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.
