Job Interview

I went for a job interview on Monday. At a QS firm. It went quite well. Tapi interviewer taklah buat forensic analysis on my accounting skills. I did make some preparations - from accounting entries, adjusting entries and to the preparation of financial statements. Thank God banyak yang masih ingat walaupun dah lama tak practise (since 2002).

About the interviewer - yeah he looked like a younger version of Jackie Chan. Boleh plak time tu teringat citer Shanghai Noon (recently ada tengok lagi kat HBO), and it was really hard to keep a straight face during the interview. Asyik terbayang, cemanalah kalau aku kata "Howdy, partner?" stail koboi macam dalam citer tu hehehehe..

In the beginning, facial expression dia memang serious. Kira kecut gak la aku tengok muka interviewer tu. Sentap! Dah boleh agak, dia ni jenis professional and direct to the point. "Please sit down" dia cakap. Takde senyum-senyum bagai (jahanam betul.)

Lepas tu, I buat seperti biasalah - tidaklah I nampak takut atau cuak tapi taklah macam over-confident. As the interview progressed, dia makin lama makin friendly. At one point, dia tanya " Are you single or married?" Dengan muka innocent kancil aku jawab "Not married, single" Then he said "Boyfriend?" Laju je aku jawab "Not here, overseas". "Any plan to get married soon?" Aku kata "I really don't know, Sir". Mungkin selalu kena kerja long hours agaknya, sebab itu dia tanya.

I really like that firm punya style. It's totally professional and nampak sangat diaorang semua serious and job-oriented. I mean, dead serious. Interviewer siap kata, in the event of our QSs needing help in technical work, are you willing to learn and assist? I kata la, yes I am, no problem at all. I like to learn new things. Hahahahaha.. yang sebenarnya I memang suka buat benda yang tak ada bersangkut-paut dengan diri I ni i.e. not in my field of training. Kata orang tua-tua sepatah, kalau yang bukan-bukan tu cepat aje dapat.

Kemudian interviewer explain lah tentang firm dia tu.. and after he was finished dia tanya if I have questions about the firm. Lastly dia kata perlu notice ke sebelum mula kerja.. I said I don't need to serve notice but I hope to be given one week before starting my job. Dia kata no problem, sebab mula pun January 2nd. (Masalahnya tuan-tuan sebelum tu dia kata by next week baru tau results dapat ke tak, so I taklah consider yang I dapat).

Sebelum keluar tu, sempat la dia cerita, yang paling penting sekali is not qualification in hiring a candidate. But ATTITUDE. Which is exactly like what Jedi Knight told me. "Attitude comes first. If the attitude sucks, then it will be a big time loss". And I am in complete agreement with that. 100%.

Note : On the way back, seperti biasa hujan mencurah-curah turun. Sempat lagi singgah Bumbu nak beli Laksam sebab tengok Yati makan sangat sedap, dan dah cukai sikit pun. Tapi petang tu Laksam dah habis, hanya tinggal Laksa Johor. Tapi beli je, sebab dah terlalu lapar. Hujan katakan! Apa Bumbu? Nantilah kita citer kemudian... err tapi esok pagi rasanya nak beli Meehoon Goreng kat Bumbu. Nampak macam sedap...