Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Interview report


Date: Monday 24 September 2012

Venue: F11

Time: 14:30

Interviewee: Manea Almehairi

Interviewers: Hedley Butterfield, Khalid Omar and Ahmed Salem

Post: Internal Audit Officer

Mr.Hedley welcomed me, introduced the other interviewers and asked me to introduce myself. I greeted the interviewers and talked for about a minute and a half about myself and then came all the questions. 

As expected, the panel asked me about my prior experiences, ability to handle pressure, my goals and what I am capable of. I answered all the questions normally, but what I liked the most was that the company will allow me complete freedom in how and where to do my job as long as it is done properly Another thing I liked was the ability to give my opinion and suggestions regarding any projects in the company with total freedom and an open heart to achieve better results. There were no trick questions or investigative ones and the interview went well. 

When they asked my about my personal interests I talked about travel and didn't feel shy to express my love to try different kinds of food, I stated that part of the travel experience is to try the food of the country you are visiting otherwise you might be missing on a big part of the culture and the experience I also mentioned that I have been to Italy, Canada and Japan for different reasons and I have tried pancakes, pizza, pasta and sushi. Frog legs came into the discussion when I said I would like to try them and Mr.Hedley said they are no different than chicken legs if you don’t think about what you are eating and eat normally.

At the end, Mr.Hedley told me I have done well and thanked me and the other two interviewers for the interview and said they will contact me back.    


Monday, 29 October 2012

Meeting reflection

Date: 15th October, 2012
Venue: F11
Time: 16:45
Chairman: Manea Almehairiri
Secretary: Ahmed Almansory
Participant: Saood
Participant: Khalid
 
Participant: Mr. Hedley
Topic: Water Shortage in Yemen
I opened the meeting, welcomed everybody and explained the water shortage problem in Yemen and invited all participants to put on their solutions.
We already had some solutions in the agenda as follows:
  • Foreign Aid.

  • Water Desalination .

  • Building Dams.

  • Cloud Seeding.
Khalid started with the first solution which was foreign aid, and how other countries can start helping Yemen in short and long terms.
Ahmed talked about building an infrastructure of dams to utilize rain water.
I talked about cloud seeding and its potential to help saving water in dams’ areas.
Saood talked about water desalination as a part of the long term solution for the water shortage problem in Yemen
I suggested that an awareness campaign to conserve water should be held to educate the public and make them aware of the problem and the solutions.
Other solutions also came out throughout the discussion like education and its impact on the situation in Yemen, and agriculture and Yemen’s fertile soil potential
 
Recommendations:
  • Hold an awareness campaign to start conserving water.

  • Emergency drinking water supplies should be provided from foreign countries.

  • Education should take place immediately in order to raise the living standards and handle upcoming infrastructure projects.

  • Start planning the infrastructure projects like water dams, desalination plants, pipes network and underground water pumps for the long term.

  • Pay farmers to get rid of Qat and start planting useful corps.
The meeting was not well controlled by me and Mr. Hedley helped me control the meeting. We were not prepared enough as some ideas like education and its impact slipped our minds. All in all we gained some experience from this meeting and we should learn from our mistakes.
I closed the meeting at 15:30.

Meeting report


Problem: Water Shortage In Yemen


Date of meeting: 15th Oct 2012
Time of meeting: 16:10
Venue: F11
Group members:
Chair: Manea Almehairi.
Secretary: Ahmed Almansory.
Participant: Khalid Almarzouqi
Participant: Saood.

Participant: Hedley.
Venue preparation:

Chairs and Tables



Agenda:
Foreign Aid.
Water Desalination .
Building Dams.
Cloud Seeding.



Manea, the chairman opened the meeting at 16:45; he asked the participants for any solution after explaining the problem.

1. Khalid started with foreign aid and said it should be in two parts; the first is trying to ship drinking water to Yemen for the short term and planning to build an infrastructure. Mr. Hedley questioned the water shipping because of the huge amount needed. Manea said if all able countries did ship the water, it would be manageable.
2. Ahmed talked about building dams to utilize rain water because the area is a mountain area and rain is no problem in these areas. Everybody agreed on this apart from Mr. Hedley who said will the Yemeni people be able to operate these dams without training or education
3. Manea talked about cloud seeding and its potential to help saving water in dams’ areas Mr. Hedley said that cloud seeding is not always functional but everybody said it is worth trying.
4. Saood talked about water desalination as a part of the long term solution for the water shortage problem in Yemen and he said the UAE can provide financial help as well as their expertise in desalination. An issue was raised that some cites are high above the ground and it will be hard to deliver the water to those cities and the solution was to build pipes network.
 
5. Manea suggested that an awareness campaign to conserve water should be held to educate the public and make them aware of the problem and the solutions.
 
6. Khalid said Agriculture is a big potential income source for Yemen and it might help the public to use water growing different kinds of crops especially coffee because Yemen is known for its coffee; that way the farmers will get some income and the water will be put to good use.

7. An issue was raised by Mr. Hedley was without education Yemen will not be able to handle all the infrastructure and all these projects because they will lack the knowledge and expertise. Everybody agreed that Yemen is well behind in education and this is an essential part to keep developing and education will be a part of every solution.


After the meeting we came up with these recommendations:
  • Hold an awareness campaign to start conserving water.

  • Emergency drinking water supplies should be provided from foreign countries.

  • Education should take place immediately in order to raise the living standards and handle upcoming infrastructure projects.

  • Start planning the infrastructure projects like water dams, desalination plants, pipes network and underground water pumps for the long term.

  • Pay farmers to get rid of Qat and start planting useful crops.