I had an interview appointment just now @ Public Bank (Bank leh! it’s THE industry to be in leh~) – 10:00 am. Chances of getting the post – HR Executive = slim.
The first part of the interviewing process was the written test, 45 minutes for 2 questions. I was finally called for the interview @ 10:50 am.
2 ladies whose names I’ve forgotten, (sorry! Nervous lah! I went to the toilet twice in an hour okay?!!) Anyway, was asked to briefly explain to them what I did when I was with UCSI, shaiks! Sounds pretty simple right? Wrong! I had a hard time explaining to them my job scope :( I was after all just a GENERAL administrative executive, I did a bit of everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING, I didn’t really have a core duty… I don’t think my answer was good enough; or maybe they thought I didn’t quite understand their question, because one of the interviewers asked the same question again but in a rephrased manner.
Sigh. I don’t blame them for not being able to grasp what I was trying to say, because personally I don’t even know what exactly my job scope was. It was a tad too vast.
Then I told them I intended to resign earlier but was too caught up with my workload that I didn’t have time to give serious consideration about the matter. They were like “From your description of your job, how busy can you be?” sigh. Again. I can understand them. Yes, it doesn’t sound busy at all, in fact, it seems like I’ve been goyang kaki during my stint in UCSI. What can I say? One has to be in it to fully comprehend what I had gone through.
Then I was asked “Why HR?” “I like dealing with people” was the summary of my reply… Not good enough. I know we all deal with people all the time in a way or the other… yes, point taken. Sigh. I actually asked myself the same thing, but still can’t seem to figure it out yet. All I can say is that it boils down to interest. Yes, interest. Well for example, everyone knows that I love dancing but if I were asked “why do you love to dance?” I wouldn’t know how to answer either.
Sigh. The interview was a tricky one, yet another enriching experience. Now, if you’d excuse me I have jobs to hunt.
