top government officials. - And the rest is History!

In a nutshell, it takes the Grace of God to get a good and comfortable job in Nigeria.

Hey guys,
I think some interviews are really free and fair. All the jobs I have gotten, and the one that I currently have, I didnt know anybody inhouse, I just worked hard and prayed about it, and God saw me thru. Is there anything that God cannot do, just work a little extra and pray real hard and see what God does. Regards.

Hey guys,
I think some interviews are really free and fair. All the jobs I have gotten, and the one that I currently have, I didnt know anybody inhouse, I just worked hard and prayed about it, and God saw me thru. Is there anything that God cannot do, just work a little extra and pray real hard and see what God does. Regards.

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hey Prince Seyi,

Like every body have said, nothing is free and fair in Nigeria. But, the favour of God also works, i mean, it works very well in its own time. By de way, What is that secret you discovered that changed your life for de best. could kindly share with us, so that we all can enjoy the same freedom you are enjoying. And again i would seriously want to know the 10 deadly mistakes that keep people poor, so that i can avoid them. Look, i swear i don't want to be poor. Never!

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When Galileo Galilei(15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) using his telescope discovered that the earth was not the center of the universe the people, accused him of falsehood. Galileo was ordered to stand trial for heresy in 1633. The sentence of the Inquisition was in three essential parts:

* Galileo was found "vehemently suspect of heresy", namely of having held the opinions that the Sun lies motionless at the centre of the universe, that the Earth is not at its centre and moves, and that one may hold and defend an opinion as probable after it has been declared contrary to Holy Scripture. He was required to "abjure, curse and detest" those opinions.

* He was ordered imprisoned; the sentence was later commuted to house arrest.

* His offending Dialogue was banned; and in an action not announced at the trial, publication of any of his works was forbidden, including any he might write in the future.

Many people do not like the truth especially if it goes against their accepted beliefs. Please bear with me. Only a few , only those people who qualify will be given the details. Do you qualify?

Hey guys

Am not trying to be pestimitic but let us be more realistic here.

What are the percentages of the interviews that are fair is it up to 30%?

This simply imply that more than 70% of our job interview na man know man.

I remember vividly that 70% and above in school is assumed 100% as they are both excellent your 30% failure is adjudged negligible.

I strongly believe that current statistics will not judge me wrong will it?

Hi this is Prince Seyi
Have You been watching the world just pass you by?

Look when others like you are succeeding and achieving their dreams and meanwhile you are just standing in one place, struggling and marking time; then it is obvious that there must be some small factor; some little hidden secret that you’re missing and that you have no knowledge of.

Do you qualify?

@ Coolguy!

I strongly believe that current statistics will not judge me wrong will it? -


Not at all!

Hello house,

what's really up with you prince seyi, u introduced a topic for the house and now u're using it as an avenue to advertise, bros wetin be ur own?

Well the truth still remains that a whole lot of the jobs these days are gotten thru knowing someone inhouse or the special Grace of God, the former being the main stead in naija today,.

I had a personal with virgin nigeria, where i passed the written and computer tests, i was called for the final interview which was head by a white swedish lady in charge of customer services, after the interview the woman told me directly that she would really love having me on her team and see hoped to see me soon, in my heart i was overjoyed, but something stroke me and that was that the naija guys that were with her, an hausa guy and another guy who were operational heads just asked me if i knew anyone within the organisation and i said no, they just laughed and told me that "if i'm sucessful they would contact me and that they wished me well in my endeavours" for anyone used to the system u know that's a polite way od dismissing you; well to cut the long story short, i didn't get the job; not for lack of trying or lack of the qualifications but for the fact that a few individuals see themselves as demi-gods, feeling bcos they're in a place of opportunity they can manipulate people.

Wellit seems the man know man syndrome has taken a deep root within the sphere of the employment process in nigeria but i know one thing for sure it might take a longer time but for whoever is destined to succeed nothing and noone will stop you they can only delay ur progress.

So for my brothers and sisters out there, keep hope alive cos without it we're nothing more than moving statues.

Remain Blessed,
Naija4Life.
That has been

i know one thing for sure it might take a longer time but for whoever is destined to succeed nothing and noone will stop you they can only delay ur progress. - AMEN!

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Hello house,

what's really up with you prince seyi, u introduced a topic for the house and now u're using it as an avenue to advertise, bros wetin be ur own?

Well the truth still remains that a whole lot of the jobs these days are gotten thru knowing someone inhouse or the special Grace of God, the former being the main stead in naija today,.

I had a personal with virgin nigeria, where i passed the written and computer tests, i was called for the final interview which was head by a white swedish lady in charge of customer services, after the interview the woman told me directly that she would really love having me on her team and see hoped to see me soon, in my heart i was overjoyed, but something stroke me and that was that the naija guys that were with her, an hausa guy and another guy who were operational heads just asked me if i knew anyone within the organisation and i said no, they just laughed and told me that "if i'm sucessful they would contact me and that they wished me well in my endeavours" for anyone used to the system u know that's a polite way od dismissing you; well to cut the long story short, i didn't get the job; not for lack of trying or lack of the qualifications but for the fact that a few individuals see themselves as demi-gods, feeling bcos they're in a place of opportunity they can manipulate people.

Wellit seems the man know man syndrome has taken a deep root within the sphere of the employment process in nigeria but i know one thing for sure it might take a longer time but for whoever is destined to succeed nothing and noone will stop you they can only delay ur progress.

So for my brothers and sisters out there, keep hope alive cos without it we're nothing more than moving statues.

Remain Blessed,
Naija4Life.
That has been

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Guy!
U ve said it all.
Oneluv.

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I had a personal with virgin nigeria, where i passed the written and computer tests, i was called for the final interview which was head by a white swedish lady in charge of customer services, after the interview the woman told me directly that she would really love having me on her team and see hoped to see me soon, in my heart i was overjoyed, but something stroke me and that was that the naija guys that were with her, an hausa guy and another guy who were operational heads just asked me if i knew anyone within the organisation and i said no, they just laughed and told me that "if i'm sucessful they would contact me and that they wished me well in my endeavours" for anyone used to the system u know that's a polite way od dismissing you; well to cut the long story short, i didn't get the job;

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@Naija4Life That is what I am saying. You felt that you were qualified just because a white lady said she wanted you on her team.

Are you sure you were actually qualified? Maybe you made some deadly mistakes which you did not know of but which to the company were the deciding factors. Remember what the bible says "People are destroyed because of lack of knowledge. Hosea chapter 4 verse 6

What can we learn from the Adams Oshiomole saga? The same people who orchestrated the phony election results are they who are the Managing Directors and Board members of the top companies in Nigeria.

Even if they are not directly in the company offices their brothers ,relatives and friends are. Do not mortgage your life, your career, your happiness and those of your dependents, family and relatives on the selfishness and greed of a few Nigerians.

Leave the crowd. If you continue to follow the same path then you will continue to experience the same stage managed results, the same frustration, and the same watching people who are not as good as you getting the plum jobs and telling you that you are not as intelligent as them!!

May your way be rough. ;D As long as you do not want to change your ways!!! 8)

@Prince Seyi

I honestly think if you've got anything useful to give to the house about the way forward you should just spit it out rather than all these your "Sermon on the Net".

You've been going round in circles; and I think people on this forum are beginning to get bored by your tantrums.
Be Your Brothers' Keeper!

@Dagunro

Good talk!

@Prince Seyi

We are not in any philosophy class here ;D ;D ;D

Prince Seyi, as much as i appreciate ur contributions towards this forum i must ask u one question, do u think the color of our skin makes us any different from one another? white and black alike, i didn't recount the details of that interview to show that a white woman had a favorable disposition to me or the way i conducted myself in that interview, i only used it to show how baised some pple are when attending to clients in interviews and pls note my words, i said some pple cos even in the basket of rotten apples they are still a few good ones.

Moreover the company has a standard and if u do not reach that standard then u do not qualify to even start the recruitment process with them, and rmber i passed two stages so i don't know how much of a deadly error i did to get to that stage of the process, like i said i appreciate ur comments but pls as much as possible make it objective cos that's the main determinate of our person.

One Love.

Prince Seyi. I wonder what your real motives are. You have succeeded in starting a sensitive topic to which forum members have posted worthy contributions only for you to start waxing philosophical. May I remind you that time is a precious commodity. Please stop wasting it, if you have anything conctrete to share, share it now OR ELSE BUZZ OFF!

@Naija4Life

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do u think the color of our skin makes us any different from one another? white and black alike,

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Not only the color of our skin but the sound of our voices.

What is the color difference between a Nigerian Muslim and a Nigerian Christian?
Or Nigerian Ibo and a Nigerian Hausa.

There is a difference. Dont run from it. More of this later. For now look further down for my opinion.

@Dagunro

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@Prince Seyi

I honestly think if you've got anything useful to give to the house about the way forward you should just spit it out rather than all these your "Sermon on the Net"

Be Your Brothers' Keeper!

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"The Sermon on the Net. I like that. But Dagunro was it philosophy that made the church to accuse Galileo Galilei ofheresy?He was jailed if i remember rightly. Some times people cannot stand the truth. Can you accept the truth?

and last but not the least @nextbiggestbang

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You have succeeded in starting a sensitive topic to which forum members have posted worthy contributions only for you to start waxing philosophical

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nextbiggestbang can you stand the truth?

could somebody if anybody tell this shit head of a seyi guy to look for something better to do than waste our precious time ranting on the net, i now see the reason why u were not given an opportunity of a job where u applied. your biggest problem and mistake in life is that you are over confident and don't know how to answer simple direct questions with direct answers. a very big example is the one u are being asked now which u feel in your mind of mind that u are answering.
if i was on an interview panel and u were to face me, with the way you have been going in circles to the answer, i wont pick you even if you knew somebody in the house.
have a rethink on your question answering skills and stop acting stupid

@ BOUQUI

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a very big example is the one u are being asked now which u feel in your mind of mind that u are answering.

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Bouqui that is exactly what we are refering to: What is this?

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do u think the color of our skin makes us any different from one another?

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Anywhere in the world that post by Saint2ace is a question.

My reply?

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Not only the color of our skin but the sound of our voices.

What is the color difference between a Nigerian Muslim and a Nigerian Christian?
Or Nigerian Ibo and a Nigerian Hausa.

There is a difference. Dont run from it.

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Okay Bouqui you are now the chief interviewer. Let me answer Saint2Ace's question in the manner that will make you give me the job. Mr BOUQUI according to the facts on the ground...Both the color of our skin, the sound of our voice and the particular piece of the earth that we were born into makes us different.

That is my opinion sir.That is the reason that I can deduce from what is happening in Jos, that is my explanation of what is happening with Israel and Palestine, Iraqis and Kurds, the Taliban and Afghanistan, Somalia.

Ife and Modakeke, Ijaw and Itsekiri, Aguleri and the other A or U_somthing-leri, between the Tiv and Jukun. Go on BOUQUI help me out. You know that you can give more instances where the color of our skin and the sound of our voices makes us different

Come on BOUQUI...dont be like the Ostrich. Burying your head in the sand when danger appears does not make the danger to disappear :D

Hmmmmmm, there are things about pple that continue to amaze me, for there is a saying that " the voice of the people is the voice of God" as much as i would appreciate the efforts of prince seyi in starting this topic and keeping everybody entertained with his posts and all, i'd like to tell him to pls pipe down, it seems as if he is trying really hard to be relevant within the circle of naijahotjobs, my brother no vex oh, i know say na philosophy na him u read but no be everytime na him man dey talk to show say him sabi book.
It is said that an elder keeps quite when the children rant and rave, not for want of what to say but for what he would say to have credence and meaning. I must confess that although this started as a worthwhile topic prince seyi has gradually turned it to a war of words, with no relevance whatsoever to the topic at hand.
I will thus appeal to our Honourable Chief Speaker, Honourable Seyi to do us all a favour and do what the "elders" do. A word they say is enough for the wise.

this is fantastic. Some are while some are not. it is not how far but...

Its good to be back after the long holidays. Barka Da Sallah everyone. Now I appreciate Saint2ace for elevating me to the status of an elder. Thank you. But from your posts it seems that some Naijahotjobites are so frustrated with the situation of no_job_itis that they vent their frustration on anything and everything in their path.
Bouquoi for instance has yet to indicate what he sees as my not answering questions...

The greatest lesson that we need to learn in life is that even fools are right sometimes. By the way that is not my original quote. That quote came from no other great personage than Winston Churchill.

I ask again....Are Naija job interviews, like Naija elections free and fair? Give me a straight answer. Use your own experience.

Before I go and start my job seeking for today let me end with another piece of advice from Sir Winston Churchill..... "In Life, war and politics, the truth is so precious that it has to be protected by a bodyguard of lies." What do you think?

Why do Nigerians enjoy the " I am a Victim syndrome?" Stop complaining and do something to improve your life. Wake up.You have no other life but this one. Stop wasting it.

i agree with everyone. seeing it in a different way is as a result of the angle you are viewing it from. to be candid, i think nothing is hardly done on merit inour country, there may be no interview that is free and fair in this nation depending on your experience but you will still agree with me that some people got great jobs without knowing anybody. no matter how hard the situation is,God will see his own thru. at least i'm a living testimony. i got my job in 2006 without knowing anybody, i guess my cv even got to the company thru mass distribution of cv after NYSC. when i got there on the day of the interview, i discovered that nearly everybody came in thru one person or the other but i knew nobody. at the initial stage,i wanted to be discouraged but i remembered what our Bishop normally says that anywhere ur soul of feet shall match, you shall possess. not minding people around me,i pull my shoe and toched the floor of the company with my bare foot and made some declearations. i was called for the 2nd&3rd stages and at the end of the day,i got employed. when i got in, i was told that i even scored the highest during the course of the interview. do you want to know how it worked? it's simple-FAVOUR! i was told that one over-meticulous woman among the mgt fell in love with me just because i smiled like her daughter-now tell me,do you think that was ordinary?
though the road may seems rough but WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!

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i remembered what our Bishop normally says that anywhere ur soul of feet shall match, you shall possess. not minding people around me,i pull my shoe and toched the floor of the company with my bare foot and made some declearations. i was called for the 2nd&3rd stages and at the end of the day,i got employed. when i got in, i was told that i even scored the highest during the course of the interview. do you want to know how it worked? it's simple-FAVOUR! i was told that one over-meticulous woman among the mgt fell in love with me just because i smiled like her daughter-now tell me,do you think that was ordinary?
though the road may seems rough but WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!

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@Motunrayo God Bless you. You have shown that sometimes it is "Ask and Receive" not "Ask and Achieve" Praise God you scored the highest. But many times it is the least qualified person that gets the job.

Sometimes according to another Bishop, even if you are not qualified but because of that special FAVOUR and because of the declarations you make you will be chosen ahead of other people who are more qualified than you.....

Is that fair???

Really, job interviews like most other issues in Naija are biased; never done freely and fairly. However, there are still few that are free and fair. It's just left to us to try work and pray, having faith and God will do His own thing. When God says Yes, no one says No, you know!

I urge us never to be discouraged. They say: "Successful people change their focus without negative emotion or loss of intensity." Also: "You bring about what you think about. To have great days, expect great days. It's Easy."

I wish you all goodluck!!

SHEYI MAN,
Before i forget, u mention a secret u used in vague but u didn't disclose it for ur guys! As per Naija interview, o boy, I tire o. Na only God fit save person. I was invited 4 glo intervier last year, and 3 simple questions were asked from all us. Believe me! Those we were interview 2geda then kept calling whether thing don happen 4 my side. nothing except if it will happen 2morow.

Naija interview is just 4 a mere fomality. It's jst God that can save us

best of luck sha

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SHEYI MAN,
Before i forget, u mention a secret u used in vague but u didn't disclose it for ur guys! As per Naija interview, o boy, I tire o. Na only God fit save person. I was invited 4 glo intervier last year, and 3 simple questions were asked from all us. Believe me! Those we were interview 2geda then kept calling whether thing don happen 4 my side. nothing except if it will happen 2morow.

Naija interview is just 4 a mere fomality. It's jst God that can save us

best of luck sha

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@Isegidi
Many people make critical blunders during interviews. Many times they dont realise that they are making those mistakes. Ignorance is a disease. What you dont know can kill you.

Knowledge is the Key to unlocking your happiness and success in today's world.

The problem is that so many people are too afraid and too lazy to go out there and get the knowledge that will change their lives.

Are you one of them?

hello seyi, bouqui is a miss and not a mr

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Originally Posted by BOUQUI

hello seyi, bouqui is a miss and not a mr

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House make una look well well oh!

Na so e dey start. Small small monkey go go market e no go return.

But come sef Bouqui who tell you say Prince Seyi wanto know weda bouqui na miss or mr?

Abi miss bouqui you don "miss" your bus? Go find anoda driver ooohhh!!!! Prince Seyi no want. Abi Prince?

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Originally Posted by aproko1

House make una look well well oh!

Na so e dey start. Small small monkey go go market e no go return.

But come sef Bouqui who tell you say Prince Seyi wanto know weda bouqui na miss or mr?

Abi miss bouqui you don "miss" your bus? Go find anoda driver ooohhh!!!! Prince Seyi no want. Abi Prince?

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@Aproko
Aproko leave bouqui and Prince Seyi alone.

U guys make me laugh...........

Even the developed world do not have free and fair processes in their recruitment.

Go and ask well. You must be referenced from someone within in most cases except it's a graduate role.

At least i know about NHS EAST LONDON and so many other organizations .

If you have gone to study major books on job seeking and stuffs around the globe, you will realize more than 68% of people in employment today got it through Networking, not advertisement or any other means.


I lost an Oceanic Bank job in 2007 because i dint know anyone there. One of the General managers that interviewed me particularly told me this. Later the coordinator called and told me they dint pick me cos i did not have the required experience. SO what are we saying?


Get it straight, u don't have to know anyone in an organization before they offer you a position but some would need to even if they merit it.

Wish y'a ALL da very best

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Originally Posted by teadewole

U guys make me laugh...........

Even the developed world do not have free and fair processes in their recruitment.

Go and ask well. You must be referenced from someone within in most cases except it's a graduate role.

At least i know about NHS EAST LONDON and so many other organizations .

If you have gone to study major books on job seeking and stuffs around the globe, you will realize more than 68% of people in employment today got it through Networking, not advertisement or any other means.


I lost an Oceanic Bank job in 2007 because i dint know anyone there. One of the General managers that interviewed me particularly told me this. Later the coordinator called and told me they dint pick me cos i did not have the required experience. SO what are we saying?

Wish y'a ALL da very best

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@Teadewole

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Hi Prince
At times there are free and fair interviews. They may be rare, but they do occur and exist. You come across this on company or employer who doesn't believe in "connections" but in "ability and capability".

Though it's hard to find those kind but we keep having the faith that we run into that sort of interviews.