haha, memang dorg salah eja 'Business' tu kan :p im excited, nervous, takut, semua lah, dgn otak berkarat ni & jumping totally into a different field from construction to business (^_^). hope i'll survive. aween goes back to school!! wish me luck!!
September 20, 2011
back to school
aku punye cter yang banyak sangat 'continuation' tu is still in drafts. but im excited to go back to school now that i got the offer, sebok sangat siapkan everything for registration this friday :)
haha, memang dorg salah eja 'Business' tu kan :p im excited, nervous, takut, semua lah, dgn otak berkarat ni & jumping totally into a different field from construction to business (^_^). hope i'll survive. aween goes back to school!! wish me luck!!
haha, memang dorg salah eja 'Business' tu kan :p im excited, nervous, takut, semua lah, dgn otak berkarat ni & jumping totally into a different field from construction to business (^_^). hope i'll survive. aween goes back to school!! wish me luck!!
September 12, 2011
from inception to departure - Part 3
(disclaimer: this story is only a re-telling of a fragment of my life, no form of defamation was intended)- continuation...
I had already set an interview date with the ID (interior design) company as they had to wait for their big boss to be free as he wanted to be interviewing us personally. Then I got a call from the previous company (refer to previous posts) to tell me I passed the Presentation part of the interview and was shortlisted for a face-to-face interview. wahh, agak terkejut. but I still went to both interviews.
Job interview No.2- I went to the interview at the company that made me go through all the tests & presentations. When I reached there I saw some familiar faces, we were put in groups of 5, then masuk kna interview sorg2. I was interviewed by the heads of HR, Legal & Research department, salah sorg dorg was the boss that had a lot of comments during my group presentation. jatuh jantung nampak dia, i thought i didn't have a hope at all, haha. Ended up, he was the quietest and most sporting. it was a casual interview, i only got one investment related question (thank god that i had a glimpse of 'the edge' that morning!) and towards the end we were joking about EPL and about me being born abroad. that was that, I went home feeling a bit hopeful
Job interview No.3- the following week I went to the interior design company for the interview they called for. I hopped on the lrt and stepped off at dang wangi station as the office was at jln sultan ismail. they were looking for a new Quantity Surveyor and there were a few other candidates there as well. I was the only Malay. We were put in the meeting room to fill the application forms and then called one by one to be interviewed by the boss. The interview went ok, quite formal and short. I just had to give a summary of my resume and he asked me some questions and it was over. on the way back out to the lift I ran into an old friend :) Haidar! she was as surprised to see me as i was to see her. "Aween u buat apa kat sini?", "i dtg interview kat company ni", and she said "haaaa, betulke? i work here! i really hope u get the job!" hehe.
It was a few days to raya, and the first answer i got was from the ID company. wah, agak terkejut jugak i beat all the non-bumis for the spot & salary was higher than the starting most of my friends had so i was happy with that. they wanted me to start right after the raya week :)
then it was raya and on 3rd day of raya, I got a phone call from the other company. it was kak norra, happy raya voice to break to me the happy news. hehee, starting date was another month, in november. and the following monday, i was going to work with the ID company. waaaaaa konfius! the offer letter with the ID company had already stated that if I withdrew the acceptance after signing I would have to pay them back a months salary. err, dgn pokainye x sanggup aku nak cari duit tu. so nak xnak aku pegi la jugak kja :)
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the working hours were 9am to 6.30pm, by 5pm I was already dozing off to sleep. there was not that much to do. my job title was junior QS, eventho the 'senior' QS above me was a diploma holder. For the first week, the only thing that didn't make me snooze off was lunch, usually with haidar & her friends. nak appoint QS baru, but xde kerja pun utk dibuat, I was practically asking every hour if there was something i could do, ended up I was reorganizing all the BQ's in the cabinets. thank god i didn't die of boredom, calculations were also pretty easy & not that challenging, most of the sq area was taken fron the designer's autocad drawings ;p
anyway, during the first week, I was also scheming & drafting my first resignation letter. hehe, kja x sampai sminggu dah buat surat tu kan. well the contract said if i wanted to quit i had to give a 2 week notice, so if i gave that by the end of my first week, it would be just in time to start off at the other company. i felt guilty, but guess i had to go for the higher pay & benefits. it was this week that i found out eija had got the same offer, apelagi, bergayut la aku dgn dia (oh i had to sneak off to the toilet to do that because the QS unit was so damn quiet, hence the dozing offs). After my 3 weeks (which I did make a few friends eventho short span of time) I was out of my first job and waiting for the next. hee
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I had already set an interview date with the ID (interior design) company as they had to wait for their big boss to be free as he wanted to be interviewing us personally. Then I got a call from the previous company (refer to previous posts) to tell me I passed the Presentation part of the interview and was shortlisted for a face-to-face interview. wahh, agak terkejut. but I still went to both interviews.
Job interview No.2- I went to the interview at the company that made me go through all the tests & presentations. When I reached there I saw some familiar faces, we were put in groups of 5, then masuk kna interview sorg2. I was interviewed by the heads of HR, Legal & Research department, salah sorg dorg was the boss that had a lot of comments during my group presentation. jatuh jantung nampak dia, i thought i didn't have a hope at all, haha. Ended up, he was the quietest and most sporting. it was a casual interview, i only got one investment related question (thank god that i had a glimpse of 'the edge' that morning!) and towards the end we were joking about EPL and about me being born abroad. that was that, I went home feeling a bit hopeful
Job interview No.3- the following week I went to the interior design company for the interview they called for. I hopped on the lrt and stepped off at dang wangi station as the office was at jln sultan ismail. they were looking for a new Quantity Surveyor and there were a few other candidates there as well. I was the only Malay. We were put in the meeting room to fill the application forms and then called one by one to be interviewed by the boss. The interview went ok, quite formal and short. I just had to give a summary of my resume and he asked me some questions and it was over. on the way back out to the lift I ran into an old friend :) Haidar! she was as surprised to see me as i was to see her. "Aween u buat apa kat sini?", "i dtg interview kat company ni", and she said "haaaa, betulke? i work here! i really hope u get the job!" hehe.
It was a few days to raya, and the first answer i got was from the ID company. wah, agak terkejut jugak i beat all the non-bumis for the spot & salary was higher than the starting most of my friends had so i was happy with that. they wanted me to start right after the raya week :)
then it was raya and on 3rd day of raya, I got a phone call from the other company. it was kak norra, happy raya voice to break to me the happy news. hehee, starting date was another month, in november. and the following monday, i was going to work with the ID company. waaaaaa konfius! the offer letter with the ID company had already stated that if I withdrew the acceptance after signing I would have to pay them back a months salary. err, dgn pokainye x sanggup aku nak cari duit tu. so nak xnak aku pegi la jugak kja :)
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the working hours were 9am to 6.30pm, by 5pm I was already dozing off to sleep. there was not that much to do. my job title was junior QS, eventho the 'senior' QS above me was a diploma holder. For the first week, the only thing that didn't make me snooze off was lunch, usually with haidar & her friends. nak appoint QS baru, but xde kerja pun utk dibuat, I was practically asking every hour if there was something i could do, ended up I was reorganizing all the BQ's in the cabinets. thank god i didn't die of boredom, calculations were also pretty easy & not that challenging, most of the sq area was taken fron the designer's autocad drawings ;p
anyway, during the first week, I was also scheming & drafting my first resignation letter. hehe, kja x sampai sminggu dah buat surat tu kan. well the contract said if i wanted to quit i had to give a 2 week notice, so if i gave that by the end of my first week, it would be just in time to start off at the other company. i felt guilty, but guess i had to go for the higher pay & benefits. it was this week that i found out eija had got the same offer, apelagi, bergayut la aku dgn dia (oh i had to sneak off to the toilet to do that because the QS unit was so damn quiet, hence the dozing offs). After my 3 weeks (which I did make a few friends eventho short span of time) I was out of my first job and waiting for the next. hee
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end of Part 3
September 9, 2011
from inception to departure - Part 2
(disclaimer: this story is only a re-telling of a fragment of my life, no form of defamation was intended)- continuation...
I sent out emails to companies that were specifically looking for Quantity Surveyors. Honestly most of the were MNC's & GLC's, just decided to start off big before sending to consultancy firms, just to try my luck.
The next few days, I got a reply email from a company, but it wasn't for an interview, it was for a CRBT test (Critical Reasoning Test Battery), i didn't know what it was back then anyways. It was for their recruitment for Management Trainees. Apparently they use it when recruiting their scholars too.
The CRTB test consists of:-
VERBAL EVALUATION (VC)
- the ability to understand written passeges and to logically evaluate arguments
- time: 30 mnutes
(test ni cam maths plus statistics, agak macam spm jugakla but the time given tak sempat nak fikir lama2 if nak jawab semua)
I sent out emails to companies that were specifically looking for Quantity Surveyors. Honestly most of the were MNC's & GLC's, just decided to start off big before sending to consultancy firms, just to try my luck.
The next few days, I got a reply email from a company, but it wasn't for an interview, it was for a CRBT test (Critical Reasoning Test Battery), i didn't know what it was back then anyways. It was for their recruitment for Management Trainees. Apparently they use it when recruiting their scholars too.
The CRTB test consists of:-
VERBAL EVALUATION (VC)
- the ability to understand written passeges and to logically evaluate arguments
- time: 30 mnutes
(test ni macam test English/Muet je aku rasa, they give u a paragraph and you answer from there)
DIAGRAMMATIC SERIES (DC)
- The ability to reason with diagrammatic material.
- Time: 20 minutes
- The ability to reason with diagrammatic material.
- Time: 20 minutes
| Example: | ||||
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A | B | C | D | E |
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(yang diagram ni mencabar sket, you really have to understand & have a bit of an imagination to answer, yang aku tau ramai frust time test ni, the kid next to me was on the verge of tears nk jawab, thank god i had done some sample questions online, but still, the last batch of questions tu aku main colour je jawapan, x cukup masa :D)
NUMERICAL INTERPRETATION (NC)
- The ability to understand tables of statistical and numerical data and to make logical deductions from them.
- Time: 30 minutes
NUMERICAL INTERPRETATION (NC)
- The ability to understand tables of statistical and numerical data and to make logical deductions from them.
- Time: 30 minutes
the last sentence of the email stated "Panggilan temuduga bagi pengambilan Eksekutif Pelatih ini akan dibuat bagi mereka yang memenuhi markah lulus Ujian CRTB ini" so i thought cuba jelah kan.
the test was on the 9th Sept 2008, masa tu bulan Ramadhan ye, so off I was on the LRT, sampai sane memang ramai gile manusia, I was thinking already, I don't stand a chance! haha, we were called in batches, and sat for the 3 tests, I didn't make any long-term friends, I figured not worth if, masa tu habis around lunch time, lapar gile, but puasa kan, so balik rumah, tidoooooo
the test was on the 9th Sept 2008, masa tu bulan Ramadhan ye, so off I was on the LRT, sampai sane memang ramai gile manusia, I was thinking already, I don't stand a chance! haha, we were called in batches, and sat for the 3 tests, I didn't make any long-term friends, I figured not worth if, masa tu habis around lunch time, lapar gile, but puasa kan, so balik rumah, tidoooooo
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around a week after that, got another email asking me to participate for the "Presentation of Management Trainee', it didn't say a thing about the CRTB test so i figured i passed, tentatively we had to present in groups, the email said it was better if we bought our own laptops, I didn't have a laptop in those days, so i borrowed my cousins one, seb baik becoz it turned out, I was the only one in my group that did.
the presentation was on 22nd Sept 2008, dah lagi sminggu nak raye dah time tu! haha, I arrived at the office just 5 minutes before 9 (sampai ke sudah datang keje tepat2 je), and the first person I met, was Encek Safwan ;p
mamat ni, tanye sepatah, jawab sepatah. sombong tapi rupanya dia kata dia pemalu, uwekk. time presentation ni boleh nampakla a few that stood out, (yang last2 end up jadi bestfriends aku jugak) hehe, namely Majjie & Aziz. Maj dah speaking macam foreigner & Aziz memang terrel menang hati juri, topic dia psal fast food if tak silap.
oh there was also one weird girl, time dia present siap ada lagu ke syair, i have no idea, but it was damn hilarious & unappropriate. sorry la girl, ni bukan interview nak masuk Malaysian Idol. jeez.
anyways we were all put into groups of 5, had to put up a simple slideshow and choose a topic from the list given, my group chose 'unemployment', a safe choice, and since i was the only one that brought a laptop, i made the slideshow.
Each person in the group had to present one sub topic, i remember presenting my points, but one of the bosses in front kept on criticizing all of them, aku menjawab dah tahap bantai je, plus bengang he kept on picking on my points. time tu mmg ingat confirm pakcik ni x suka aku k. Well, after all that, went back home, once I reached setiawangsa I got a call from an interior design company & called me to come for an interview. of course i said yes.
oh there was also one weird girl, time dia present siap ada lagu ke syair, i have no idea, but it was damn hilarious & unappropriate. sorry la girl, ni bukan interview nak masuk Malaysian Idol. jeez.
anyways we were all put into groups of 5, had to put up a simple slideshow and choose a topic from the list given, my group chose 'unemployment', a safe choice, and since i was the only one that brought a laptop, i made the slideshow.
Each person in the group had to present one sub topic, i remember presenting my points, but one of the bosses in front kept on criticizing all of them, aku menjawab dah tahap bantai je, plus bengang he kept on picking on my points. time tu mmg ingat confirm pakcik ni x suka aku k. Well, after all that, went back home, once I reached setiawangsa I got a call from an interior design company & called me to come for an interview. of course i said yes.
end of Part 2
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