I went for an interview with public mutual recently, for analyst position. What I can say is that the company condition is
not very good, dark and old (just like small sdn bhd companies but public mutual is so big in Malaysia). The desks look like old furniture that are thrown out by public bank and they just move them to public mutual to save money.

They had 2 people to interview me separately, but they ask the same questions, so I have to repeat what I said (after a 2 hour test!!).  Some of the things that make me feel extremely uncomfortable with the company:

1. Unwilling to introduce themselves with their position in the company even though I asked.
What is there to hide? That’s when I started feeling something is not right with the company culture – lack of respect for candidates / employees.

2. Then, one of the interviewers look impressed by my uni results, but when he ask me about some stock market views, it is very obvious that he started to look down on me. I don’t know why, maybe because my views are different from his views. For example, he seemed surprised that my views are contradicting with his views about a company in the stock market. To me, differing opinions are normal but it seems that he is unable to accept that, and he was not ready for open discussion with me.

I have a feeling that if i join this company, i will not be able to voice out my own opinion on my work, and they will give me “the look” again and will not approve on my recommendations or stocks. The way they treat their candidates also tell me that they will treat their staff the same way! No respect for employees, bad culture! I will decline any job offered by public mutual.