Wednesday, August 13

bloody shit interview!!

I went for this bloody shitty interview this morning..

The person in charge called me, telling me she was calling from N***..
Great man!!! i thot.. (gd career opprotunity man.. and a perfect way to start my career)
This is how the conversation went:

She: Is this Ms Foo?
Me: Yes i am.
She: ok, i'm calling from N****. I saw ur resume. Are u stil looking for a job or hav u found one?
Me: I'm still looking for a job.
She: ok. is it possible if u send me ur resume? (cos the one i drop at N**** is super cock. the format of resume in N****' website looks comparable to a lucky draw we fill in NTUC)
Me: Oh ok, ya i can send u (but i was outside.. so i was "oh shit, go where find com and send to her")
She: do u hav any experience in travel industry?
Me: No, i dun.
She: ok, cos we need to do proposals, show to our clients. U noe, travel industry, u need to write out, u cant juz say.
Me: oh ok, i understand.
She: Can i ask if u hav any wk experience?
Me: I juz graduated fr SIM, so the wk experience i had were fr those vacation jobs which i did.
She: so wat sort of experience was that?
Me: my last job, i wk at MMC, doing mkting related stuff.
She: ok, so y did u choose the travel industry, since u hav no experience?
Me: i juz keep my options open. cos i studied mkting, so basically i can go into any industry which requires a mkter. I'm keeping my options open.
She: ok lor, can. r u comfortable with doing sales?
Me: Sales ah? wat sort of sales do u mean? like...?
She: erm, sales as in, u need to do direct selling.
Me: oh ok.
She: sell to our clients the different__ (i cant rem wat's the words she used) tt we hav.
Me: ok can. i think i shld be up to the challenge.
(at this pt, i thot it was NATAS having to sell the different packages to either overseas clients or local travel agencies)
She: So wat do u think?
Me: is it possible if i can hav an interview, maybe fr there, i can clear some of my doubts and maybe ask more abt the job scope?
She: ok can. when u wan?
Me: erm maybe tmr, is it ok with u?
She: tmr can ah. wat time u wan?
Me: maybe in the afternoon, possible?
She: (this time she mumbled somethg which only god may noe.. but she mention somethg abt evening)
Me: (evening cannot lah.. so i quickly said) how abt morning, is it comfortable for u?
She: ok lah can, wat time?
Me: 1130, ok?

so she agreed and she told me the address etc.. i rem clearly tt she told me #05-***.

so i woke up, feeling happy tt i'm gg for interview with N****.. and when i reached.. i saw, wah, beside the rooms where they keep the court cases.. super prestige sia.. i called, and she said it;s #04-** nabei, i thot.. ok so i walked to the lift.. 4th floors r where the shops r.. how can N**** be beside shops?

so i took the stairs, cos the bloody lift juz wun come.. and i walked to the unit. i peep into the corner where it's supposed to be. I looked up at the signboard. It says some other name. and it's a super lok travel agency thrust in the corner of a shopping centre. It looks like those which accepts ur travel deposit today and closes down tmr.. damn it. I'VE BEEN FOOLED.

pa told me not to go in, but i thot, cannot be so rude lah.. and she noe i'm here le.. how can not go? so i juz walked in.. damn, the wking conditions within. So many staff in the small office. It's so cramped. Travel posters stuck all over the place. the phones look old. Post-its all over.. juz one word:MESSY

she told me to sit down. and i did.. i looked ard, damn, how to wk like this? (i'm not being picky. i juz cant imagine the wk environment)

after she settled her stuff, she turn and talked to me:

She: do u hav ur resume?
Me: (thank god i printed it last nite) yes i do.
She: so u juz graduated?
Me: ya, i did, fr SIM.
She: how old are u?
Me: (didn i put my age big big on my resume?) 22.
She: so wat job exp u had?
Me: my last job was wking at MMC.
She: (she flipped to the pg which i had my wk exp) u wk at this, cuis...
Me: MMC
She: Is it a local company?
Me: ya, they hav a restaurant at orchard there..
She: ya i noe.
Me: (noe still ask)
She: wat do u do there?
Me: basically i deal with mkting related stuff.
She: then after tt, u nv wk le?
Me: ya.
She: but this was in jun 2007, and u only wk for 1 mth!!
Me: ya, this was the company i wk for for my internship.
She: then fr 2007 til now, u nv wk?? NOW IS ALREADY 2008 LE!!! (in a super sacarstic manner)
Me: cos i went back to study, i juz graduated in may this yr!! (i shoot her back)
She: i c. ok, so u totally had no experience lah? (she see my expected salary)
$2400 ah? too high lah. no experience, no mkting results, to be frank, no company will pay
u $2400. I also graduated fr SIM, same course as u, but i took night course lah. Cos u nv
write ur expected pay at the N**** website, if i noe u asking for so high, i also wun ask u
to come down for interview. Anyway, we dun hav the budget also.
(Me thot:Nabei)
Thanks for coming ah..
Me: ok can, thanks. and i thot ( hire me i also dun wan lah. wk here, i will die ah)

and on my way home, i realised, wat she meant by selling to the CLIENTS. it basically means selling travel packages to the CUSTOMERS who wanna go for a holiday. say until so nice. oh pls, giv me a break lah!!!

and so, i was cursing and swearing on my way home.

names hav been censored to protect my interests. i dun wanna get cheated today and get sued a few days later!!

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