Monday, February 27, 2012

Reflections interview


Reflection 1

Date: - 26-Feb-12

Location: - independent research Centre

Time: - 08:20

Interviewee: - Saleh Awadh

Interviewers: - Hedley, Mohammed, Ahmed

Position: - section head in oil operation



In the beginning Hedley welcomed and greeted Salaeh , and, thanked him for attending. Saleh was invited to introduce himself & did so, citing age and date.

Ahmed asked saleh how many years he was working and what was his last position? He said for 10 years in ADCO Company, supervisor in oil operations. Did you hear any negatives about our company? He said no I did not hear any negative. Ahmed asked him why did you apply for this job? He said a new challenge and he has the ability to do it.

Mohd asked him what is his greatest strength? He said that he has great motivation, solving problems and can handle an emergency; greatest weakness is that he focuses on small details and misses the big picture. Mohd asked him why should we hire you? He said because he has the ability to do this job and he has experience.

 Finally, Saleh asked Ahmed how soon he will start his job? Ahmed answered about 1 month.

In general Saleh answered all the questions in a correct way, in the beginning he was stressed but that disappeared after a few seconds and he felt confident and unstressed.

Reflection 2
Date: 26- Feb- 2012
Location: Independent research Centre
Time: - 08:50
Interviewee: - Saleh
Interviewers:- Hedley, Mohammed and Ahmed
Position: - bachelor in marketing
In the beginning Saleh introduced  himself  briefly as he is 20 years old , studying in HCT with GPA 3.85, bachelor in marketing, he had graduated from Al-Nahda private school with distinction. Hedley asked him what was  the main difference between school and college, He said that the main difference is that in school the students depends on the teachers but at the college each student should depend on himself to achieve high grades.
Ahmed asked Saleh what are your outer interests? He said playing football with friends, Hedley asked him do you watch football matches? He said no I do not. Mohamed asked Saleh what is your greatest strength he said passion, and doing his best work, and if he could work under pressure?  He said yes; for example he did a lot of projects in a short period of time since he was in school.
In general Saleh answered the questions correctly, and he convinced the interviewers with evidence and qualifications that he is the person who deserves the job.

Reflection 3
Date: 26 – Feb – 2012
Location: independent research Centre
Time: 9:10
Interviewee: Yousef
Interviewers: Hedley, Mohammed and Ahmed
Position: operation manager in ADNOC
In the beginning Hedley welcomed Yousef ;he briefly introduced himself: birth date and he was working with Boroug Company for 10 years as he was working as operator supervisor; he is studying  chemical engineering in HCT; it can be clearly seen that he had prepared well for the interview and good eye contact is used.
Ahmed asked him what was his greatest strength. He said team spirit, and he was good in training and improving employees as he concentrates on weak employees as he motivates them by helping them to touch the soul of the team and meet them individually, Mohammed asked him why we should hire you? He said because of his 10 years of experience and he worked with different ethnic groups and nationalities which gives him good knowledge to deal with people. His weakness is he finds it difficult to work with non-active people who do not want to improve their skills.
Yousef asked how the company is doing. Mohammed said its doing well as they did not receive any negative reports, in general Yousef had spoken with determined confidence and appropriate eye contact and grammar were used.

Reflection 4
Date: 26- Feb- 2012
Time: 9:30
Interviewee: Mohammed Ahmed
Interviewers: Hedley, Omar and Rashed
Position: section head of oil operations
In the beginning Hedley welcomed Mohd as he begins with appropriate eye contact to the interviewers, he briefly introduced himself as he is 26 years old, married and he has four children, and he had 6 years of experience as he worked as an oil operator in ADCO. His answers reveal that he had good preparation and he used appropriate grammar and vocabulary.
Rashed:  outside interests? He said watching English premier league and he supports Manchester City team, Hedley : can you buy success? He said of course if you have money you can get new players and change the whole team, asked what are his goals, Mohammed said to grow in position, achieve goals and to have more responsibility.
Omar: what is your greatest strength? He said challenging the employees to do their best work,  in the spirit of  team work; asked if he could work under pressure, he said yes he could as he worked 6 years in ADCO at weekends and at Nights . Hedley: working at nights could be a problem to your family as you are married, he said he does not mind; its flexible to him and to his family.
Mohammed answered the questions with great confidence as it reveals that he had practiced well for the interview; finally the interviewers seem to be happy.

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