Thursday, May 17, 2007

Interview Virgin

So I had the first interview of my life. Verdict? Hmm.....what should I say?
The company has only 8 peple. I didnt get a chance to speak at all. The so called GM never even bother to take a look at my resume. I have to repeat 3x I am a fresh graduate. 2x to tell him SMU is a University in sg. FAINT! He must be living in some mountain. He didnt ask me a single question. So how the hell he knows I am suitable.

Apparently, he told me he will call me up on latest Tuesday to meet the Big Boss to confirm everything cos he is in Dubai now. Then he says dont worry he will back me up. (How can he tell I am good when I dont even utter a word. Big question mark right?) After walking out of that office, i have really alot of question marks in my head. First, I am disappointed that I dont get to talk after a tiring night of preparation. (Now I am fully prepared for any interview) Second, how can I not be nervous at all? I was nervous last night that I couldnt sleep. But when i was there, i was like normal. The basic pay is reasonably better for marketing job & there is commision tag to my performance & there is transport allowance. The job scope is good cos I get to do basically everything. Super wide with quite heavy responsibility. But the brand is not strong enough. I wanna learn branding. Here I would be doing everything from scratch. I like the fact that I will be working very closely with the GM so can learn from him. But he seems like some dirty old fellow. He told me"transport wise cos u r my right hand man so u will follow me most of the time so no problem cos I drive. I have a car u know." I feel like telling him straight in the face "BIG DEAL!" He says things like you can hold my hand while in the car. What d F***! He is a malay.

I think I am doing mostly sales jobs. I have to start a new market segment in hotel industry & food chains. Also, focus on export. Basically, main role is sales & secondary role marketing. He told me that his Big Boss is one kind which is why a few people quit recently and that they are in need of people to fill up the position. Well! I need to know that. He reassures me, "dont worry! Anything happen, I will answer to the Boss for u. I will back u up." Well! Obviously that is not my point. I think pay wise I can ask higher if i want since they are expecting me to do so many things. But that is beside the point.

Bottom line I think I am the only applicant. I am not keen. Still waiting for IE Singapore to call me up.

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