갸아아아아아악!!!! HH got new job?! Aigogooo...
7/10/2013 2nd round Interview at Airline Road
This company was fast in giving me replies regarding my job application! But frankly speaking, I was only try try out by mass spam sending out resume as this company is really far from Jurong. It almost reaching the end of the other part of SG! As mentioned earlier, I wasn't expecting it to call me up for interview, not even for two times. It has to be this company to call me up to go for 2nd round interview. A little picky haha!
Anyway, this time round, the interview also includes a series of test which all admin officers have to go through. I was told to reach at 10.45am. Perhaps, I wasn't good at estimating the travelling time needed from leaving the house to reach the venue. Was thinking if I reach earlier, I could start and end everything earlier, perferably avoid the evening peak hour. So I notified the HR guy beforehand. He seemed ok with it too. In the end, I reached at the waiting point at 10am, 45 mins earlier. Informed the guy again to escort me to their office.
However, to my horror, I waited for a full 50 mins at the guardroom when this 50 mins could be put to good use there lor. =.= Took the abstract, mathematical and those deduction, inference, analytical tests in the morning. Then I skipped lunch to take the essay writing test and summary writing test. The abstact test was the hardest, while of course the maths one the easiest. Summary question require me to condense the passage into 200 words, instead of 120 in schools. Altogether the tests took me about 4 hours to complete. OMG, I wondered if I was taking 'O' Level exam... =.= I understand perhaps the purpose of the former series of tests. But essay and summary?! The job doesn't need me to write summary what... This is first time I am hearing such things for job interview lor.
Moving on to the face interview, it was conducted by the senior HR manager and VP of engineering unit. It was about the same as the first round, but I found it awkward and appaling when they asked about my NS rank, physical condition and IPPT result. I'm not signing on with SAF/MINDEF nor I'm applying for some physical trainer or teacher or that sort, so the above matter doesn't really matter. In fact, a lot of private companies don't ask about NS, some even don't want to see my NS transcript. I began to wonder why they asked...
Moreover, I have given the impression that more often than not, I would be expected to leave work after 6, i.e. way past the official working hours. The only reason I can think of is that they want to employ someone who do not have to leave work early due to NS committment, i.e. IPPT/IPT/RT.
This shows the inflexibility there. From the moment I reached their premise till the interview, it's quite apparent.
With that in mind, it kinda left a bit of negative impression on me. Moreover, they did not state the pay, I am going to real consider about it. The real deal breaker came in when the HR senior manager asked me if I want to take up the challenge because he did not see the 'passion in me' through out the interview. I was stumbled by the question and didn't really answer to what he wants.
Oh well, it's kinda more or less confirmed I won't be made offered to the job. That's okay, I'd just need to continue finding more jobs. Just then when I was on my way to Pasir Ris MRT, I saw the rejection letter from the 1st company... :( Haiz, have to move on to find more jobs. Met PG halfway through the train ride and we giggled about HH going for ICT. Most important question: the shirt can wear or not?
To sum it up for the day, the interview was as though I went to work. Practically, it took up the whole day from 8am to 6.30pm.
9/10/2013 Lunch with Bay + Chin Yang's belated birthday
I still write this small section even though I don't intend to publish it now. It serves as a reminder I have to write an entry for this date.
10/10/2013 Interview at Science Park II
This is the 4th company I was being interviewed with. The job position was field application engineer, which I don't understand what the 'field' means in this context. But from the description, the job looked ok to me. I felt I could fit into it.
Came across this posting in an email sent out by NTU. As I still on job hunt, so I felt I should try my luck with it. And to my delight, they called me up for an interview. The interview confirmation email stated I will be interviewed by 3 hiring managers and is one-by-one! OMG, like that it would take about 3 hours to finish one interview leh! T.T
I was also quite surprised that they do not require me to bring any original documents down for interview. But just in case, I brought them along.
Reached the venue somewhat 20 minutes earlier. The office building was rather 'empty'. It almost gave me the impression that nobody, except me, was inside the building. In fact, the whole Science Park looked rather 'deserted'. Thanks to the convenience smartphone brings, I was able to catch the bus 183 before Clementi MRT station, just behind 99. Otherwise, I would have missed it by staying on 99 until it reached the Clementi interchange. In that case, only taxi is the solution and I have to spend $$$.
The interview was quite smooth one, it combined some general chit chats ranging from studies, how I handle stress and where I went for my holidays to technical FAQs - ask me to draw diagram what I did for my projects. Hopefully, I got this job through as it's not far from home, though frequency of 183 can be an issue.
Went Clementi to buy a logitech basic mouse and some pepero. My Genius mouse (last time bought from SLS for $9.90) had some clicking problems liao. So a replacement came in! Also priced at $9.90, meaning cheaper?! Hehe! Now the mouse is nicer to click IMO... Hohoho!
Logitech m100r 滑鼠
便宜又好用哈哈！
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