I've been to 2 rounds of interview.
1st round was with HR + immediate supervisor
2nd round was with Head
Do HR + immediate supervisor convey their decisions and whatever u said in the interview to the Head? I got repeated qns from the Head and wonder isn't it better to merge both rounds together.
I've done the personality profile test. Does this test offer u higher chance if your profile matches their overall department profile too?
1) No because people interpret things differently. They also see things differently. Eg: The manager might see whether you can work with his dept, whereas the head might see whether you might be able to work with others in his company.
Personality test is subjective, because it will also depend on what kind of personalities they currently have in their company.
What's the best answer to the question "why do u want to leave ur current job?"
I say current place unstable environment, retrenchment happens very often, they kpkb say it happens everywhere, and I'm leaving because of push factors and not pull factors. I say cos I in same place many years and looking for new challenge, they ask me how long can this search for challenge be sustained.
When I eager for the job, they say I desperate to leave. When I seemed less eager, they say I didn't want the job badly enough. Fml la.
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Often in a job, there are 2 factors. 1 is push factor and 1 is pull factor.
Push factor = things you don't like about your currently company
Pull factor = things you like about the company you are interviewing with.
If you have too strong push or pull factor (or only push or pull factors but not the other), most of the time you will not be hired.
Often a candidate must have a mix of both, to get hired (and both must be strong and compelling enough)
If your company is unstable, retrenchments a lot, then it is a good example of a good push factor, and can elaborate it, but you must also have some pull factors (other than $$$)
Hi,
I would like to ask for your humble advice,on how do I actually go about in future job interviews, filling up that portion of have you ever been dismissed before ?
I know that honesty is the best policy but won't my chances in the job interview be affected?
And if i do go about this white lie,would the HR be able to find out about it ? or how would they go about to screen a potential employee?
If I were to be honest,how do you suggest I respond to questions on why I was dismissed?
1) Depends on the seniority of the role you are applying for
2) Depends on the industry you are applying for
3) Depends on how many years of experience you have
1) If you apply for a senior manager role, they might engage a background check company to check on your background.
2) If you apply for govt job or banking job, they will definitely engage a background check company to check
3) If your incident happened 10 years ago, and you have changed 3 jobs since then, then it is not so serious compared to it happening 2 years ago.
Do note that you cannot lie to the background check company, they will literally call up everyone on your resume (your ex companies, your universities, polytechnics, etc) to see that you are not lying.
