Ali,Ayoob and Yousef Interviewed

Wednesday 15th February 2012

Location: W007

Time: 1015

Interviewee: Ali Ahmed

Interviewers: Hedley, Salem & Yousef

Position: electrical engineer at Emirates Steel Industrial

 Mr. Hedley starts the interview with Ali by asking him about himself. Then Salem asked about his goals. Ali said to become an important person in the company and country. Do you have any experience? Ali was trained with ADNOC for two months.

Ali’s question was how is the company doing? Salem said it’s one of the best companies in the Gulf region. Also he asked about continuing his career (master’s degree). Yousef said yes you can and the company will support you, but after doing well at work.

Interview finished at 10:30.

Wednesday 15th February 2012

Location: W007

Time: 10:35

Interviewee: Ayoob

Interviewers: Hedley, Salem & Yousef

Position: electrical engineer at ADNOC

After welcoming from Mr. Hedley, Ayoob started his interview by introducing himself to the committee and he had training for one month at EMAL.

Salem asked Ayoob about where he studied his major. Ayoob said “at ADMC in Abu Dhabi with 3.7. How about salary? He said around 35000 Dhs.

When Yousef started asking questions the first question was what do you think of our company? The answer was good from Ayoob and he proved it by giving the committee a good reason. The reason was his brother and two friends are still working at the company.

Ayoob asked Yousef what his position would be. He said you are going to be an electrical engineer and Ayoob preferred to work in the workshop to improve his skills.

Interview finished at 10:50

Wednesday 15th February 2012

Location: W007

Time: 10:55

Interviewee: Yousef

Interviewers: Hedley, Abdullah & Mohammed

Position: electrical engineer at Masder

Mr. Hedley welcomed Yousef for coming to the interview. Abdullah asked Yousef about hobbies and goals? Yousef likes playing video games. And his goal is to be a manager.

Mohammed asked him about working under pressure? His answer was “Yes”. Then Mohammed asked Yousef another question; the question was how much he expected his salary to be. He said between Dhs 30-40,000.

Yousef asked the committee about his position in the company. Abdullah answered him and the company will test Yousef to see where to put him.

Interview finished at 11:10

Abdullah Interview

Wednesday 15th February 2012

Location: W007

Time: 1030

Interviewee: Abdulla Eissa

Interviewers: Hedley, Old Ahmed & New Ahmed

On Wednesday 15^th February 2012 at HCT. One student from CEC class had an interview with Mr. Hedley and two interviewers. The interview was practice for the student and it’s reflecting how the real one would be. Mr. Hedley selected some types of question that are used in real interviews.

Mr. Hedley, old Ahmed and new Ahmed were the interviewers. The first victim was Abdullah and he chose to be an electrical engineer for this interview. Of course Mr. Hedley started the interview by asking Abdullah to introduce himself and tell us about himself. Abdullah was fantastic, also very comfortable and he had fluent English language with Hedley. The second question from Hedley was “Why do you choose our company to work at?” The answer was good salary, facilities and working at HQ and in a factory.

Then Hedley handed the rest of the questions to old Ahmed. He asked Abdullah a few questions after welcoming him. His question was “Can you work under pressure?” Abdullah said “Yes” and also he give us some examples when he was at college. Abdullah also likes to work in a team, but he prefers to finish his work by himself.

After old Ahmed new Ahmed took the lead to ask Abdullah questions and he tried to trick Abdullah, but he was smart and answered most of the questions.

At the end the judge let Abdullah ask a question. He had only one question that was” What job is an electrical engineer doing?” Old Ahmed answered this one. The second question from Abdullah was “what is the difference between onshore and offshore?” Also old Ahmed answered this question and explained what the difference between them is and how much the difference in salary is.

The goal from this interview was to show the students what are interview looks like. Mr. Hedley gives the students some advice and tips that will help them to pass.

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