Top 50 NNPC Interview Questions and Answers for Job Recruitment

Filed in Job by on January 31, 2022

– NNPC Interview Questions and Answers –

This is a comprehensive guide on NNPC interview questions and answers for job recruitment in Nigeria. This article will aid in your preparations and empower you to ace the interview process by giving you an idea of what Interview Questions look like.

NNPC was established on 1 April 1977 as a merger of the Nigerian National Oil Corporation and the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel.

NNPC by law manages the joint venture between the Nigerian federal government and a number of foreign multinational corporations, which include Royal Dutch ShellAgipExxonMobilTotal S.AChevron, and Texaco(now merged with Chevron).

The NNPC Towers in Abuja is the headquarters of NNPC. Consisting of four identical towers, the complex is located on Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business District Abuja. NNPC also has zonal offices in LagosKadunaPort Harcourt and Warri. It has an international office located in London, United Kingdom.

Below is a full list of compiled NNPC Recruitment Interview Questions for past screening exercises.

1. Tell us/me about Yourself

Give only relevant information without giving out much of your personal details like family and relationship history

2. What are your career goals and aims?

Make sure your career goals align with the job position you applied for and how you intend to achieve them.

3. Describe a difficult experience at work and how you handled it

Start with how it happened with mentioning names and being disrespectful and how you handled it to everyone’s satisfaction.

4. Describe your best boss and your worst boss

Now this is a dicey situation. Never be disrespectful when describing your supposed worst boss and state ways in which he has been improving in that regard over time.

5. Have you ever had experience in the petroleum industry?

If you haven’t, do well to mention how you have been following up the happenings in the petroleum industry to show your keen interest and how vast your knowledge about the petroleum industry is without actual work experience.

6. Describe your work style

Describe how you like to work while stating that you even function well with little or no supervision.

7. Do you prefer to work alone or on a team?

Now this depends on the job position you applied for but also reiterate your good interpersonal skills and your need to relay the right information to those around.

8. Do you take work home with you?

If theposition you applied for requires you dealing with sensitive or classified information, state that you usually don’t but in certain cases when away from the office you always ensure assigned duties are attended to.

9. Give some examples of teamwork

Give examples of how you coordinated with a group of persons to carry out a duty and how without the input and skills of all the team members being synergized, it would have been more difficult to carry out individually.

10. Have you ever had difficulty working with a manager?

Again like you answered with tact when addressing your horrible boss, use the same skill. Try to highlight the difficult manager’s good qualities.

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11. Have you gotten angry at work? What happened?

Be certain not to make it obvious that you have temperamental issues but be rational.

12. How do you handle stress and pressure?

You could state that you listen to slow songs or get a good night’s sleep to ease it off.

13. How do you measure success?

Be rational. Don’t be petty and keep in that is the best time to show your broader view of the world. Don’t be shy to show you are intelligent.

14. How long do you expect to work for NNPC?

Never state that you intend to leave soon or you consider this as a stepping stone. NNPC would invest money to train and develop you and the company expects to benefit from your acquired skills and work experience.

15. What are the duties of the job position you applied for?

This is when to prove you fully grasp what thejob position is about and how your skills align with you going about attending to your duties.

16. How would you describe the pace at which you work?

Be honest. Let it be obvious that you never procrastinate but list duties in other of priorities in the firm. Also state that you are meticulous when dispersing your duties.

17. What do you think about a workplace romance?

You should know  this is usually frowned upon by most establishments.

18. How would you describe yourself?

Go further by explaining how well you have developed over the years and how you respond to issues. Your dreams and acquired skills too.

19. How would you handle it if your boss was wrong?

You could reply with something like this, “ I would go back to my boss when tempers are calmer and talk to him or her in person to explain why and how he/she got it wrong in a way that isn’t condescending and undermining of their position or the respect due them.

20. If the people who know you were asked why you should be hired, what would they say?

“Most would actually say Kingsley takes his reputation seriously and would make sure his reactions or deeds do not project him in the bad light which is why he is considerate of other people’s feelings and opinions, stands for what is right and maintains a professional work ethic.”

21. Is there a type of work environment you prefer?

State the kind of work environment that’s required for your job position without personalizing it.

22. How do you relate with people you share a workspace with?

You could give an impressionable answer like, “The fact that they were selected to fill thejob positions means they  have good interpersonal skills and observe work ethics which would make working with them memorable and worth looking forward to.”

23. Tell me why you want to work here

Never state the salary as the reason as that would project you as just in it for the financial gain. State the good work environment, the career development and self-development opportunities available in NNPC as some of the reasons you want to work there. Also state that you want to learn more and contribute your quota to the petroleum industry.

24. What are you looking for in your next position?

State that with the work experience you have, you hope to build on it and help further the goals of NNPC while self-developing at it.

25. What are you passionate about?

You could state your hobbies here but be careful not to state what would implicate you.

26. What are your goals for the future?

State your career goals and how it aligns with the objectives of NNPC.

27. What should be made available to help dispense your duties properly?

State things like regular communicate with the authorities that be and timely feedback on your work output.

28. What can you do for this NNPC?

This is one of the ways of showing you’re innovative. If you are being interview for the office of the public relations officer, for example, you start by stating how you can make NNPC have a more visible presence on the internet, especially on the social media platforms to showcase NNPC activities and improving ways of getting feedback from the public and clients respectively.

29. What are the weaknesses you have noticed about NNPC?

Like the question above, you could state the weakness and ways you could especially improve them and maintain the strengths.

30. What challenges are you looking for in your next job?

In the PR job, for example, you could state how you intend to become a better public relations person. If you are an engineering job applicant, you could state how you intend to learn skills in the petroleum industry and transfer what you have learnt in school to the actual work field.

31. What did you like or dislike about your previous job?

How about an answer like, “ I had to spend hours in traffic to and fro my home and the office but I have made plans to relocate closer if I get this job so I put the hours I spend in traffic before to more productive use.”

32. What do you expect from a supervisor?

“I expect a supervisor to relay the necessary information and feedback from the company’s board to me and call my attention to anything about my work which should be altered.”

33. What do you find are the most difficult decisions to make?

“How to cover up for an absent colleague when they have good reasons to be away while dispersing my assigned duties.”

34. What have you learned from your mistakes?

State how you have learnt to be a better person and how you would handle a certain situation you erred in better now.

35. What interests you about this job?

“The career development opportunities and the opportunity to lay my mark an contribute my quota to the industry and learning from better experienced and skilled people around.”

36. What is your greatest strength?

Be careful not to be boastful but state it humbly and with assertiveness.

37. What is your greatest weakness?

State your weakness without incriminating yourself and steps in which you have taken to work on those weaknesses.

38. What major challenges have you handled?

State your work experience, you leadership skills, your interpersonal skills and positions you have held and how you were able to improve the situation. Give an example at least.

39. What problems have you encountered at work?

You could state one problem and how you overcame it and what you have learnt during the process.

40. What was your biggest accomplishment (failure) in this position?

Your answer should be similar to the answer immediately above.

41. What was most (least) rewarding about your job?

Don’t complain much while stating this but state how the experience has improved you too.

42. What relevant experience do you have?

State your work experience and if it doesn’t align with the proposed job, state how your interpersonal skills, knowledge and acquired skills would be relevant.

43. What will you do if you don’t get a job offer?

State that you would learn from the highlighted questions in this interview and try to gain experience in a similar position. Make it certain that the job is actually a career path.

44. Why do you want this job?

State why you want the job and how it aligns with your chosen career.

45. Why are you leaving your job?

You could give reasons like distance, relocating because of marriage, of other issues but be honest and firm and state why the job position you seek for in NNPC aligns more with your career goals.

46. Why did you resign?

Be honest as your prospective superiors and the HR Manager might likely reach out to your old firm to ascertain this.

47. Why were you fired?

Be honest like the above answer but state how you have improved since then like learning new skills and relocating closer because you weren’t punctual a few times.

48. Why should we hire you?

Now is also the perfect time to sell yourself and what you would bring to NNPC.

49. What do you know about NNPC?

This is why you should do your research. This would show that you prepared for the interview and you are very much interested in the company.

50. How much should we pay you?

Research about the salary range for the job position you applied for in the industry with relation to work experience and qualification and state your required salary.

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