Some Moments with a Head of Human Resources

It was a beautiful morning when I had to attend an interview at a bank after I got the invite through my email. I woke up very early to prepare myself ahead of time.

It was scheduled to commence by 9:00am, but I was there very early ahead of the scheduled time.
On getting there in my corporate dress, I met a man who also came for the interview, I greeted him and I was sitting down beside him, it was later some set of people came in for the interview; we were there for almost two (2) to three (3) hours without any information from anywhere.

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It was not too long when a man who claimed to be the branch manager came in; he was dressing casually; I do not have any problem with that. He (the branch manager) told us that we're expecting his bosses from Lagos and that they are moving close already.

The manager opened one of the offices there, and he called me and the other man who was sitting beside me to come and assist in arranging some things in the office that was supposed to be his own personal office.

He showed us some cartons that were full of office equipment. We brought the generator out from its own carton, and after that, we started coupling the office chairs, which gave us some problems; by this time, I had started sweating seriously and had to sag my tie, I was so tired and exhausted.

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It was by this time that the people we were expecting arrived. This was in the afternoon already, and they met us to make the arrangements for the office equipment.

They called us to address us together, and they instructed the branch manager to tell us that we were going to commence the interview immediately. It was time to commence the interview; they started calling us one after the other; I was the second person in attendance, and after they were done with the first person, they called me inside.

When I got inside the interview room, I was asked to tell them about myself; I started with my name and some other necessary things that I was expected to say.

I was asked what amount of money I wanted them to be paying me; with a good analysis and breakdown of the amount of money, I told them the reason why I was expected to be paid that particular amount.

After my explanation, they were convinced, and they agreed to pay me the amount, and their package was not less than a hundred thousand naira.

They asked me how soon am I going to resume if I was considered; I told them I could resume immediately. I will get back to you said the (HR)
After this, I was told to go out, which I did to allow them to attend to others who were still in their seats.

It was a great moment to attend the interview and gain more experience on how to answer questions in an interview.

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