i think for MNCs, foreign student do have a slight advantage over local students. But that would depend on the foreign grad himself too, if he excels in the interview and has the right knowledge/skills, he wud get it.

the same goes for the local grads also. if he is gud enuff to be called for interview and excel in the interview, he wud also get it.
i mean, your skills, knowledge, communication and others matters to the hiring manager.

the hiring managers are not just hiring the person for fun ... they would have to judge the person good enuff bcoz he'll be working for him soon, right? further more, the manager above him will also evaluate and agree on the decision.

in terms of salary, if that guy deserves the job post i believe the salary is the same (this is if the company is MNC, especially US-based)
the reason is also because hiring/headcounts are based on budget allocated and also level/rank offered for the job post.

i believe salary is based on the person's experience, knowledge and skills needed for the job. And for fresh grads, it is also affected by the result/cgpa .
So both grads from local/foreign have good-equal chances given that they know what to target and what is their career objective

my answer for TS questions :
1. Most likely they take overseas grads. but that depends on the candidate quality too.
2. Most of the time oversea grads are more independent, can adapt faster to environment and more open to measurement equipments/simulation softwares (well exposed) <--- talking about engineering
3. Not likely, i think same salary is expected for MNC companies regardless of local/foreign grads. if u got the skills for the job, then u get the offered salary if the hiring department is still within their budget.

* i have no idea about local companies hiring protocol

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: May 20 2008, 01:16 AM