At the interview to fill the vacancy of a
Field Engineer in a multinational oil
company, two competent and qualified
Engineers were shortlisted and the
company was to decide on who to retain
and who to show the red card. They asked them If they could drive and
they both answered in the affirmative
even though only one of them could
drive.
The Head of the Human Resources
spearheading the interview cum pruning session then handed his car
keys to them to prove their driving skills
within the premises.
The over-confident applicant collected
the car key, opened the car, switched on
the ignition, lighted it up, sped off, swirled, swerved and made some stunts
on wheels before parking the car on the
same spot to the seeming rousing
applause and mischievously knowing
smile of the interviewers.
The other applicant who could not drive collected the key all the
same, opened the car, opened the
bonnet, checked the engine oil level, the
brake fluid level, the gear oil level and
the water in the radiator level.
As he closed the bonnet, the chief interviewer walked towards him and said:
"Don't bother driving, you've just been
hired!"
PRECAUTION is more powerful than
EXPERTISE!
The race is not for the swiftest, but to the wise!
Don't be brash and over-confident.
Learn the ropes and never back off from
giving your best even If you don't
possess what it takes. That someone is
doing it fast doesn't mean he is doing it right!
Direction is more important than speed!
Exercise caution and take precaution in
the journey of life - that's how to be
recruited into the employment of
success.
