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 The above question is irrelevant for people who join organisations by Nepotism because interviews are merely to fulfill all righteousness. For others who join organisations by merit, it is a most important question because it is a question you already knew would be asked. Failing this all important question shows lack of proper preparation for the interview. I dealt with this question in two forms:- Firstly, From the Consultant's perspective. Secondly, From the direct employer's perspective. Based on my knowledge of salaries paid in various sectors of the Nigerian economy, when a consultant asked, to answer I only demand to know the sector her client was operating. As regards the direct employer, it was even easier to answer. I always found out what were the going rates in that industry. Three examples to clarify the points above. These examples will cover two from Structured Organisations and one from Unstructured Organisation, the ones I generally call "Mosafejo Compani...

 Looking for a country where the police force has changed all laws to criminal laws no more civil laws? Find a country called Nigeria.

 Broadly speaking, there are two types of organisations. Viz Firstly, The structured organisations with proper Policies and Procedures, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) including Job Classification, Salary Structure, defining minimum and maximum values identified in the organisation's Job Classification. Secondly, The Unstructured organisations without codified Policies and Procedures. Here the policies and procedures are in the head of the Owner and the members of his family. These unstructured organisations could be further divided into two. The Unstructured that pretend to operate as structured organisations without loosing control. They seek to employ qualified and experienced HR Professionals but would not allow them to operate as professionals. This mode of operation I hereby call "Double Jeopardy". In my clime, this is what the Afro Beat King called "Double wahala for dead body and the owner of dead body" The second type of unstructured organisations d...

 Looking for a man who will remain a Fool forever? Find a man who knows not and does not know he knows not and does not want to know.

 Looking for the ninth Wonder of the world? Look no further, it is the Capacity of Nigerians to bear with Bad governance and endure harsh and satanic economic hardship.

 For 20 years I consistently communicated interview results to candidates in accordance with my self imposed mandate back in 1991. In communicating interview results to candidates, I was not mindful of the fact that there are people who lack the capacity to handle "bad news". My communication was either verbal or written. The important thing was I communicated the results of the interviews. I wrote two variants of a rejection letter to candidates. Firstly, I referred to their application and the subsequent interview they had with us and regret to inform them that they were not successful. I closed the letters by thanking them for the interest they showed in our company. Secondly, I referred to their application and subsequent interview they had with us and regret to inform them that they were not successful. For those who met all parameters for employment but had to be dropped for better candidates, I informed them that I was keeping their applications for other openings and ...

 Looking for the only Plague of Nigeria and Nigerians, which when solved, Nigeria and Nigerians will become the center of the world? Look no further, the Plague of Nigeria and Nigerians is LEADERSHIP.

 When I arrived the Commercial Capital of Nigeria in 1988 armed with a Second Class Upper Division Bachelor's Degree, I was confident that securing a job will not be difficult, that was not so after all. In several of the interviews I attended, I was told, they were looking for Masters Degree Holders, and out of naivety I believed without understanding that I was face to face to one our national maladies - NEPOTISM. Towards the end of that year, I attended an interview, at the end of which an announcement was made to the effect that the results will be available to our sponsors. In answer to a question with regard to those without sponsors, we were told that those without sponsors had no business attending the interview in the first place. The first interview I attended after post graduate school, I got to know the result of the interview on a Sunday evening, a day after I should have assumed duty. When I got to the company on Monday morning, I collected the Offer letter which I re...