19% EPF

You could always ask the person who called/emailed you to arrange for your interview on what to expect.
Did you apply through the website email? If you have contacts inside already, they can definitely help a lot.

In any case, to interview for Investments, you should refresh your technical skills; all financial stuff learned in university would be helpful.

As a side note, eat 1 or 2 bananas before you go in for the interview, since it will be quite a long session; half a day takes up quite a lot of energy. Eating nasi lemak would probably make you too sleepy for the test and interviews though, that's why I recommend bananas.

All the best!

don't have an inside connection
i've submitted my resume at jobstreet's career fair

yup...i guess its quite tiring

did u know, how was the salary range?

You've asked this question in another post where RM4.6k was mentioned, from what I know it's north of that figure, based on a combination of years worked, relevance of work to the department applied for and of course, interview performance.

I wouldn't worry about the salary at this stage, you haven't even gone for the 1st interview!
Just know that their salary offer will beat any offer from about 95% of what local companies are able to offer you.
Ok I'm just making up the percentage, but it is high when compared to local companies.

Focus on the technical aspects of valuations, i.e. NPV, IRR, WACC, DCF
If you don't know what they stand for, I THINK it's not too late to learn before your interview; however the tests might be quite stressful for you then.
There's also a report writing part, nothing fancy.

The 3 interviews subsequent to the test - well, speak English clearly and confidently, explain yourself and sell yourself well, technical competence and commercial awareness will help too for this part.

What I did was to read the website and spun a story according to my strengths.

A bit long winded I apologize, but I think investing 8 hours or so of your time to prepare well for the interview can only benefit you.
Don't think they are looking for slackers, which will show from your work / answers during Stage 1.

hi THANKS A LOT

i'm quite nervous!!

If nervous then practice your sales pitch infront of a mirror.

Btw on other pointers, wear a suit.
The candidate after me wore one as well, ,my 3 interviewers too.

if you can endure GLC culture, then it is good.

Is it a good idea to wear suit to meet the Exec Director? If possible, I dont want to be overdressed.

Have you gone for the interviews in KNB before?
I don't know what role / dept you're looking at, but just to share, I interviewed for a role within Investments, and I wore my suit to each and every round of the interviews, save for the lunch interview with the outsourced firm. Still brought it along though, since the interview with KNB was after the (free) lunch.

Rule of thumb is that it's better to be over-dressed rather than under-dressed.

Good luck!

Yes ... I've gone to 4 interviews .. (3 with Investment and one with the outsource firm) .. the next one is with Exec Director...
Is that the final interview ?

I'll be wearing suits then ... thanks for the advice ...

this is for associate? avp? vp?

if you are meeting ED of Inv, then after that should be Tan Sri MD or (TMD). if you gone this far, this should be good because you've passed quite a few rounds.

You probably know and are clear of what you are getting yourself into.

After meeting up with Ganen, then you'll be receiving a call from HR to discuss / hear about the offer.
If you accept then the next and last formality is to meet the MD in a group setting.

The 1st round consisting of the 2.5hrs financial modelling test + report writing and 3 interviews is the only key round I would think, the rest are definitely a LOT easier.

Good luck with the offer.

4 interviews? in 4 separate days? Not to mention the rigour of interviews, how did you take leaves to attend them?

Congratz man! your qualification must be awesome to be selected by Khazanah. Just curious how many years of relevant experience you have?

The financial test + 3 separate interviews were done in 1 day .. the interview with outsource firm is on another day (at Starbucks) ...
Indeed, the test was challenging ..

My background is 4 years in private equity / venture capital ..

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Added on November 15, 2011, 8:28 amThanks knight ...

Thanks nomad ..

This post has been edited by luqmanz: Nov 15 2011, 08:28 AM

anyone mind to tell what are the job roles of investment division? is it related to research or corporate finance?

Khazanah is NOT GLC lar. GLC means Government Linked Companies. Khazanah is the investment arm of MoF so its not linked to government, it is the gov. So maybe can consider kakitangan kerajaan

You can find definition of GLC and GLIC here .... Khazanah is GLIC - government linked investment companies

http://www.khazanah.com.my/faq.htm#ques9

Anyone here received an interview call after sending them an email?

DO they accept 2nd Upper Class grads?

If you're a fresh grad .. then most likely you need to have first class CGPA at least.
But if you're experienced .. the CGPA matter less. Work experience is more important.

This post has been edited by luqmanz: Dec 2 2011, 12:05 PM

I have 1 year experience in Trade Financing. Dunno if its of any use to them haha.

I'm trying my luck la. If get, confirm don't want to leave. Good prospect. I'm sick of working under Chinaman management.