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Not everyone who has responded objectively is a GTBank staff!Quote:
Originally Posted by makalele
People Dont plan to fail but fail to plan, Most employers , not excluding the likes of GTB and other have laid down Recruitment selection criteria to which they usually adhere to .
There are Interview questions to which they use to assess candidates. not limited to that they also check outspokeness, dress sense, fluency, IQ, etc
There are practice interview questions on the net with which you could ground your self with. Just because you passed the test does not mean you cant fail an interview question.
Am not defending GTB but take a look inward and ask the Question, Did i really answer their questions well. Then the odds will speak for it self.
One Love
my big bros dont worry just give thank to God he will surely make a way for you
as per gtb bank they are well culture bank there is no tribalist there my friend father is an igbo man working with the since 1990 he is one of the top executive there so woory big bros.
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Originally Posted by danexd
Iam a graduate and i believe everybody that visit this site is either a graduate or and intending graduate.But then i must admit that after reading the stuffs posted here by supposedly educated people who are supposed to be the future of this country that iam greviously saddened and worried about the future of nigeria
How more shameful could it be to hear graduates who are supposedly learneth people talk as if they are illiterates.Granted there is tribalism almost every sector of the Nigeria society,but i must tell you that majority of people that posted on this topic are also guilty of the same cankerworm impeding the progress of this country
I have yoruba friends that have been invited for interviews in GTB that were not eventually recruited even though the felt the have done well.Now who are these yoruba guys and ladies to blame.? Hey i guess the will say GTB only employs Ogun state indigens :o
If there are banks that have been accused of tribalism in nigeria they fidelity,diamond bank and phb.these banks are dominated by igbos.
Does it mean this banks are truly tribalistic ? the answer is yes and no.Tribalism will continue to surface in the office place in nigeria for a long time to come as long as young minds like you and i who are the MDs of tommorow dont change our mindset and continue to talk like we do now
But there is one thing i can assure you mediocrity can never take they place of excellence.This is what i think we should promote as leaders of tomorrow and not tribalistic tendencies.
So, if you can get a job with GTB try Intercontinental,sky and ETB.I am sure they will take you even if your name chukudimaka if you are as good as you claim.I,ve got a lot of igbo bodies working there and they are not complaining
I have a dream that one day there will not be yoruba, hausa and igbo again,but nigerians.A country where people will be recognised by the content of their character,intellect and not their language
Long live nigeria..Long live unity
Iam a graduate and i believe everybody that visit this site is either a graduate or and intending graduate.But then i must admit that after reading the stuffs posted here by supposedly educated people who are supposed to be the future of this country that iam grievously saddened and worried about the future of Nigeria
How more shameful could it be to hear graduates who are supposedly learneth people talk as if they are illiterates.Granted there is tribalism almost every sector of the Nigeria society,but i must tell you that majority of people that posted on this topic are also guilty of the same canker worm impeding the progress of this country
I have yoruba friends that have been invited for interviews in GTB that were not eventually recruited even though the felt the have done well.Now who are these yoruba guys and ladies to blame.? Hey i guess the will say GTB only employs Ogun state indigens :o
If there are banks that have been accused of tribalism in nigeria they fidelity,diamond bank and phb.these banks are dominated by igbos.
Does it mean this banks are truly tribalistic ? the answer is yes and no.Tribalism will continue to surface in the office place in nigeria for a long time to come as long as young minds like you and i who are the MDs of tommorow dont change our mindset and continue to talk like we do now
But there is one thing i can assure you mediocrity can never take they place of excellence.This is what i think we should promote as leaders of tomorrow and not tribalistic tendencies.
So, if you can get a job with GTB try Intercontinental,sky and ETB.I am sure they will take you even if your name chukudimaka if you are as good as you claim.I,ve got a lot of igbo bodies working there and they are not complaining
I have a dream that one day there will not be yoruba, hausa and igbo again,but nigerians.A country where people will be recognised by the content of their character,intellect and not their language
Long live nigeria..Long live unity
Guy pls note God's TIME is the best
Brother,the truth is that tribalism is still lingering in Nigeria.Is possible that ur a victim of discrimination,bcos ur the only one that know what happen there,but i want to tell you sometin,there is a mark that u will bear that will make u stand above tribalism and it consequences,and that mark in the mark of jesus,if you dont hv jesus in ur life anytin can happen to u,only jesus that is nt tribal,this is a testimony,some folk wanted to try that on me but bcos of mark of jesus is in me,they try bt they fail and i prevail,with jesus testimony is sure,invite you today out there to accept jesus becos he is solution to the world today,men can fail you bt jesus never fail,martin luther king fought the war some yrs back@global level,bt look@it today that obama is ruling d world 2day,if you accept jesus 2day one thing is sure ur going to rule those people that discriminate you.accept jesus and brake the limit in ur life.there is tribalism in banking industry and some other sector we know that,bt with jesus all the tribal people will bow before you becos you carry eternal value,in christainity there is no tribalism ,one love in christ,jesus love you
My Bros one luv, I am not surprised cos an average yoruba will like to intimidate an non- yorubas through their language ,especailly when you are in their a midst, are u sure they didnt use their language at the interview.
Go to Oil and Gas Industry, so so yorubas, Even when I was youth Corper they rejected Igbos and took their own people and dis-qualified us , saying that there was no space for our course, why we are engineers cos of tribe and language.
Dont mind them, they are saboteurs, they dont have love among themselves except during competition ::).
:oDont worry, GTbank, tribalism or not this year is ur year, Amen.
One luv.
Proud Igbo girl,
guys,am not so happy about the way Lexy's experience is beig handled.dagunro,u dont av to be too hard on him.I thinh he must av taken to correction.though tribalism is yet to be wipe out of the earth's surface,ur pedicament was more of ill luck than sentiment.all the best
I think we should concentrate more on improving ourselves by identifying our deficiencies and working on them to get better instead of stigmatizing or labelling others as being tribalistic. Your haven gotten to the final stage of the interview means you are too hot to be unemployed. Nigeria go better.
I want you all to realise one thing. GTBank is a bank with standard and cannot do such things. I totally disagree with lex4real. You don't have to blame anybody for your own misfortune. I know some people in GTBank H.R that are Igbos. Life is all about ups and downs.
My guy, God will provide your own job but stop blackmailing an industry of high esteem
It is well
Things happen,all we should do is pray n hope 4 better luck n God's GRACE. May God our father help us all.
behind every smoke..........theres always a fire!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL IM SAYING IS GBT,PLSSSSSSSS CHECK URSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!
Learn to accept your mistake and not to apportion blames. Why not look at it from this angle that the bank only need the best three and you happen to have scored lowest. You may have done real good but that is to your own judgement. Do you know the standard the bank used in its appointment?
Was it not the same people that called you for the interview?
Do you know that you might be doing yourself more bad than good with this your mindset?
Drop allegations and face how best you could make it. You should have asked how to help yourself better in future interviews rather than trying to tarnish the image of an already established bank like GTB.
What makes you a man is not how many time you fall but how many times you were able to rise.
Forge ahead and learn from your mistakes.
Bros i beg forget about it and move on. Maybe the job is not yours, you'll get a job that is rightfully yours . You are not alone, stay chilly 4 me ok. ;)
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO LAY ACCUSING FINGERS ON ANY TRIBE OR START CHALLENGING ONE ANOTHER, WE ALL KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN NIGERIA TODAY, LET US LEARN TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.THERE MUST BE A REASON WHY HE WAS NOT TAKEN IN GTB.GOD KNOWS WHY,MAYBE A BETTER JOB IS WAITING FOR HIM OR SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN TO HIM IN GTB THAT GOD HAD TO REMOVE FOR HIM BY NOT GIVING HIM THE JOB IN GTB.
WE JUST PRAY FOR HIM AND OTHERS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR JOB TO GET A JOB IN A VERY SHORT TIME.
WE ARE ALL NIGERIANS PLEASE LET US TRY AND HELP ONE ANOTHER,UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL.
THANKS AND GOD BLESS ALL OF US......
ONE LOVE...
u shud stop cryin over spoilt beans and move on. u need to hear other peeps story,then u will thank God
lex4real,
of a truth I sympathize with ur loss of that interview, it is part of job seeking anyway, if everybody click the job on every interview we would not have so large a number of job seekers, but i am afraid your own case might be as a result of your mindset, it might even be the reason u lost it, that in this time and age and with ur qualification you can still think u were disqualified on tribal ground. bros u need to work on ur mindset, if the four of u were needed in the first place why did they call u for interview, is it not to get the best among you guys, if they want to be tribalistic, seeing your name alone should not have earn u invitation, instead of u to concentrate on what is it , u got wrong u are there feeding urself and feeble minded people like u with negative info. bro step up.
as i am writing this, I av lost more than 20 interviews in a bid to change my job, i av been interviewed by pple from diffrent races and tribes yet no tot of tribalism, u might av lost it , not that u are not good enough but the number is more than required and sombody has to go, somtin must av kip u below the others.just call the successful ones and congratulate them also call your interviewers to thank them for their time. and keep working and praying hard ur miracle is on the way.
Mr. Lex4real, I guess you should have told GTbank to allow you grade urself after the interview. To say the fact, u're just being insincere. I also attended GTbank interview last October and was told that my performance did not meet up with their requirement despite being a yoruba. my interviewer was a yoruba lady as well. I'll just advice you to look inward and prepare very well if any other interview opportunity comes your way. It is well
My friends,Lets call a spade a spade.Everybody knows that another name for GTB is TRIBALISTIC BANK,with YORUBA as surname.Fukin bank!!!.Bros,God will see u thro and everyone of us.
You may say all this but hope you are not sufering from inferiority complex,
cos come to think of it, if truly you servein the NYSC you will see that the yorubas Really Sturdy and exel well in academics than any other tribe in this country that may be a rasom to have more of yorubas in any thing that education is involved ::) ;) They also answer technical Queation Better cos of the level mof understanding they have in Lag and Other Big city like Ibadan, Ogbomoso, Ife, Akure and others
@tessywilfred!Quote:
Originally Posted by tessywilfred
You got it all wrong.
You just displayed your immaturity, sentimentality, tribalism, ignorance and weak level of reasoning after spending not less than 4 years in the university. I wonder if the university actually passed through you. :(
If you feel intimidated when you are around yorubas, too bad.
My point here is not to defend yorubas but for us to be objective.
I am not one to use the issue of tribalism as an alibi for my failures but I tell You,I experienced it for real last year4.Remember the OANDO Graduate Recruitment last year.Thousands of people applied,about two or three thousand got invitation 4 aptitude test and then maybe two hundred or so were invited 4 interview including my humble self.I travelled all the way from Bayelsa to Lagos and these OANDO people made us stay a whole week in Lagos spending the little money we had.Believe me,in the end,they only selected 19 people,18 Yorubas and one Northerner.You do not have to be a professor of statistics to know that it is tribalism.I have no problem with narrowminded people who want to work with only their tribesmen,but the question is;Why stress other people by inviting them 4 Aptitude test and interview just as window dressing.It is sheer wickedness.Shame on OANDO,GTB? and other organisations that indulge in such practices.That is why Nigeria is not moving forward.
It's not out of place to be paranoid when you're not successful in an interview. But I want to believe there where some yorubas that wrote the test but weren't invited for the interview. I'll suggest you cast your mind on the totality of your interview and learn all you need to, rather than blaming the outcome on tribalism.
I wish you the best in your job search.
Bros, in anything you do always try to be positive. who even know that your initial negative mind against these mngrs broght this misfortune to you. Hello! Can you also tell this humble house,your assumed performance in relative to other applicants? Companies are interested to employ the best "HEAD'.And they can never employ more than the required number.
I have attended many interview, and i never Blame anyone for my failure instead, I work harder and look forward to my glorious day.I believe, what is mine will definitely be mine at the right time.
So,my friend try to be focus and never blame your misfortune on anyone.The koko word is "WORK HARDER"
Dear All,
I happen to be a living witness in which all top executives in Diamond Bank comprise of mainly Igbo guys. No be true!!!!.
The truth is " Believe in your self & allow God to make a way for you". I had occupied a top level position in an oil outfit owned by an Igbo man & being controlled/managed by Igbo guys (all except me). My case shouldn't be an exception.....Just trust in God.
Corporate firms are all out to exploits, starve , use & dump you where this need arises. Pray to be in charge of your own COMPANY.
Cheers.
GTB ,I believe is not 99% by Yorubas,but everything is by Luck.Don't lose Hope.
take heart one of dis days God will ans our PRAYER
Nigerians!!!!!!!!! How come almost everybody is on the defensive side. Its like GTB staffs were met to pass their comment on this to protect their image and see everyone is just raising harsh word on Lex even the one who says he is a first bank man now,(who we go ask if na true). I am very sure that for most of the people raising these bad and insultive words, if you leave GTB today with a sack, you wont say anything better. Imagine someone saying Lex is dull, if he is dull then why did he get to that stage of the recruitment, u say his character put him out, why did thesame character take him to that stage.
Nigerian will change, if only we learn to love and respect our indidvidual self esteem.
Lex Dear, dont worry. when things like this happens, jump up and begin to dance because something greater is on your way, who knows, if you get this employment, it might limit you. God has good plans for you.
See, You are a Hero!! .Relax! continue to try and very soon your light will shine.
Lets not insult ourselves, GTB is good and everyone is good. we are the best. There cannot be GTB or any other establishment without you and I.
We will all get there.
God bless Nigerians.
hey bro, i beg to differ in your opinion about GTB, i will tell you first hand that it is wrong for you to accuse the bank in its entirity as being a tribalistic bank, on what basis, is it because the" manager", not the "board of trusties" did not choose you,? with a negative attitude like this, trust me u won't go far, learn to see things in positive light. i wish u well.
Hmmmmm! so where do people like us stand. Mummy Ibo, Daddy yoruba. Lol.
lex, it just wasnt your job . Yours will come.
2 years back, over 800 candidates wrote the then first inland bank test at BUK kano. 150 of us were called for interview. 11 of us made it to the final stage. The interview started for 8am and at about 9pm we were yet to meet with the northern directors. 7 northerners, 3 easthern guys and just me from SW.
Behold 8 of them got their letters , 4 of us did'nt.
It was very painful.
I picked up myself and moved on. Today am employed and for now i love my pay.
Just see it as it wasnt meant to be.
Gtbank is not tribalistic, i stand to be corrected
Nigerians!!!!!!!!! How come almost everybody is on the defensive side. Its like GTB staffs were met to pass their comment on this to protect their image and see everyone is just raising harsh word on Lex even the one who says he is a first bank man now,(who wa go ask if na true). I am very sure that for most of the people raising these bad and insultive words, if you leave GTB today with a sack, you wont say anything better. Imagine someone saying Lex is dull, if he is dull then why did he get to that stage, u say his character put him out, why did thesame character take him to that stage.
Nigerian will change, if only we learn to love and respect our indidvidual self esteem.
Lex Dear, dont worry. when things like this happens, jump up and begin to dance because something greater is on your way, who knows, if you get this employment, it might limit you. God has good plans for you.
See, You are a Hero!! .Relax! continue to try and very soon your light will shine.
Lets not insult ourselves, GTB is good and everyone is good. we are the best. There cannot be GTB or any other establishment without you and I.
We will all get there.
God bless Nigerians.
Nigerians!!!!!!!!! How come almost everybody is on the defensive side. Its like GTB staffs were met to pass their comment on this to protect their image and see everyone is just raising harsh word on Lex even the one who says he is a first bank man now,(who wa go ask if na true). I am very sure that for most of the people raising these bad and insultive words, if you leave GTB today with a sack, you wont say anything better. Imagine someone saying Lex is dull, if he is dull then why did he get to that stage, u say his character put him out, why did thesame character take him to that stage.
Nigerian will change, if only we learn to love and respect our indidvidual self esteem.
Lex Dear, dont worry. when things like this happens, jump up and begin to dance because something greater is on your way, who knows, if you get this employment, it might limit you. God has good plans for you.
See, You are a Hero!! .Relax! continue to try and very soon your light will shine.
Lets not insult ourselves, GTB is good and everyone is good. we are the best. There cannot be GTB or any other establishment without you and I.
We will all get there.
God bless Nigerians.
@ da poster,
What you said is not true bcos I am a living witness. U simply did not pass the interview. I am Yoruba and I also attended their interview up to the very last stage in Kaduna b4 being dropped.
The downfall of a man is not the end of his life. Just pick up the mistakes u made during the interview and avoid them next time. If GTB doesnt want you, other companies will appreciate your other good qualities
This issue needs not to be dragged this far,I want the house to ask my dear friend how well he felt he performed during the interview. becaues at that stage he claimed he reached, the recruitment teams may only want to recruit the best head(s),somebody with positive mindset,and never above the number they needed at that particular time.I am not saying this kind of thing is not happening in this country,but the cankerworm has its roots everywhere;among Igbos,hausas,Yorubas and so on.Or can we say since Bank PHB,Fidelity,Diamond Banks are dominated by igbos,they only employ Igbos?
Please my dear friend,instead of shifting your inability to get appointed with GTB,why can"t yu go on your kneel and pray to God for a better offer.Or you can go to NIGERDELTA where only IGBOS have the upper hand of getting appointment with all these TOP and HIGHLY rated companies.
NO SENTIMENT PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a dream that one day there will not be yoruba, hausa and igbo again,but nigerians.A country where people will be recognised by the content of their character,intellect and not their language
Folks, i must say this is the best part of all the replies to Lex4Real`s post. Now let`s try to tackle this issue without any sentiments, of course there could have been foul play during his interview stages and maybe tribalism was involved too. Such qualities should never be attributed to any organization that serves the public and offers service to people of different ethinicity including GTB. I believe every company has a policy that adresses this case and GTB of course being a Global,financial institution should have this right policy working and in place. I would suggest any employer reading this post should enforce adequate measures that should be aimed at checking the employment process and to have it fully free and fair and 100% based on Merit. Pls let us all check ourselves and try to have a unified society where culture,religion and different diversity doesn`t deride us of the progress which we always strive to achieve.
Now to all Nigerians, Let us live and grow as one. If my brother really wants the Job all i owe him is to help him get ready for the selection process and not to get him in based on relationship. The true Nigerian and a patriot seeks for the interest of all and not his own interest, let not your judgements be clouded by emotions and sentiments but by a value that is built on a clear understanding of what is Right and what is Wrong.
Lex4Real u dnt stop a fire by igniting a different kind of fire, races well fought and lost prepares us for a more glorious victory.
One Love!
It beats my imagination to hear graduates argue and quarrel over tribalism in nigeria as if you are new.The most annoying part is most of us that have dropped mails here.It is either you are supporting your igbo brother or you are suppoting your yoruba bank.pls lets stop all these rubbish and fight the common cause this site was opened.
My Bros one luv, I am not surprised cos an average yoruba will like to intimidate an non- yorubas through their language ,especailly when you are in their a midst, are u sure they didnt use their language at the interview.
Go to Oil and Gas Industry, so so yorubas, Even when I was youth Corper they rejected Igbos and took their own people and dis-qualified us , saying that there was no space for our course, why we are engineers cos of tribe and language.
Dont mind them, they are saboteurs, they dont have love among themselves except during competition Roll Eyes.
:oDont worry, GTbank, tribalism or not this year is ur year, Amen.
One luv.
Proud Igbo girl, what du u stand to gain 4rm this?
lex4real,
na wa 4 u, r u d only 1? u contribute nothing but cause trouble, u n ur igbo cohorts.
u r not sensible 2 accuse Gt Bank of tribalism just because d interviewer didn't find u suitable 4 d job. neither r u sensible 2 accuse Yoruba of tribalism just because of ur claim. In life u win some, n lose some jus like in d game of football. you'll not get far with this your kind of mentality.TRY AND DEVELOP A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE.
My advice, learn to be a good loser and imbibe the spirit of sportsmanship! withdraw all ur accusation n apologize for u r a criminal trying to rally people behind u to cause problem while u sit n watch, jus like your forefathers did in d past.
u can go to republic of Biafra but don't cause chaos here in d land of peace.
IF NOT 4 JOBLESSNESS U DONT HAVE AN ISSUE HERE TO DISCUSS.