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As far as I'm concerned, interviewers ask all the wrong questions. At least in Nigeria. It's terrible. It's like they follow the same script, again and again and again, so formal, not even really trying to know the person they're trying to hire. The only "good" interview questions I got were from some white guy at kaymu and I hadn't finished service then. This is not to imply that this is yet another something that white folks do better than us, but it's just something I've discovered. Even interviews I've watched online, I'ld rather be interviewed by a white folk.
Interviewers in Nigeria need to be more honest with themselves and more accepting of the truth and ask more questions that will actually give them an insight into the person they're employing. Those robotic "where do you see yourself in 5 years" questions will not always get you someone who has a plan, but a good liar, Pretender or story teller, because really, how many people in life are so sure of where they want to be in 5 years, and even those that are sure, how much of their long term goals really blend with your available position, and if it doesn't, why should I tell you. For example, I see myself as a world traveller in 5 years, but right now I need a job because I just graduated and have no money and you're Hiring for the position of a personal assistant in a bank! Am I supposed to tell you I plan to be a world traveller or a mother in 5 years! Noooooooooooo! I lie! And say I see myself as the president of Personal Assistants Association or some bullshit that gets me the job! The worse question has to be "why do you want this job?" I can't even begin to explain how many lies can be used to answer this question, simply because the interviewer doesn't want to hear the truth that " I need this job because an idle man is a devil's workshop, because I really need a job to make ends meet, because I need money, because I need somewhere to just keep busy and gain experience and pour my energy and all the other real reasons people need jobs! But Noooooooooooo! They'ld rather hear you say, "because I know I can excel as a PA and learn a lot here, because your company has the potential to teach me a lot and blah blah". Even those who have dreams of working in the largest oil Firms, imagine you're being interviewed in Schlumberger but your real target is ExxonMobil! You're not allowed to tell Schlumberger that you really just want to gain experience so you can move on to ExxonMobil! Looool.
Almost every interview is a lie! Rehearsed and prepared by anyone who can read. Robotic answers that we hear all the time, and even I am guilty of this lie, because in reality, we don't like the truth.
But would it be so bad, if someone actually said they just really need the money, at an interview? It's amazing because we all know! That what drives most Nigerians to get jobs is money! If it's not money, if you love something so much, most people would just start their own thing out of "love and passion" for said thing. I'm not saying there aren't those few who truly love their jobs (things they didn't start on their own) but for those who don't, those who "lied" to get their jobs, I swear you hate your job!
I just wish interviewers in Nigeria would ask more realistic questions and try to really know who they're hiring, like "where would you rather be right now", "if you could do anything in life, what would it be", "if you could fly for a day, what would you do", "would you rather have sex for money or just steal money" and many others. I wish they'ld be more Accepting of answers like, " I don't know where I want to be in 5 years, because I'm 21 and haven't got my life together" or " I want this job because sitting at home and trying to get your life together is not working" and I wish job seekers would be more honest with their answers because this is reality! And in reality, more than half the job seekers population don't have their shii together! But you don't know who would do the job better, because you employed the better liar!
