HTX (Home Team Science and Technology Agency)
 

Opening a new thread for HTX...

Anyone knows what the fresh grad pay at HTX is like?
I heard from friends that they have had some big pay jumps over the last few years to match up to DSTA/DSO and maybe Govtech...

Also being in civil service, do men get paid that $400 a month more than women too?

GovTech > DSTA > DSO > HTX

And this is based on?

Pay or prestige?

pay and prestige

Let me correct that for you:
Govtech > DSO > DSTA/HTX

Yep DSO pays higher than DSTA and is harder to get into

Interesting, thats what I heard from another user too.
Only thing i dont understand is why the media ALWAYS reports about DSTA but hardly ever mentions DSO...

Almost as tho the media is biased against DSO or something

Every equipment/tech that deploys in the SAF is managed by DSTA. DSO only appears in the news when their R&D actually manages to produce something deployable.

Anyone recently join HTX?, How long it takes?.. starting salary for freshie got $4k?

HTX S&T Associate Programme
 

Anyone recently joined the S&T associate programme or interviewed for it? What is your experience like?

Anyone able to share the typical timeline for interview outcome?

Share u mine.. first interview face to face, second interview abt 2 weeks later via zoom with Director.. 2 days after 2nd interview call me they want procees further.. pass all documentation.. abt 4mths later then the salary offer came..

did they update you about the process along the way or just radio silence till 4 months later?

Anyone knows how's the pay increment like in HTX? And promotion increment?

Hello! Do you mind sharing what kind of questions were asked for the second interview?

Great patience to wait 4 months. Most would've found a new job by then.

second interview will include Director and HR. Director just ask me abt my past work experience that I had at. quite ok actually, and previously was done via zoom, so i'm more relaxed.

hello, anyone knows what is the MX level for XT6 and XT7? for fresh grade visit starts at XT5 and not XT6? thanks!

fresh grad likely start off at XT5 cos XT6 start pay is to high for fresh grad, almost near 5k.

Thanks for sharing! Attending the second interview soon so I'm quite nervous haha.

Hi, what department did you applied ? after closing date how many day they contact you for interview ?

hello! I applied for the HTX Associate role.
I applied in Sep, they contacted me for psychometric test one week later.
After that they took almost a month to contact me for the first interview.

Hi did you receive the offer in the end? If yes mind sharing the salary they offered?

unfortunately they rejected me 😂

Did they share the reason?

There are many better paying tech agencies out there. Htx usually bottom choices for most candidates. How many can they affort to reject.. lol

I see! All the best for your other job interviews!

Don't be sour grapes la. There is only one better paying agency which is govtech, provided you are in computer engineering or cyber field. All other tech agencies pay about the same if you are in technical scheme. The pay varies because of the classification of your degree. HTX is not easy to get in, you know yourself because obviously you haven't even got the offer. If HTX you can't get in, i don't think you can even go in to DSTA and DSO. Quite a number of the colleagues, especially Head and DD level in HTX came from DSTA so they have their benchmark when it comes to selection of candidate.

Nope they didn’t, but I think it may be because it was quite obvious that I’m not super keen on doing research, which is the main JD for this role.
Heard that a lot of people apply for this though 👀👀

thanks! all the best to you too ☺️

I didn't even apply to HTX cause I alr accepted a DFIR offer at Meta (FB).

Congrats way better than HTX

Congrats for getting in Metta school..😂

Good if it is real..lol.. Why bother to even reply in a HTX thread in the beginning..private and government are two different expectations..not like you are first day here. Lol!

How many rounds of interviews you went before being offered?

Phone screening + 3 rounds, all on the same day.

Anyway, I also considered some govt agencies, though I would prefer to join govt sector once I intend to settle down and seek more stability and work life balance. For now, career is priority, but perhaps family and children might be more impt.

The grind at Big Tech is real, and it's no coincidence that majority are around my age (mid to early 30s).

it traditional thinking to think that govt agencies have work life balance (wlb). i'm pretty sure HTX frontier staff is not having much wlb.

Do consider going to public sector only when you want to contribute to the good of Singapore.

Public sector jobs are more stable for older folks in their late 40s and 50s.

For youngsters, even if Facebook/Google or banks have layoffs and retrenchments, they can always look for new jobs since they're only in their 20s and 30s.

If you're laid off in your late 40s, 50s, it's pretty much game over for you unless you have connections aka "guan xi".

Yes agreed.... I know of an SVP in a local bank earning 250k+ per annum who got retrenched in mid 40s. He's been jobless since covid started since he cannot find a similar job. Fortunately his mortgage is fully paid otherwise he will die cock stand....

250k per annum is like 20k per month, surely he has sufficient savings to relax for a bit.

Govtech, HTX and DSTA are **** hole, to avoid at all cost.