REDACTED 2 - IC Petrojam Investigation - Recruitment and Parties October 18, 2019 final

Page 94 of 486 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 A: I don’t remember getting that at all. Q: So how would you have formulated an opinion for education? A: Well, I can remember about the CV, she had competency in the area; she also had competence in more than one company. Well on probing she would have had to explain what some of them were, to me at least, and I thought she was well read; I thought she was up to par with regard to the questions I asked regarding the background checks I did regarding what a HR practitioner should know. So she had a degree at least, which is what I thought persons for the position should at least have and she had other certification which she had to explain and of course she answered questions, I believe as I mentioned before about HR and HR operations. That’s why I picked excellent. … Q: You did not find any factors that would dis-favour the applicant’s employment? You made no note. This area here is blank. A: Within the paradigm under which we were operating at the time, assessing the situation, assessing everybody based on the questions asked, based on the questions I asked; based on how she presented herself; based on what the CV was looking like, to me I really did not see a problem at the time. I really didn’t. Q: Okay. And your overall rating was four?