Comments on: First job interview http://www.mrbiao.com/blog/first-job-interview.html mrbiao Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:30:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: MHPeter http://www.mrbiao.com/blog/first-job-interview.html/comment-page-1#comment-17677 MHPeter Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:11:11 +0000 http://www.mrbiao.com/?p=585#comment-17677 Yup, the topic of discussion is rather strange. I agree on your thoughts on the harder path one need to achieve towards a technologically skill sets. I think you have the maturity to be in this job. It is a liability to the company if you are not employed. "...increasingly difficult job assessment procedures..", haha, its basically a smoke screen to show their superiors they have done due process and diligence in selecting a candidate. That adds to their self-importance position of being an assessor. Unless they are paying you top dollar, it is a waste of resources creating layers of interview assessment just to impress the candidates. Yup, the topic of discussion is rather strange. I agree on your thoughts on the harder path one need to achieve towards a technologically skill sets.

I think you have the maturity to be in this job. It is a liability to the company if you are not employed.

“…increasingly difficult job assessment procedures..”, haha, its basically a smoke screen to show their superiors they have done due process and diligence in selecting a candidate. That adds to their self-importance position of being an assessor. Unless they are paying you top dollar, it is a waste of resources creating layers of interview assessment just to impress the candidates.

]]> By: mrbiao http://www.mrbiao.com/blog/first-job-interview.html/comment-page-1#comment-17638 mrbiao Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:48:25 +0000 http://www.mrbiao.com/?p=585#comment-17638 Thanks for your kind comments Peter. Hm, I was surprised about the topic of the discussion, which was about the financial industry (the industry the firm is in) when the candidates were all vying for IT-related positions. My opinion is that industry knowledge can be built up, but technology-related skills are harder to acquire. And I'm hoping that the observers view our performance in terms of our problem solving and teamwork approach rather than in terms of knowledge about financial industry. I was indeed trying to put things into a more organized matter... if the observers evaluate us according to the official objective of the session (to gauge how we perform in teams), then maybe I still have a chance, depending on what kind of person they are looking out for. I think it's getting harder and harder to get a good job nowadays, what with the increasingly difficult job assessment procedures and heightened competition, plus the state of the economy. There is an opportunity for an immediate overseas posting on this job, that's why it means a lot to me, as I've always been thinking about how to move away from here. It's hard to come by such an opportunity especially in such market conditions I guess. We'll know in a few days if I'm going anywhere... Thanks for your kind comments Peter. Hm, I was surprised about the topic of the discussion, which was about the financial industry (the industry the firm is in) when the candidates were all vying for IT-related positions. My opinion is that industry knowledge can be built up, but technology-related skills are harder to acquire.

And I’m hoping that the observers view our performance in terms of our problem solving and teamwork approach rather than in terms of knowledge about financial industry. I was indeed trying to put things into a more organized matter… if the observers evaluate us according to the official objective of the session (to gauge how we perform in teams), then maybe I still have a chance, depending on what kind of person they are looking out for.

I think it’s getting harder and harder to get a good job nowadays, what with the increasingly difficult job assessment procedures and heightened competition, plus the state of the economy.

There is an opportunity for an immediate overseas posting on this job, that’s why it means a lot to me, as I’ve always been thinking about how to move away from here. It’s hard to come by such an opportunity especially in such market conditions I guess. We’ll know in a few days if I’m going anywhere…

]]> By: MHPeter http://www.mrbiao.com/blog/first-job-interview.html/comment-page-1#comment-17610 MHPeter Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:36:37 +0000 http://www.mrbiao.com/?p=585#comment-17610 I think you did well, given this is your first job interview. Seriously, I think the interviewers are just showing off. What they dont understand about the group discussion was that you are putting some order into the discussion, am I right? In fact there is no basis on that group discussion, there is no relevancy to the job you are applying for. I think you did well, given this is your first job interview. Seriously, I think the interviewers are just showing off. What they dont understand about the group discussion was that you are putting some order into the discussion, am I right? In fact there is no basis on that group discussion, there is no relevancy to the job you are applying for.

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