during my first few interviews, i stumbled on these kind of questions as well. more often they asked beyond my understanding on certain matters and i simply do not have the required knowledge to answer. so i babbled thru those questions and most of the time.

but now, i believe that if u do not know, just indicate so. the harm by saying 'do not know' is lesser than pretending to know. do remember tho, then, maybe at the end of the interview, take the liberty to reiterate that question back to the interviewer to get his response. do not afraid to ask. there is nothing to lose, but you'll gain a valuable knowledge from the interviewers (it's free some more!)

try to treat each interview as a ground to gain more xp and knowledge rather than merely being interrogated.

agreed!

but some interviewers really dont care to feedback. reluctant to share. some even talk kok, telling general reasons why you (or the general population) failed to get that job. some really do care enuf to inform you. those are marvellous feedbacks!

but u may ask subtlely at the end of the 1st interview on how well u fare during the interview. tread carefully tho. if the interviewers do not wish to elaborate, stop there.

good for u! that's y i believe interview is two-ways communication.

hahaha. i remembered an interview that i had long time ago for the job of programmer. the managress assigned two of her senior staff to interview me. the interview was quick. my q&a session was fun as we talked on gaming on comp n/w after workhour, our hobbies, talk kok and gossips on programming stuff.

btw, i decided not to take up that position afterall.

by the way, did anyone mentioned that u should go to the loo at least twice to make sure u r properly eased b4 an interview? sometimes an interview can take such a long time, and u r nervous as well. that only means = tahan till u can lo.

YES. dun worry. i dun think u need to worry ur applications will be struck off once u had authenticated.

it's more on ur qualification that prompted their decision to ignore ur applications. so, dun worry. still cheerful!

cheers. going to jobstreet and jobsdb is like shooting in the dark, hopefully will kena soon enuf. till then g'luck and cheers!

do remember to enjoy life at the moment. once u into workforce, u'll beg to go back to school..

ask what his roles are in the company. how he intend to move the company and what are his immediate plans?

cheers dude! glad it work out well for u.

if u r reluctant, then ask on what basis they need to know ur salary. if u r not convinced by their answer, then u may decline to answer. do add that u r doing that for, let say, to safeguard ur current/previous company confidentiality?

cheers!

hmm. this salary issue really cracked my up. seems no definite answer. i think it's like mavik says, u gotta understand the position u r in to determine if it's appropriate for u to answer or not.

if u asked for a large increment, just be prepared to justify ur case. cheers!

and that's the reason why they want to know previous salary as they are not willing to compensate skills and knowledge fairly. they rather benchmark to previous salary in order to justify increment.

so, good luck with the salary-related questions!

that is definitely overdress over here.

nvr know there's this type of interview session. thx for the heads' up! anymore pointers to share on this?

btw, u r from 221b baker street? solved any big crimes lately?

babylck: u r expecting they return the courtesy by sending you a 'You are welcome note'? hahaha.

has anyone of you have the experience of sitting for some tests during the interviews? are your scored revealed to you? otherwise, do you take any initiative to understand how you have performed?

^come to think of it, yeah, i have been asked technical questions spontaneously. i guess i fared better in those because it's not only technical stuff being evaluated, but your presentation as well.

i remembered foreign interviewers who are really great HR people. i know i fared miserably in the written test but i tried my luck asking my performance. they said that it was OK and mentioned that they think those questions were not that clear. they were great as such to keep me high-spirited. but then again, i failed to land he job as expected.

back to serious discussion, tests sometimes are part of the interview. in fact they are the second papers that you may fill, after only the personal details form. so be prepared. there's no overnight study here and no ideal tips, so good luck!

i think it will be all right to even repost this. it is a great idea to get hold of the name cards.

when i first started off interviews after school days, it never crossed my mind how important is that small piece of card. i have always wanted to write thank you note to the interviewer but most of the time, i did not have sufficient contact details.

now being in the workforce a while, i think it is more important than our IC. people whipped it out at every opportunity when meeting new people. hahaha.

cgpa is not necessarily a plus point. it in fact trigger interest in your interviewer to ask you more to see if the cgpa is justified.

i have seen a 3.9 graduate failed to remember most of his stuff, inclusive those he took for his final semester.