I applied for GSE position (couldnt remember i first saw it on the star or jobstreet). Sent resume to email. Next day i faxed and just after 3 minutes, I got a call from someone asking me to give my ID Card number and then he asked me to go for an assessment on Thursday 14 Sept 2006.
Went to HSBC in Cyberjaya.
Started at 1pm. 8 persons were there. 4-4 male-female, all indians except me and a Malay lady. I reckoned most of em had cronies who had already worked there as they visited their friends who came for the assessment.
Was briefed about the building n job. THEN I REALISED ITS FOR UK PROCESS only as i thought the job was for worldwide task and was populated by a majority of Indians.
We were grouped into 4 groups of 2. I got paired with an Indian lady.
Assessed by two persons, a man and lady both were Indians.
I was very and extremely nervous and my words that came outta my mouth represented my 'drunkness' and I was like babbling about stupid stuff and stuttering.
After the assessment, I was selected for an interview whereas my 'couple' during assessment wasnt chosen.
Was briefed a bit by the 'organiser' (a guy who guided us for the day from hr dept). He told me the assessors told him that I was quite ok with my accent (which sounds more like brit accent but the guy thought it was american - wot a far cry difference and he couldnt differentiate it), some grammar probs a bit but he said I was shy (I KNOW - SHYNESS KILLS!) while my 'couple' was not chosen due to lack of English proficiency.
I talked to my 'couple'. She said they asked her to go home and wait for another call for a 'lower' level/process - Asia Pacific or other after 2 weeks or so.
Interview started at 4.30pm. Was interviewed by two lovely ladies, Chinese and Indian from Quality department or something like that.
The interview process was more relaxed than the assessment.
The lady (Chinese as the Indian didnt talk but only smiled like 'senyum kerang') asked me wot time I prefer: 4pm-3am wed,thur,fri,sat / 4pm-1am / 6pm-5am sun,mon,tue,wed something like that and i picked 4pm-3am thinking that i could get leave on sunday.
Then I went back home.
Is there a huge chance of me getting hired? :
- I was shy (actually I was nervous more than being shy) during assessment.
+ I was asked of wot shift did i prefer
- I think i was the only outta 8 who was a hi skewl leaver
+ I have some experience
+ I think I had nice conversation with the interviewer.
- I think I talked a lil fast then the standard interview procedure
- Im 20yo afraid if they think im too young to take up the job
Do you guys think I should apply for another round or process? eg Asia Pacific? They said they would call within 10days to inform about my status... today is 18 September 2008

And the worse is I feel lil desperate about this job
This post has been edited by HMLithman: Sep 18 2006, 08:44 PM