MINDEF DXO (All FAQ on it)

What’s the salary range like for assistant manager? And what DX rank would that be? Fresh grad here, female, no NS, upper second.

Hello, I applied for a Manager position. Its with Gombak Base HQ. I applied for that role via impress AI a while back.

Last friday, the senior manager of the unit reached out to me via email. I checked and it was legit. He wanted to do a phone interview which we agreed to do on the same day.

I thought the interview went well. I felt i had good rapport and understanding of the role and he appeared assured of my experiences and contributions. We took up the full 30 mins allocated for the call.

I asked him about the next steps. He said if further shortlisted, i would be invited down to a panel interview and possibly a unit preview and/or written test. He didnt give a timeline though.

Thus, based on those who went for interviews recently, how long was the waiting time in between each round?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone know is the highest DX number we who are looking to join can reach ?
Seems like AD is the highest one can apply.. is it true anything higher is for uniform?

technically not true. is just that after AD is DD and DXO DD jobs are very few and also very niche. they might open the job to outside if they need new skillsets that currently mindef do not have or updated, i.e. data science kind of jobs.

thats probably why you will only see AD as the highest and typically DD is taken up by those in the AD positions for a long time. you can still apply DD, but in the end, best men wins.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Has anyone received a rejection email from Impress.Ai before? Just wondering if they send out such rejection emails. What would the email say?

The email I received said that not shortlisted, keep a lookout for updates if have applied for other roles and may contact me if have other suitable.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hello, I applied for a Manager position. Its with Gombak Base HQ. I applied for that role via impress AI a while back.

Last friday, the senior manager of the unit reached out to me via email. I checked and it was legit. He wanted to do a phone interview which we agreed to do on the same day.

I thought the interview went well. I felt i had good rapport and understanding of the role and he appeared assured of my experiences and contributions. We took up the full 30 mins allocated for the call.

I asked him about the next steps. He said if further shortlisted, i would be invited down to a panel interview and possibly a unit preview and/or written test. He didnt give a timeline though.

Thus, based on those who went for interviews recently, how long was the waiting time in between each round?

Mine was pretty fast. Took about 1-2 weeks to arrange stuff. And once I made it to the final interview stage, it took about 2 weeks or so for HR to contact me to proceed on with clearance stuff and also a confirmation email from hiring manager that they are keen to consider me + final offer will be made after passing clearance.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hello, I applied for a Manager position. Its with Gombak Base HQ. I applied for that role via impress AI a while back.

Last friday, the senior manager of the unit reached out to me via email. I checked and it was legit. He wanted to do a phone interview which we agreed to do on the same day.

I thought the interview went well. I felt i had good rapport and understanding of the role and he appeared assured of my experiences and contributions. We took up the full 30 mins allocated for the call.

I asked him about the next steps. He said if further shortlisted, i would be invited down to a panel interview and possibly a unit preview and/or written test. He didnt give a timeline though.

Thus, based on those who went for interviews recently, how long was the waiting time in between each round?

Mine was about 1-2 weeks.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What’s the salary range like for assistant manager? And what DX rank would that be? Fresh grad here, female, no NS, upper second.

Anyone know about this?

For contract signing, are we allowed to bring it back home and read it before signing it, or have to sign it in-person on the spot kind? Also, prior to that, will we be told about the salary + benefits (the whole package) before signing contract? Asking this as private sector seems to allowed electronic signing or even take-home contract to read carefully and then sign and return to them. Not sure if it’s same case for mindef?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

For contract signing, are we allowed to bring it back home and read it before signing it, or have to sign it in-person on the spot kind? Also, prior to that, will we be told about the salary + benefits (the whole package) before signing contract? Asking this as private sector seems to allowed electronic signing or even take-home contract to read carefully and then sign and return to them. Not sure if it’s same case for mindef?

u were offered the DXO position liao ah?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

u were offered the DXO position liao ah?

Next step bah…. Previously was sort of a verbal offer… then clearance…. Got spoke to HR liao like the designation, but they need time to draft out the salary etc.