Sunday, 4 March 2012

Reflection

Date: Sunday 26th February

Time: 0815

Interviewee: Saleh Awadh

Interviewers: Hedley, Ahmed, Mohd Abdulla

Position: Section Head of Oil Operations

Location: Independent Research Centre

 
Saleh : good morning. Mr. Hedley: good morning and welcome. Mr. Hedley: can you tell us about yourself?   Saleh introduced himself and he said: I am flexible, a quick learner & I have experience.


Ahmed: How much experience do you have? Saleh said: I had 10 years in oil operations with ADCO. Ahmed: What is your current position? Saleh said: I was a Supervisor. Ahmed: Have you heard something negative about us? Saleh: Nothing. Ahmed: Why do you want to work with our company? Saleh: It is a new challenge for me & I have the ability to do the job.

Mohamed Abdulla asked: What is your greatest strength? Saleh said: I'm a great motivator & amazing problem solver. Mohamed Abdulla: And your greatest weaknesses? Saleh: I occasionally focus on small details and sometimes I miss the big picture. Mohamed Abdulla: Where do you see yourself in 3 years time?  Saleh: I want to be having a position of more responsibility as a manager. Mohamed Abdulla: Why should we hire you? Saleh: I have the ability to do this job & experience.

Mr. Hedley asked Saleh if he had any questions.
Saleh asked when he could start.  After 1 month. And he asked how long has the position been open? Before 1 month.

Mr. Hedley closed the interview at 0830.
Date: Sunday 26th februrary
Location: Independent Research Centre
Time: 08:45 AM
Interviewee: Yousef
Interviewers: Hedley,Mohammed Abdulla & Ahmed Saleh
Position: Operation manager in ADNOC
 First of all Mr. Hedley welcomed the interviewee and introduced the interviewers.Yousef introduced himself saying that he was born in 1981 & he was warking more than 10 years for Borouge Company as a shift supervisor & now he is on study leave in HCT.
Then Ahmed started asking Yousef a question about the strengths that he has. He said that he is a challenging person; working in weak shift which means with poor knowledgeable people, taking care of laborers & training new employees. He said that he has a problem to work with careless people or people who don't want to improve.
After that, Mohamed Abdulla started asking Yousef why we should hire him. He said because he has good experience & he is hard-working. Also Mohamed asked about if he is creative or not? And give an example if he said yes? Yousef said yes, he built a team by managing foremen & pushing them to get their rights if they really deserved it.
Mr. Hedley asked the interviewee about how he was doing with inexperienced people? He said by sitting with the person and explaining to him the work.
Finally, Yousef asked who he would be working for directly. The interviewers told him that he will be taking a training program from 1 to 2 months and will be working in oil & gas operations section if he get the job.
Mr. Hedley thanked the interviewee & closed the interview.

Date: sunday 19th February

Location: Independent Research Centre

Time: 08:15

Interviewee: Abdulaziz Faes

Interviewers: Hedley, Mohamed Abdulla & Omar

Position: Mechanical Engineer

First of all, Mr. Hedley welcomed the interviewee & introduced the interviewers. Mr. Hedley asked Abdulaziz to introduce himself & he did so. Abdulaziz talked about his age, date of birth & where he lived.

Then, Mohamed Abdulla started asking Abdulaziz many questions like can you work under pressure? He said yes I can. Mohamed: what qualification do you have? Abdulaziz: I had a bachelor degree with GBA 3.5; also Mohamed asked him where do you see yourself in three years? He said that he will be in a high position like manager.


After that, Omar asked Abdulaziz about the greatest strength he has. Abdulaziz: I am hard-working. Omar: Why do you want to work in this company? He said that it is a good company, high salary & it is a local firm. The last question to Abdulaziz was about telling something negative about the company. He said that the location or the site of work is far from his city.

Finally, Mr. Hedley thanked the interviewee & closed the interview.

Date: sunday 26th February

Location: Independent Research Centre

Time: 08:30

Interviewee: Saleh Mohamed

Interviewers: Hedley, Mohamed Abdulla & Ahmed

Position: Seles Representative at ADNOC

Mr. Hedley asked Saleh to introduce himself. He gave a good introduction about himself, Graduated from HCT with a bachelor degree in marketing with a GPA of 3.85.

Ahmed asked Saleh about his outside interests and Saleh said that he liked playing football with his friends not in an official club. Animal welfare is another interest for Saleh because he feels that they are not treated well.

Mohamed asked Saleh about working times and Saleh never minded about anytime except the weekends. Also he said that he can work under pressure and meet deadlines. Then Mohamed asked Saleh about his strength and Saleh said that commitment and passion are his greatest strength.

Finally Saleh asked if the company has a training program and Mohamed answered yes there is a training program for about 6 months

Mr. Hedley thanks saleh and closed the interview.