Bear, Diah and Pasha

Part VI – It is Always About Money

Posted on the May 15th, 2009 under Life by papabear

It has been quite a while since my last update. I have been busy at work with some projects due dates that needed to be monitored and some clients that needed to be convinced that it is not all that bad when due dates are missed…

Back to my adventure in attending interviews and this part is about a company that provides support for Oracle Applications located somewhere in Kota Damansara. Talking about companies that carry and support Oracle products, they are generally financially stable and money should have not been an issue. However, in this case, I was proven wrong…

Before the first interview, I had to go through a 3-hour profiling exercise where I had to answers some questions that tested the way people process their thoughts. It was something like the IQ test and it felt as if I am applying to enter a degree program at a university where you took a test to determine the most suitable place for you to go.

Anyway, the questions are mostly easy and in the end I only failed to answer 1 logic question. Not supposed to be a big deal at all.

After the test, I met up with the GM and it was a rather quick and easy interview. He noticed that I had done Oracle before and therefore, I was a natural fit for the position. However (always the case), he told me that since the salary that I was applying for is more that what he was authorized to process, I had to meet up with the MD.

At this point in time, I could already feel that this would be just another time waster…

Anyway, after a week, I was called to meet up with the MD. As the MD he was surprisingly his questions were too technical and even after I gave my answers based on technical facts, he ended up confusing himself towards the end. What the…

In the end he told me that my experience and qualifications were impressive and yet, it would be difficult to place me within the organization due to the global financial crisis and bal bla bla… He could have made it simple by saying that he would not want to pay me the amount that I had requested.

In conclusion, money still makes the world go round!

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