Job Interview

Hi, Im still unemployed for how many months now? (sarcastic to myself, huhuhu)

Well, in this post I would like to share my experience in the job interview, basically Ive gone to two interviews for now. It went well for both of it, but the fact that I didn't get callback from the first company is quite frustrating :( I wanted to share my experience for the second company;

I submitted my application through jobstreet under sales executive because I wanted to try different position than my current course, especially when they're looking for engineering fresh graduates. Approximately 2 weeks after that I received a call from HR at late evening about 6 pm asking if I still interested for the position, we chit chat a little bit, more like a simple interview asking what Im currently doing, do I posses my own transport, can I change from mechanical (my course) to sales etc. It ended like 15 minutes and she would love to proceed my resume to the hiring manager and if I were shortlisted, she would give me a call.

So another weeks goes by and I forget about the call. And on the Wednesday (a week after that), she called me to arrange an interview. Since I will be attending an autocad class in Shah Alam on Saturday, so I agreed to do the interview on Friday. I didn't give much thought on it, and say yes. Apparently, after that is a bit hustle since I had to re-planned my activity and on Thursday (the next day) my dad and I went to Shah Alam and rented a hotel there. I was rushing to pack, study for the interview, and even the night before the interview I had a cramp and slept at 9 pm. It had been the first time after so long I slept early. The earliest bedtime I went to is at 12 am. lol. 

Next day, after we had breakfast at the hotel, we went to puchong since my interview will be at 11 am. We arrived at 10.40 am, had to wait for awhile then a guy that I claimed to be the hiring manager entered the room. Like always, he examined my resume and certificates and asked me to introduce myself. All is well until he asked me to explain sales in malay. At first I explained sales in english and it was okay. When he wanted me to speak malay, I asked him whether my english is that bad? But he replied that my english is so good (flattered) that he wanted me to speak in Malay. He afraid that I cant speak Malay since I will be dealing with a lot of Malay customers/ clients. This is where I screwed up :( I cant even give definition of sales in Malay, like come on Im not an englishman. I eat nasi lemak, tempoyak and even budu! At that time I felt hopeless. I explained to him that my syllabus in university is in english and it is complicated for me to explain the term in Malay even I know it. What shocked to me is that, he thought that uitm syllabus is in Malay. This is why so many people downgraded uitm.

After that, we talked like a normal conversation and for me it didn't feel like an interview as we being comfortable with each other. The interview ended for about 40 minutes and I can assure you that I nailed it. BUT!

My dad didn't approve it as this job requires me to travel and meet a lot of people (I just didn't understand what is wrong with meeting people??). Also the location is not safe and the company doesn't look professional. This is why people shouldn't bring your parent to the interview lol. I really wanted to experience the job as the salary is quite demanding, but being an obedient daughter, I have to admit to my dad's decision.

After I settled the weekend, I didn't give a thank you email to the HR (sorry :( ) and didn't callback the company for the feedback. It was intentional so I wouldn't give them hope in getting the job. I didn't want to be rude, but also I didn't want to let them down. Maybe they will meet other suitable candidates. I really hope that they didn't call me because I will feel guilty. 

Now back to zero, finding other jobs that suits my dad's requirement. lol.