Hi all, got 1 question :

When the interviewer ask a question ...

First time - If didn't know, just said I didn't know instead of keep silence (got it from my instructor)

but if for the second time and so on ... any idea what to say?

Just leave? ~

(Assume that the question are not related to the job scope/the company and more to the general knowledge)

Thanks ya

This post has been edited by Irzani: Jun 13 2010, 05:43 AM

I was adviced by my classmates (Petronas interviewer) today that khakis pants should not be used during interview? I wonder why? For years I thought Khakis and slack is similar thing ...

I got a lot of phone calls recently but always miss to answer it. When I searched through the internet and crawl into some database, I found the telephone number belong to the company that I've applied for the job. It's been 1~2 days since the phone call. Should I call back?

Thanks for the advice

wah .. I need a ball of steel to call back. By the way, thank you for the advice .

Gonna to prepare my script today

Seriously I hate when suddenly got an e-mail to attend an interview the next day. And the e-mail came late at the evening ...

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Added on January 10, 2012, 5:17 pmNoted sir

This post has been edited by Irzani: Jan 10 2012, 05:17 PM

Let's say I'm into the information security jobs, is it possible to impress the interviewers by showing how I manage to :

1) Deface the company website?
2) Extracting any data from the secured database?
3) Break into the company intranet (live)

Ok, I watched too much TV's but recently I've managed into penetrate some of the company websites without doing some harmful activity. But, is it the right move? or the company gonna call 999 straight away?

So, it was advisable to make it during interview instead prior of the interview. I'm thinking to leave some dummy data into the databases or say hello inside any pages within the extranet environment since it will take some effort to penetrate into the system. By the way, noted that advised, it'll keep me out from the jail ...

Got a call today from HSBC during my busy evening Cisco training. I didn't applied for it but I believed my information was passed to them by MDEC (Multimedia Development Corporation). Not much of info except my name and my highest qualification.

I've never intended to working in the bank industry but since this is my second phone interview call, I took it as a learning processes. I answered the call and the HSBC representative request to do a short telephone interview with me. I asked them where they get my information and the person clarified it. By the way, this is my second phone interview but last time is quite successful and smooth due to the representative from Jenjobs (outsource to Exxon Mobil) already e-mail me the information regarding the job. I did received a good evaluation and feedback that time but I've to rejected it due to other commitment.

Due to I'm not prepared for any interview and focusing on my 3 months training, I've updated my status to only be available by May 2012. Ok, back to the business.

First of all is to explained about myself, why should they hire me ... general question, so even still blur, I still can answered the question .

But then, she questioned about my SPM result which already more than a decade. Got a problem to answer this and took some time to remember as they want the accurate detail. The representative then explained about the benefit, working hours and fixed salary ... lower than my expected salary. I only say its fine

Then, the main question .. what do I know about HSBC? This time I'm doomed ... I only know HSBC is a bank ... in my mind I can't differentiate Hong Leong Bank and HSBC .. dunno why ... that's it, I'm quite again and keep stuttering when answering .. . Then, the gold question that make me couldn't think anything and blur ... how do I deliver customer services value to the customer. Never in my mind to ever think about working in service line and what depict in my mind is as a job as Helpdesk .. by imagining working as operator in Telekom or Maxis, I talked about Helpdesk job and confused the representative .. and considering the interview session, totally it is my fault for not making a good impression, lack of knowledge and weak on English communication. The representative then with a sarcasm told me about the needs to improve my English and do apply after 3 month at the end of the conversation.

But, here is my question, regardless of either they want to asses my English or not ... isn't that at least I should be given some times or clue about the jobs offered or the company that's going to call me ? Perhaps 24 hours before the interview so I can mentally prepare?

In b4 <signature man>

Thanks faceless for the feedback and advice . I will try to prepare in advance in the future even though I'm not expecting it.

But in phone interview, what is the best practice to answer the interviewer regarding what is the company A and what did they do(assuming third party applied the job for the applicant and the applicant know nothing) ? I've read somewhere, they will feel humiliated when the interviewee didn't know anything about the company ...

smart move ... but I didn't dare liao

Another new thing I learned today ... no need to fake it .. just say didn't know

today I received another call from another MNC, and I've told her I'm currently doing my training. Request her to call in the evening and she's agree. And I quickly doing a research about the company and its portfolio ... thanks for the strategy .. it's working

It's only unethical right?

During interview or short briefing, you suddenly realized that the job descriptions does not match your expectation. Example, Network Engineer position but it's a help desk job where it's not limited to networking but including software, server, database and etc. You were asked a lot about how to handling customers, how to deliver customer service even your expectation is to work at the back end. You've lost the interest after listening to the interviewer. After the first interview, you were asked to stay till evening for another test.

What is the best way to quit the interview without getting blacklisted?

Real man

Since last year, I've got a lot of interview invitations via e-mail that requested to do a phone interview or Skype due to a different regions and countries. To this date, company representatives from countries such as Singapore, India, Thailand, Philippines, Australia, UK and recently from USA have contacted me. My resume information may be good on the paper but none of the jobs offered that I've meet the experiences requirements. Not only the experiences, but the jobs offered are also in the higher position such as a Senior IT manager, Product manager, Senior Consultant, and etc. I’m a fresh postgraduate by the way. Therefore, it is either I’ve to reject it or just ignore the e-mail. When I got the call from India last time (based on the country code), I purposely ignore it. My question is that isn’t HR representatives from this big company (some claimed they are from Fortune 500) should do a little bit more research on the candidates background before contact them? The jobs seekers already upload the resume on the jobs portal and there should be an automatic tools or features to tell the employer how many years the candidates have been working. Is it hard to check it?

Thank you

even on number 2, I'm only have average education background ... so, should be number 1 .. become drug mules?

Thank you Sir ... would be aware on this starting from today

I've posted in the Intel topic, but no response. Need the answer as I've to reply them .. Here is my problem ..




I have a Master in Management (IT) but don't have any experience liao ... in fact, none of the skills set requirement that I have .. I believes the skills set is under Computer Engineering area



I don't have a 1st class degree to begin with ..


Please advice ..

This post has been edited by Irzani: May 9 2012, 07:29 PM

You already have a vast experiences .. not a fresh grad