Interview (1) — The Novice Phone Interview
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts
Finding this job at first I must thank my older brother (Who is older than me by 6 years). His best friend was used to leading a team in the company and he put up quite a substantial of good words for me to the bosses.
In the meantime, the vacancy slot did belong to a team head who is also close to him. Therefore, I landed my job interview without any hassle.
Through a WhatsApp arrangement for a quick phone interview, originally scheduled a 30 minutes interview that he had made for 2 hours. The contents are not limited to his expectations, company’s culture, job responsibilities and the reason why given my background would be interested in this job. There was not really a lot of conversation involved during this interview rather than listening to his mumbling and complaints about how the company put him into a difficult position.
One of the most worth noting questions he asked was “Why choose this company, why not Google or Microsoft? They are also hiring and I am sure they would hire you with your background” I replied “I have applied but I failed in the final interview stage as I just simply can’t beat the candidates that I am competing for. Perhaps…
