Nile Air interview questions

The entire interview process at Nile Air for the IT Manager position felt like a case study in poor planning, zero communication, and misplaced arrogance. It started with a scheduled online interview. Moments before it began, I was told the CIO wouldn’t be joining because he had just returned from a trip — no reschedule, no apology, just absence. HR briefly appeared in the meeting, then exited before anything started. That left me with the IT Consultant, who asked a few generic questions: how I began my career, what certifications I had, whether I had experience with Microsoft (yes, seriously), and if I’d ever used virtualization tools like Hyper-V. It was a basic chat that ended with, “Let’s do a face-to-face interview soon.” Then came 20 days of silence. Out of nowhere, I received a call from the HR at 4:00 PM, asking me to come in for an interview the next morning. No lead time, no flexibility — just a cold instruction. I showed up. I waited 30 minutes. Then HR sat me down for a redundant interview — asking me to describe every role and achievement from my CV, which she clearly hadn’t read beforehand. Immediately after, I was pushed into the technical interview. Back with the IT Consultant — now in a completely different tone: curt, dismissive, and acting like a gatekeeper. The questions? Straight out of an IT 101 textbook. Meanwhile, the CIO sat through the entire thing without saying a single word. Just stared. Like a guest at his own meeting. • Key Observation: Neither the so-called “IT Consultant” nor the CIO seemed to have any real understanding of how an IT department functions — technically or strategically. Their questions, behavior, and overall presence during the interview made it obvious they were not qualified to evaluate an IT Manager. It felt like being assessed by people completely disconnected from modern IT practices.