Well. I dunno. This is what I face all the time.

It's a reflection of the integrity of Malaysia. Now you understand why government is so corrupted. This kind of integrity is reflected in almost all areas.

It's amazing how recruiters can behave like this. I dunno. But then the same recruiters will still asked you when there are other opportunities even after treating you like this.

It really tells a lot about how people are being brought up in general. Really bad.

I am in technical field and technical interviews are very difficult. I am very shocked that those recruiters actually do not understand the difficulty of technical interviews. Taking technical interviews nowadays is akin to doing actual exams. In fact, I will say possibility of passing them is pretty hard nowadays. That's because when those people ask you questions, they may ask based on their expertise but not yours. so you will be in a rut then.

The thing is, if you are applying for reputable companies, there is a high possibility that you will not make it. because of the difficulty of the questions. It's not in like in the past whereby they ask basic questions and your experience. Now they scrutinize you like crazy.

You really have to prepare for those interviews even harder then you prepare for your exams. It's crazy. If you have been in a company for a long time, you will probably not be able to even pass the interview because you think you do not need to prepare much for the interview since the interview is just about your experience. It's not. You have to deal with questions that are much tougher. One would think a fresh graduate probably has to prepare much more. But right now, they will expect you to remember everything that you have done before.

But then most recruiters do not really have a clue of the situation. And I say most recruiters are pretty stupid as well. For example, most of the time, we try to delay the interview because we have not really prepared much. But then, the recruiters cannot catch the gist. You see, despite being in the recruiting business for more then 6 months, they still do not get that candidates really need to prepare for the interview otherwise they are going to fail it. But then, the thing is, they seem to not understand this and even ask the candidates to go for the interview the next day. You would think that with their experience, they will at least ask the candidate if they are well prepared before scheduling the interview date right?

Sometimes, I wonder if going to recruiters will actually hinder my chance. Let's put it this way. If say I went for interview and there were similar candidates in say jobstreet. Why would I pay a fee to the recruiter. In fact using recruiters will actually hinder you from getting the job if say you apply again. Because those companies normally have records of your previous application.

This post has been edited by sickjoker: Feb 23 2021, 09:00 PM

Actually, I notice that this is a recent thing.

In the past, they have much more integrity. Maybe I did not have so much failed interviews in the past.

Well the reason why companies would advertise in Linkedin or even jobsteet is because it is much cheaper.

I cringed sometimes at how much companies pay recruiters for a successful hire.

I dunno. I thought external recruiters ghost you as well. My experience is that external recruiters will always ghost you once you did not pass the interview. Of course some of them will give you feedback but then will ignore you after that.

Well. I dunno. It's something I just experienced recently. In the past, those kind of ghosting is pretty rare.

That is the reason why I call them less then animals. Unfortunately, most people in Malaysia are just that.

Actually, just reading the post in this thread, you should realize why people are behaving like that nowadays.

As I have said many times, people in the past seldom behave in this way.

I have a great interest in this as I have been to a number of interviews recently and I am shocked that recruiters can be so responsive pre interview but then post interview, they will just ghost you totally.

And the stupid thing is, sometimes, you fail the interview not because of your ability but rather because you probably did not prepare hard enough or the interviewers themselves ask questions that you happen to not prepare for.

And I implied in my earlier post, those recruiters really show their incompetency themselves because when they ask someone to go for interview, most of them time they never even take into account that people have to prepare for the interview despite the fact that have been in this recruitment business for a while.