The Arts House~~ and Job Interviews

Went for this Event held at The Arts House as Karen's got 4 free tic. (Thanks! ;o))

About the Event
Be thrilled by five talented flamenco musicians in the intimacy of the Chambers. Let Jesus Torre(guitar), Sudhi Rajagopal (percussion), Pablo Suarez (piano), Jose Luis Lopez (cello) and Manuel Gogo (singer) bring you the best of flamenco music and flamenco jazz.

"Camerata Flamenco Project" will perform at the Chamber at the Arts House on 11th June 2004 at 10pm. Tickets at S$20/-.

heh heh~~ yup yup it was really enjoyable! love the person playin the cello most.he played really well. the people who played the various instruments were great too but umm~~ the singer ah~~ eh~~ he sang in spanish lah dan a bit difficult to appreciate. hahaha but towards the end in the last song, it was much much better. well at least he stopped screamin. oops~~

Interview @ Quantum on Fri
Yup yup went for the 2nd interview at 4:30pm today. Got abt 7 people includin myself at the new start-up company. It dragged until 6:47pm as I managed to get to the 3 round of interview.

FYI 1: What I'll be doin is kinda like a sales job as in get people to sign up with PacificNet. Before I'm allowed to be a trainer -> dunno what -> dunno what -> project executive (for other companies)->manager

FYI 2: It'll be a performance based thingy so the more ppl u get to sign up the more pay you'll get. It's a direct mktg thingy.

4:30pm: Together with another guy who had graduated from NUS (e poor guy was kinda late for the interview, luckily it has not started and he was sweatin so much his shirt was all wet~~), we had a briefin session with our assigned trainer (Fang Ying)at this coffee shop.

When we were back at the office, Fang Ying had a feedback session with the person-in-charge (Joe). And was rather surprised when was informed tt i got into the 3rd interview.

Was asked quite a few questions durin this time e.g. what do you see yourself doin in 5 years' time etc. Told Joe tt my first love is still logistics-related industry and I'm waiting for a reply from Nedlloyd. Reply should cum within 1-2 weeks time and he was kind enough to put me on phobation for 2 weeks' till I get my reply. Will be paid durin my training sessions at Quantum but how much I dunno. But he said it'll be a weekly pay thingy.Dunno lah. See how first.

FYI 3: Initially I found the company fishy. I still do. Am I thinking too much?

FYI 4: Really hate the idea of running around to do sales. Need lots of motivation. But for the experience, I guess it's worth it?

FYI 5: Kinda aiming for the Air Force job also~~ hahaha. Hey, it's logistics-related kay! Supposed to ensure the availability of aircraft spare parts. Love dealin with inventory levels. Hope can get called up for interview asap. High pay high pay ($1864)!!! If confirmed after 5 mths it's $2,020. One of my source of motivation! hahaha

Interview @ P&O Nedlloyd on Thurs
Interview went rather well. Found the interviwers easy to talk too. Seems like there are many people applyin for the job too. Dunno leh~~~ Dilemma~~

Some of the questions asked:
What do you know of our company? (told them tt it's a container shipping company and they recently merged with another company)

FYI 5: Yup, they did merge but it was in 1997 P&O(English company) merged with Nedlloyd(Dutch company) so they call themselves P&O Nedlloyd. Interviewer 1 said, "So yeah, it was not very recently" (imagine my paiseh-ness hahaha but still they were nice enough to explain)

What will you do if a customer calls you up to complain?
What's your take/impression of the logistics industry?
Are you applyin for any other job?
How would you describe yourself?
Are you willing to work OT?
Do you have any questions to ask us? (which i replied "No" damn should have asked got OT pay~~ hahaha, what are the career prospects)
Do you intend to further your studies in this field?
What kind of environment do you like to work in?
Are you comfortable to make your own decisions at times?
Do you like to do face-to-face interactions/ would you rather do back-end support? (To which they said no right no wrong but just in-case if there are vacancies within the company, the HR side will take note and contact me if they found a job suitable for my personality. Shit~ Doesn't seem too hopeful huh?)

Well~~ what the heck.