Yesterday at 5:45 pm, Hot Papa and I left my apartment and off we went to Uptown. And oh the jam the blardy jam...so after kona here and kona there we reached Uptown in less than an hour. Hot Papa had an interview yesterday and alhamdulillah all went well. Now we are just waiting to be called for the 2nd interview. Only thing that the interview was scheduled to be at 6:30 pm and it actually started at 7:30 pm. I was kind of pissed because dah la its bulan puasa and you are interviewing a muslim. Be a lil bit aware la that he/she have to berbuka puasa. Hot Papa reached there much much earlier then some of the other interviewees but he was called last to be interviewed! *hmmph* Not sensitive at all. Interviewees yang lain tu tak berpuasa, takpe la. Hot Papa came first, interview him ler dulu.
I had my fair share of bad interview experiences, which mostly involved rude/ignorant/eksyen interviewers. Some of them didn't even bother to read my resume before calling me in for interview, resulted in "I'm sorry, you're not what we're looking for". Well if you would have read my resume first, I wouldn't have to drive ALL the way in the rain terkejar sana terkejar sini right? I was also asked in various occasions "Your resume is impressive but do you speak Ch*nese? because we are looking for someone who can speak ch*nese" Oh boy, suddenly nobody speaks English or Malay anymore?
Anyway, the interview ended at around 8, we went to Ikano and had the delicioustest nasik ayam at at the Food Court and we were too pooped to jalan jalan. I sent him back to his house and I reached mine around 11 pm. Showered and I was out by 11:15 pm.
And I thought today was Friday....
I notice that too. why lah are they asking for ch*inese medium. ak ada integration langsung. even the US nak bisnis dengan China pun, they don't have to speak mandarin. They can learn after.
ReplyDeleteinterviewers need to understand that they need to prepare for an interview too. my next post might be relevant to you.
ReplyDeleteyou so deserve the coming weekend :)
Aiyoh, Hot Papa nak ke kejer dgn insensitive prospective employer?
ReplyDeleteLollies - Exactly....
ReplyDeleteOreos - Well thank you Oreos :o) and yes they ought to. Sometimes the kind of question that I was asked were so out-of-the-topic; completely irrelevant with my field. One even ask, how come I'm not yet married at my age and was later given a long lecture on how women my age should already be having kids *pffftt* Buduh!
Mr Hobo - Itulah and esp we Malaysians we share not one but two common language. Kalau small family-run companies to I undersatnd la jugak if they do looking for someone who knows particular language. Ini big multinational companies! What? Have they ran out of people who speak English (at least)? It is an international language summore. Ish...
Elina - Was thinking of the same but the thing is, in Hot Papa's field, the pool is rather small and it's not easy to penetrate the pool. We see this an a big break (if he gets it insya allah) but I guess kalau tak dapat the job pun takpe. Rezeki is everywhere provided we work for it kan?
Hello medear!!
ReplyDeleteHow have you been?? Very sorry have not visited in donkeys' years! Nice to see that you're actively blogging again. :)
Hmm. Ya lah. Like you said, it's like BM and English are not as important anymore, which is wrong.
Oh how bizarre!! Just as I was posting off that last comment, I receive your comment on my blog!!
ReplyDeleteWe must be telepathic, stemming from Myspace days eh? LOLOL
Blabby! :o) oh well you know hwat they say, great minds think alike ;o) and good to see you too luv *HUGS*
ReplyDeleteusually it's like that. even in my company also the chinese thingy is still there and sooo very oriental.
ReplyDeletethat's why it's good to learn chinese, so we know what they gonna talk afterwards..
Angel - True, most of my workingfriends are taking language classes
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