May 06
After close to a month of slouching at home, i have finally started on my job hunt. there were a few suitable jobs around but i dont feel like asking bcoz it is of sales nature and/or the starting pay is the usual fresh grad standard of rm1.5k to rm1.7k... which i deem is too little to live for.
Finally i went to 3 interviews of customer service. No, it is not a glamour job, and it will be quite boring after a while but my reason of applying is because of the high starting pay.
The first interview was with Fedex... Cust Serv, starting rm2k. Been 2 weeks since the last interview and tests, till today no call no news, so i guess it's a gone case.
2nd, i went thru Jobstreet for the same position in OCBC Bank. One time interview, shortlisted for 2nd interview and tests few days later, then lastly shortlisted for final interview in Cyberjaya by OCBC itself. went there, the place's nice, the office's big. Starting would be rm1.9k, but workplace in Cyberjaya and on a 24-hour rotation basis. Transport would provided plus late nite shifts allowance and other benefits as a bank employee are given so i guess it evens out. The only nag is of course, its high demand of quality standard. one would quickly burn out from that.
3rd i went to Hong Leong for the same position. Here's how it went. First day interview, some ppl went in and out of the room getting interviewed by different ppl. yours truly only went thru one single interview and was told to go home to wait for reply... I was like, so bengang edi... wait for couple of hours and this is how it ended? coz i see ppl getting interviewed a few times and since i am only interviewed once, so i guess i'm basically out. plus there's alot of applicants there and it's only the second day! went home feeling dejected coz of wasted petrol, time and money.
The next day suddenly i received a call to go for 2nd interview scheduled on the day after. YAHOO!!! that's it... went ahead for the 2nd interview, guess i managed to impress the officer pretty much coz after the interview i went to watch X-Men3 with my girl, by the time i come out at 9pm, there were 5 missed calls from them... Geez... called back only to be greeted by the automated call management system.
So, the next morning, i got a call from them once again, and am offered a position with rm2k starting pay, start work on monday 5th of June. Workplace in Wisma MPL, Jalan Raja Chulan. KL. Great. Just wat i wanted. I graciously and immediately accepted it. From interview to position offering --> 4 days. That's fast, considering OCBC will decide after 1 week while the average waiting period is around 2 weeks.
Good thing with HongLeong is, i dont have 24-hour rotation. only 2 or 3 shifts between 8am till 12 midnite. bad thing, of course no midnite allowance and no free transport le... plus i dont get the perks of a bank employee. ie lower interest rate on loans. This also means, i have to forget about joining the Artillery corps coz it includes working on Saturdays. dang!!! Darn... anyway, i gain some, i lose some... lol...
There's some other places i've applied. Sent a letter to StanChart on the first day of HongLeong interview. now i dont care if i get or not. HSBC's Global Support Exec (actually same with my job la, Cust Serv in Call Centre) only offers rm1.6k, like hell i'm gonna apply there since OCBC is just across the road in Cyberjaya offering rm300 more.
However i did apply for its Graduate Management Programme. To get into this one, u have to write in an essay on why u applied, in less than 2k words. Guess i made it through this round coz an email from them came in scheduling a test for me. anyway this email came too late as i've already accepted HL's offer.
Too bad, as instead of doing telephone operator, i could've been learning the routes of Banking & Finances (albeit at a much, much lower starting pay, and getting transferred all around Malaysia for a year!) Sigh... have to push this luck away... if i ever leave my job in HL, i hope the door's still open for me there in HSBC...
After close to a month of slouching at home, i have finally started on my job hunt. there were a few suitable jobs around but i dont feel like asking bcoz it is of sales nature and/or the starting pay is the usual fresh grad standard of rm1.5k to rm1.7k... which i deem is too little to live for.
Finally i went to 3 interviews of customer service. No, it is not a glamour job, and it will be quite boring after a while but my reason of applying is because of the high starting pay.
The first interview was with Fedex... Cust Serv, starting rm2k. Been 2 weeks since the last interview and tests, till today no call no news, so i guess it's a gone case.
2nd, i went thru Jobstreet for the same position in OCBC Bank. One time interview, shortlisted for 2nd interview and tests few days later, then lastly shortlisted for final interview in Cyberjaya by OCBC itself. went there, the place's nice, the office's big. Starting would be rm1.9k, but workplace in Cyberjaya and on a 24-hour rotation basis. Transport would provided plus late nite shifts allowance and other benefits as a bank employee are given so i guess it evens out. The only nag is of course, its high demand of quality standard. one would quickly burn out from that.
3rd i went to Hong Leong for the same position. Here's how it went. First day interview, some ppl went in and out of the room getting interviewed by different ppl. yours truly only went thru one single interview and was told to go home to wait for reply... I was like, so bengang edi... wait for couple of hours and this is how it ended? coz i see ppl getting interviewed a few times and since i am only interviewed once, so i guess i'm basically out. plus there's alot of applicants there and it's only the second day! went home feeling dejected coz of wasted petrol, time and money.
The next day suddenly i received a call to go for 2nd interview scheduled on the day after. YAHOO!!! that's it... went ahead for the 2nd interview, guess i managed to impress the officer pretty much coz after the interview i went to watch X-Men3 with my girl, by the time i come out at 9pm, there were 5 missed calls from them... Geez... called back only to be greeted by the automated call management system.
So, the next morning, i got a call from them once again, and am offered a position with rm2k starting pay, start work on monday 5th of June. Workplace in Wisma MPL, Jalan Raja Chulan. KL. Great. Just wat i wanted. I graciously and immediately accepted it. From interview to position offering --> 4 days. That's fast, considering OCBC will decide after 1 week while the average waiting period is around 2 weeks.
Good thing with HongLeong is, i dont have 24-hour rotation. only 2 or 3 shifts between 8am till 12 midnite. bad thing, of course no midnite allowance and no free transport le... plus i dont get the perks of a bank employee. ie lower interest rate on loans. This also means, i have to forget about joining the Artillery corps coz it includes working on Saturdays. dang!!! Darn... anyway, i gain some, i lose some... lol...
There's some other places i've applied. Sent a letter to StanChart on the first day of HongLeong interview. now i dont care if i get or not. HSBC's Global Support Exec (actually same with my job la, Cust Serv in Call Centre) only offers rm1.6k, like hell i'm gonna apply there since OCBC is just across the road in Cyberjaya offering rm300 more.
However i did apply for its Graduate Management Programme. To get into this one, u have to write in an essay on why u applied, in less than 2k words. Guess i made it through this round coz an email from them came in scheduling a test for me. anyway this email came too late as i've already accepted HL's offer.
Too bad, as instead of doing telephone operator, i could've been learning the routes of Banking & Finances (albeit at a much, much lower starting pay, and getting transferred all around Malaysia for a year!) Sigh... have to push this luck away... if i ever leave my job in HL, i hope the door's still open for me there in HSBC...
posted by Andrew at
1:42 pm
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