Hi all,
I had a first-round interview with MCCY folks 2 days ago. It is for an engagement session which I am really interested in, and I do know about their structure and projects as my past working experiences have been related. I am also in the public sector currently.
I would say that the interview was abit … demoralising because it was only between 30 – 40 minutes. But I still hope. The interviewers have told me point-blank that I know a lot about what they do, and they foresee that I would be a great fit to their team. However, they were concerned about my job history because my previous 2 jobs were 1-2 years. They told me that they would need to be assured that if I were to be selected, that I would stay for the long term. I honestly believe that I would, because getting into MCCY has been a dream of mine since graduation. One of the HR reps in the panel also kinda gave me a stress-test by asking me if I had considered applying for other engagement roles in other public agencies, to which I had replied no. I mean it’s the truth, since I am not that desperate for a job to be firing my application everywhere.
They informed me that there would be a final round of interview, and that they are still interviewing other candidates. HR would then collate the list of shortlisted candidates for the final round of interview and should “contact me within 2 weeks”. Honestly, the 2-weeks thing that HR usually say – its non-committal la.
After the interview, I rarely do this but I sent each and every one of the interviewers a thank-you note.
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Now here is the thing, based on my experiences (I have been in the public sector long enough), if the first round interview panellists are interested in you, they would have surfaced the eligible candidates as soon as possible. Usually, I would have received the call for the second interview by the next day or even on the same day (as with MCI REACH and
MOM). Hence, it is really worrying.
Thus, I would like to seek your views on:
1. If you have applied/interviewed for MCCY recently, how was your experience?
2. For people in CS/PS in general, how long did HR take to notify you of the invitation for second interview, from the first interview?
Thanks