Hi. I have been offered by Citi Malaysia or commonly knows as Citibank as Graduate Executive. The basic salary is RM3500 with 6 months probation period. After that period, it is stated in the contract that I can assume my title as Assistant Manager level Q.

I'm just wondering what is the salary of Assistant Manager in Citibank and how long would I stay as Assistant Manager? Any experienced Citibank staffs here?

This post has been edited by ggburne: Oct 17 2010, 02:50 AM

Hi,congrate to u...may i noe wat is ur level of education??from?how many times of interview u been for tis position??is it very competitve position??will u accept tis offer???

I'm graduating end of this year, currently doing Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering in University of New South Wales, Australia. I went to 6 interviews and I was offered 4 jobs from that. I didn't do well for my 1st stage interview with Khazanah but I did excellently in the second one but I didn't get the job. As for the other one, the company was not interested in me after I told them my expected salary is at least 3k. I had to say that because I was offered 3.5k by other company, so if the salary is lower than that, I'm pretty much not interested.

I have to say that Citibank is my first interview with bank and OCBC is my second and I got both. Citibank offers 3.5k where as OCBC offers 3.2k.

Yes the Citibank GE Program is competitive and they told us they only recruit oversea students. The students had a lunch together with the Head of HR and the recruiters and we were introduced to the program and the background of the company. The interview is only 1 stage, face to face with either the recruiters or the Head of HR.

I already accepted the offer but the good thing about the contract is that I am not bonded to them. I want to experience the culture, the job and see whether I can fit in the company first. If I found myself unhappy with the job or received better offers from other company, I would consider that opportunity. BTW, I'm not bragging or anything here although apparently, I sounded like one. I'm just sharing my experience and my thought.

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Added on October 17, 2010, 5:52 pmAnyone can provide me more info on the Assistant Manager position??

This post has been edited by ggburne: Oct 17 2010, 05:57 PM

you have a bright future , with that kind of cert you can do really well , i think

reli???jz accept oversea student???hope they will accept local government student oso...

This post has been edited by liawkz: Oct 17 2010, 09:46 PM

just bsc u reli interested on it, TS is indebted to help you?

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Oct 17 2010, 08:22 PM

This link might help and I saw your post in it too.

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...9358&hl=banking

Well, that was what they had mentioned to us. I don't really know about the other banks since my background is Mechanical Engineering. I only had experience with Citibank and OCBC. OCBC is okay, the position is permanent with starting salary of RM3.2k. From what I heard, HSBC has a good program for fresh graduate and they will train you in HK/UK. As for investment company or related, Khazanah is the best. Their fresh graduate investment trainee gets RM4.6k with a lot of benefits. So you can imagine what you can get after 1 year training period. 5k+ or 5.5k+? at the age before 25 lol.. Again, I don't really know much about other companies. I went for Samsung, Khazanah, Citibank, Securities Commission, Celcom and OCBC Bank only since they came to Sydney last few days and weeks ago. As far as I'm concern, I'm still young and I want to explore all the opportunities. I want to find a job that suits me and enjoyable. xD

wahh..oversea grad so easy to get job arr..i thought for oversea banks like citibank or OCBC Assistant Manager is called Vice President.

This post has been edited by imax80: Oct 17 2010, 08:35 PM

Such firms are serious about recruiting the best minds. To put this in perspective, I was offered an assistant manager position in the Treasury Division of OCBC and I was personally interviewed by the head of global treasury. I'm sure he has relatively more important things to do than to spend approximately 50 minutes to interview each candidate.

IMHO, I think local students stand a better chance in terms of going for impromptu interviews during recruitment drive rather than just completing online applications. You will be able to really show what you are worth, if you think that you are at par with or better than overseas candidates. It is quite unfortunate, but which university you come from does play a role in deciding whether you have a job or even an interview as it acts as a form of 'signalling' to the recruiters, especially when many people are competing for a spot. Furthermore, recruiters that I have talked to has mentioned that they believe overseas students are more exposed and are more independent, considering that they spend time away from home and have cross culture experiences. However, do not take this as a discouragement as I believe that if you really want something, nothing is going to stop you from getting it.

This post has been edited by bucharestophere: Oct 17 2010, 09:11 PM

Agree !

i love how companies try to empower their employees by giving them positions that have important sounding titles. its a HR ploy. if im not mistaken, assistant manager is just one rung up the ladder from an officer (entry level) at citibank. at ambank an assistant manager is like 4 or 5 positions higher than an entry level executive. im not familiar with the working environment in citibank but i cant imagine the graduate program will be very different from that of CIMB and AmBank which i have friends working at. just try not to expect too much when you first go in.

True. That is why I want to get the opinions/answers from Citibank employees themselves.

I think an assistant manager position is similar to that of an associate, which is usually offered to MBA holders. Role and rank definition still rings true in most firms.

I recently sent an email to the HR VP to clarify the role of assistant manager. When I get a reply, I will enlighten you further

This post has been edited by bucharestophere: Oct 17 2010, 09:35 PM

thanks bro. I should have sent an email to them too. hahaha XD but I'm just worried if they would think negative of my approach since I told them after the interview I wanted to go for more interviews with other company and they told me "don't be greedy laaa" LOL ! anyways, thanks a lot and please let me know

mind if i ask why do you pick banker as your job while having an Engineering Cert?

I lost the passion and interest in Engineering. To become an engineer, you have to have the quality and imagination to design a certain part and understand the whole process. Maybe this whole feelings is something temporary for me but I want to discover myself and grab whatever opportunity that I get. I'm still young and I want to explore myself. My true ambition is to become a businessman and to be part of business world. BTW, I'm not a *banker*.. I get the impression that I work as a teller or work at the counter when they use the word "banker". However, there are lots of higher rank *banker* comes from Engineering background. Regardless, hopefully, I'll do well in my future.

This post has been edited by ggburne: Oct 18 2010, 03:13 AM

wait..... so they are offering the same position to an MBA holder who has had 3-5 years working experience and has passed his professional exams to a 2nd upper fresh-grad? that does not sound right. also, how did you guys go through the interview process without asking them what the job scope is?

Isn't that the usual course of actions taken by Asians? Get an engineering degree then jump into business. But seriously, university has the potential to suck out the interests in things which you were initially interested in, too much technical mojo I guess. But then again, commerce is easier to relate to and apply in the real world. When I was flipping through my friend's engineering textbook, I was @.@ . Welcome!

i meant they use term 'Vice President' instead of Assistant Manager, I say this because recently i worked with two vice president from citibank on a project.

This post has been edited by imax80: Oct 18 2010, 09:55 AM

shouldn't you ask this with the HR/whoever-interview you?

nowadays citibank,cimb,public,hsbc and those well known bank are high demand by the jobseekers but lack of job supply...

i think all you have to say is "The money is better"

This post has been edited by praveenmarkandu: Oct 18 2010, 12:21 PM

One of the reason !

hi ggburne, recently those companies you mentioned were here in Melbourne as well, and i did not score an interview slot with citibank because they were booked FULL! however i did speak to the VP of corporate banking from OCBC and he offered me a position as a trainee, pay is 3.2k and i took it! Furthemore, from what i heard from friends who got offered the MT position in Citibank said that most prob you'll be thrown into sales.. but it might not be true either.. but given the choice i would pick OCBC cuz the vp told me specifically my job description will not include any sort of sales work! i was put to corporate banking btw, your OCBC offer is in what? treasury?

This post has been edited by Dope-88: Oct 18 2010, 02:49 PM

yeah treasury. but yeah, if later on i'm not happy with the job, I'd go elsewhere. I was told that we will be rotated in different departments and they will assess us based on our performance and suitability.

is so good study in Australia ya...they come over your side and interview you guys...but i dun hv the opportunity like u guys...

I got the Citibank GE position as well from Graduan....not sure whether I want to take it because its Retail Banking. When I asked the interviewer about commercial banking or global banking, she said that all fresh grads in Citibank have to go through 2 years of Retail Banking before they can ask for a change to the other divisions. Unless u're in the MA program la then can enter straight.

Based on the slide show they gave the GE has its on rotations within Retail Banking la....If the GE program is purely a sales position...vomit blood...

woah you guys are lucky to have these chances~! good luck to all ^^

now I am kinda worry for the future when graduating next year =<
banking industry seems to be very competitive.

retail banking sounds like sales to me @@

Nope. It is not just retail banking. You can check it on the website itself. Retail is one of the department. Within one year period, there will be assignments and on job training at each different department.

BUT if realllly 2 years in Retail Banking, that is FML moment haha

This post has been edited by ggburne: Oct 18 2010, 06:54 PM

The pay is good so its damn tempting to take it...summore i heard contractual 2 months bonus and on top of that there's performance bonus....
I'm just afraid once go inside retail banking...cannot come out....start with such good prospects end up with a shitty outcome

I also got to the final round of BAT management trainee programme....have to go back Malaysia n interview with the director to the get job...

Damn crossroads man....go into industry or banking...probably will affect the rest of my life

BAT only went to Melbourne damn it ! hahaha. True though, tough decision. The good thing about Citibank is that you are not bonded to them but you have to give notice before leaving and probably you have to pay one or 2 month salary to them. Tough choice mate. You can get up to 6 months bonus !! 6 x 3500+ around 20k .. 2 months = 7k.. damn hahahah

This post has been edited by ggburne: Oct 18 2010, 07:20 PM

haha.. oh really? i thought BAT went to sydney as well. anyways BAT was really competitive.. congrats kycha for making it to the final round, i didnt made it that far, but i am satisfied that i chose OCBC, cuz corporate banking is pretty interesting to get into

congrate to u all that been chosen as the MT of the bank...hope i can be the junior of u guys...haha...

I should have gone to the career fair to try to get the OCBC interview as well....sighs

The funny thing is when you go to the OCBC website, it says nothing about hiring fresh graduates.....only the MAP program for MBAs and Masters

I wonder how to enter from Malaysia

yea.. i do realise it, but they do advertise jobs on websites like jobstreet.

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Added on October 19, 2010, 4:01 pmoh, and there are a few levels for assistant manager, which are Q, R, S i think... if not then Q and R... so you will have to go from Q -> R -> S then only manager level T... something like that...

This post has been edited by eRiCCa: Feb 22 2012, 11:41 PM

Finally! an insider

So do u recommend the GE program in Citibank?
After the GE would we be able to transfer to other departments or are we stuck in consumer banking?

Well, just thank God you were not a fresh graduate in 2008. Next year should be okay as the economy is picking up and so will recruitment by banks. If you are a good candidate, need not worry too much

to be honest, i am not too sure about GE program... but i think in most cases, you can move around within the banks... as long as your current superior is letting you go and the next superior is willing to take you... SOMETIMES, the current just loves you too much and not willing to let you go then the future one is afraid to fight with the current one... hahahaa...

almost all executive are called assistant manager in citi

like i said, its a HR ploy. i find it mildly amusing. i freaking hate HR though.

Just to clarify. Assistant Manager starting from Q then R. After that M for Manager. Further up AVP before you move up to VP1 and then VP2,3,4 and so on.

ah? maybe lar... i dont really remember... i only remember... Q then R... then others i dont really know... because... that path way was just too far ahead...

I been told by my fren , GE in Citi is depend on ur luck ... but mostly u will be place among those high turn over department ..

kind of dilutes the title, doesn't it? haha.

in my company, the singapore office is the same. as long as you have a degree you're an assistant manager. my friend there, there's 12 people in the team, 1 manager, 2 officers, 9 assistant managers ...

but the malaysia office, our structure was 1 head of department --> 3 assistant managers --> 15-20 staff under each asst mgr. by name we are assistant but got full managerial responsibility over the team ...

HAHA...

This post has been edited by eRiCCa: Feb 22 2012, 11:42 PM

Does anyone have first hand experience working in Citibank? How's the environment and work?

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Added on January 21, 2011, 3:31 pmIs this thread still alive?

Does anyone know how good is the Citibank Graduate Executive Program?

Any advice is appreciated

tq

This post has been edited by kycha: Jan 21 2011, 03:31 PM

I would like to know how much is the salary for assistant manager lvl R and Manager?

Anyone go thru the Graduate Executive Programme interview before?Is it

very hard for the interview? Got any asessment and how many stages of the

interview?When wil this programme start this year?Is it they only choose

oversea graduate for this programme?Is is a sales job? Hope to get reply

soon. Thanks!!

I went through it. It wasn't difficult for me, it was face to face interview with the head of HR. Just one stage face to face but you have to be strong in academic performance as well as curriculur activities. Unfortunately all the GEs are oversea grad. There is no due date or specific date for the intake. You can basically apply straight through the website. This program is a 12-15 months program under 1 specific department of your choice and you will be assigned to 3 different assignments which you have to present to the head of the department and chief director. It involves works related to management and planning. Starting salary is RM3500

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Added on March 10, 2011, 4:40 pmThere is also another program called Management Associate specifically for postgrad student esp with MBA or workers with 2 years experience in management related job. This one involves rotation between departments for 2 years.

This post has been edited by ggburne: Mar 10 2011, 04:43 PM

Thanks for ur info!!Haiz, that's mean no chance for local students to join this programme lo..huhu

Just my 2 cents, go for the job opportunity that offers you the most exposure and mileage on your CV and don't think about the money just yet. More importantly don't jump ship after 1-2 years just because another company offer you another 30-40% more in terms of salary. Trust me, there are alot of recruiters/companies willing to pay but once you do that yr CV koyak. Just like mine. Now I regret it especially when you are breaking into the mid level management. People will just say yr a job hopper. nyway congrats to ts. citi is a good bank. Stressful but if you can survive 4-5 years there, you can survive anywhere

I thought that the program will assign you to different departments as stated in the website (Cards, Retail, Mortgage, Operations, etc)?

This post has been edited by guitar8888: Mar 22 2011, 01:05 PM

that is for MA program - management associate

ggburne,

Do i have to submit with cover letter ?

Also, since you are from engineering background, do you think it's a waste not to work in engineering companies first before trying other sectors ?

Im asking because i just graduated from engineering degree too ... I have the urge to apply management trainee offered by bank .. but at the same time, I thought I should spend atleast 1 year in engineering to determine whether I'm suitable working in engineering field ... dilemma.

true. you might as well want to try engineering first and see whether it suits you. Sometimes I feel like wanting to apply for O&G but atm, i'm happy in citi. If I were to apply for engineering. I will make sure the money is more than what I earn now. Anyways, a cover letter would be nice but I don't think you really need it.

I applied to Citibank's GE program before chinese new year and I didn't get any reply.
Any advice? Should I call them and ask about my application?

Hi,

Does anyone know how is the interview process?

Thanks

i believe management associate program > graduate program.

Often in program like MAP, the company is serious in grooming you to become one of the company's future leader. I was from one of these programs.

Cheers

It is definitely not a HR ploy. Citibank recruits you as an assistant manager, you have a lot of authority to make impactful changes in the company and you are responsible for a few people in the company. Their income also in part relies on your actions. Your ideas will also be contributing directly into the financial line items.

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This post has been edited by MassimoTuna: May 26 2015, 10:56 PM

any former/current GE's can comment on this program? from what i've heard/seen the GEs only become managers n very few make it to AVP..

Nothing like other banks incl Stan Chart, CimD, Maybanc, Hsbs etc..

Hey! I found a website a few months ago which gives company reviews and salary reviews, many of which are in the banking sector. These reviews are written by current or former employees so it helps you understand the corporate culture and see if you will fit in well. The website is named officeparrots.com and they have reviews on CitiBank! Hope it helps!

Honestly you will need to work your guts off for Citi.
They will throw you in the deep end and you will either swim or sink.
Assuming you survive for 3-5 years in Citi, you can go to any bank and it would be a breeze.

Its kinda like working for Gordon Ramsay. If you can take the abuse and thrive, you will make it anywhere