Sharing my experience applying for jobs.

Background: 5 years of working experience, 2 in MAS.

Applied for 30 govt jobs.

1. The auto-rejection ones: EDB (9 days after applying), HPB (6 days), MCI (2 months), MOH (3 months), Workforce (14 days), Yellow Ribbon (7 days).

2. The interview ones: EMA (notified me 1 day in advance for first interview, then given 11 days to write essay, then 20 days for final interview), GRA (invited me for interview 7 days after applying, but only give me 2 full days to submit essay), HDB (40 minutes for essay test), MFA (invited me for online test 1 month after application, 2 weeks later, informed about roundtable), Skillsfuture (actually rejected me 1 month after applying, but emailed me 3 weeks after that for interview, did not mention anything about rejection, then give me another test 3 weeks after the interview), Statecourt (emailed me for interview 1 month after applying)

3. The offer ones: EMA offered me 1 week after the final interview. I started working 1 month after the offer. Skillsfuture refused to let me know the salary before background check, so I declined.