So I completed my interview set with Rovisys Asia today. The format was four 30-minute interviews, one after the other each with different staff members. I thought that each interviewer would focus on different aspects of interviews (eg, technical, behavioural, classical, etc), but in actual fact, each interviewer conducted a rather run-of-the-mill co-op interview. So it was just like having four interviews in the same day.
Overall, I don't know what to say about how things went. I arrived early, and actually just casually chatted with one of the interviewers for about 15 or 30 minutes prior to my interview. So when I did reach him, it was a pretty short interview, with him just asking me a few questions about my work experience. Not much else, really.
The other interviewers were similar. Tell me about yourself, and then dove into my work experience.
It was fairly typical and I think I should have been able to do very well. But I don't think that I did.
The problem was that, although I was able to talk with all the interviewers quite casually and amiably, I don't think I sold my skill-set well enough. Yes I talked about my work experience here and there, mentioning things that I did here and there. But I didn't feel that I gave solid evidence of my past achievements in the workplace.
So I don't know what they thought of me. It could be that they thought I was a very friendly guy, but then when they go home, they may not have that many notes about my prospective performance.
Hard to say.
Including myself, there were three internship students being interviewed for two internship positions. So, chances should be good. And I think I will feel stupid if I don't get the job, given the fact that I've worked in industry for nearly two years now, and have gone through a good number of job interviews in the past.
But then again I could not get the position for other reasons (namely the fact that I'm not a Singapore PR or citizen, and they may want to give priority to people who will be more likely to stick around full time afterward). I would consider joining on full-time if conditions were right. But I can understand why they might be a bit more hesitant to hire an exchange student rather than a full-time student.
We'll see. My resume may carry me through a lot, but hard to say.
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i was thinking of this post while reading it and it reminded me of a ccf alumni who shared about job searching as an upper year.. how with all the built up skills in interviewing for coop jobs, his confidence in his skill was pretty solid, but so much that he forgot to see how God orchestrates much of the pictures nevertheless. so maybe in the end, it's not the resume that carries you through, but God ultimately has his purposes in store for you. =)
hope you're doing well in singapore!
sarah
Haha how did you find me through Facebook? I didn't think that I posted a link to any of my websites on my profile...?
Thanks for the reminder! For sure I believe that each co-op job I've gotten in the past has really been God's blessing. I think right now, I really am praying that God will bring me where He wants me to be again... A large part of me is actually thinking it will be nice to not find a job, so that I can return to Toronto and just spend some time there with friends and family. But at the same time, I feel that it could be a neat opportunity to work in Asia.
But I'd rather be in a place where I know God wants to either show me something, or use me... so here's praying for that!
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