Interview with Adeel Rehman

(HR Manager of PPL)

Q 1: Tell us something about you and your organization.
Ans : Iam working in Pakistan petroleum limited since 2009 as HR manager.I have
experienced and learn a lot of things here and as I concern about the organization
so Pakistan petroleum limited is a multinational ,global competitive and one of
the largest state owned mega corporation of Pakistan. PPL is principally engaged
in conducting exploration , prospecting , development and production of oil and
natural gas resources.
Q2: Tell us something about your hiring process.
Ans: Our Recruitment process is very diversified. When we are hiring executive
level employees wo go through with test process but as far as I concern managers
post we won’t follow the same process.
Q3 : How long does the hiring process usually take?
Ans: From the day we start recruitment till the day candidate appoints their job,
the whole process maximumly take 6 months.
Q4: How would you invite candidate for recruitment?
Ans: We use different modes of communication like newspaper, PPL website,
linked In or through reference.
Q5: What initial tool do you use for recruitment?
Ans: Initially, we use an information form in which candidate has to share about
his basic information ,experiences, education, hobbies , interest.
Q6: Do you conduct structured interview OR unstructured interview?
Ans: We always starts with the structured interview later on we go on
unstructured.
Q7: How would you describe your recruiting style?
Ans: We conduct test through NTS. Those candidates who will pass that test will
call for panel interview.
Q8: How many people are in panel and from which department they belongs?
Ans: There is a panel of three persons. One belongs to Hiring depart second is
jr.HR executive and third person belongs to the concern department for which the
candidate will hire .
Q9: Do you hire an individual on the basis of job fit?
Ans: Yes we do but we have much concern that candidate must fit for an
organization also.
Q10: What are the most important skills you're looking for in a candidate?
Ans: It depends on the job. Sometimes we judge technical skills sometimes we
judge on their knowledge.
Q11: How do you know that candidate is right fit for specified position?
Ans: We prepare a job description and hire a person according to that, if the
person falls on that particular Job description we hire them.
Q12: Is it better to hire for skill or attitude?
Ans: We always hire a candidate on their skills but yes attitude does matter also.
Q13: What must an applicant know ?
Ans: When we hire fresh graduates we check their knowledge but when we hire
experience employee We check knowledge as well as technical skills.
Q14: What kind of questions you mostly asked to the candidate?
Ans: We usually ask behaviourial and situational questions.
Q15: How you introduce your selected candidates with others?
Ans: We have 2 on boardings
1- We visit in the firm ad introduce them
2- We arranged a formal training program for fresh graduates so that all the
managers would come and introduce themselves with the new individuals.