One round coding test. Round 2 online interview, some technical design.questions and career aspiration . Developers can work in C3, Info, EIT.

Is it true must be born in Singapore as a Singaporean to meet the clearance for DSTA??
My friend Malaysian PR convert to Singaporean after NS tio rejected hhahahaha

DSTA has very high security clearance, almost no chance if got connection to neighbour country

Can I know what is the platform use for the coding test and how many question are there?

Did mine on HackerRank. 2 qns . Good luck!

Thanks really appreciate your reply

One of the BEST place to start
 

Just started working in DSTA not too long ago :)

- Pay is about 5k for a Graduate in an Engineer job.

- Additional 400 dollars allowance every month.

- Bi-Annually increment of 3% to 5% (~$150)

- EOY bonus of 3 to 4 months

- Performance bonus in Apr every year ($100~$200)

Average salary: ~ 7.3k (per month about including 4months of bonus in the calculation)

BETTER THAN CONTRACT PAYING JOBS of 6k per month without bonuses.


I personally think it is a good place to start learning all the basics as there is PLENTY OF TIME for self-development (if you have the discipline to).

Being on TGP (Technology Graduate Programme) is AWESOME because a mentor will be assigned to you typically (a senior/principal engineer). This is extremely important in the early years of a career. Not to mention he/she (the mentor) is extremely EAGER to provide guidance for where we wanna venture into. Generally, people are wholesome in DSTA.

Look forward to meeting you, peeps! :)

One of the BEST place to start (part 2)
 

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To address the point brought up mentioning that the skills are not transferrable, there are Ex-Employees going into CSIT, Govtech, Facebook, Bytedance, Google and Banks after working in DSTA.

One thing's for sure, any form of IT-related skills in any company is always transferrable, but it really depends on how we learn and apply our skills.

Additionally, the benefits of working for this company not only include being able to contribute back to Singapore in various ways but there are also courses mandatory for new employees to go through to brush up on our cyber security knowledge and skills. (which may be really useful in our current digitalisation age)

wow mean your pay is 5k+$400 every month sia.

also first time heard one year got 2x increment of 3 to 5%each ...

Thank you for sharing this! If I am not wrong, they adjusted the pay for fresh graduate this year too! (around + 200/300)

Still you are doing PM role managing vendors. If this is the type of job you want, go ahead. Quite a number of people have already left for better opportunities elsewhere.

Anyone here know how's working in dsta procurement like right now? Is it still as bad as what the glassdoor reviews are saying?

peeps joining dsta, think again....lotsa of old folks as principal engineers doing nothing and just drawing high salary.....if you are old, might like it....if you are young...pls run asap

Run to where? Name 1 place paying more than DSTA for old world engineering (mech/eee)

DSTA is like a big elephant. Project management work. Yes. Software development work, yes. Procurement work, yes. So need to pick the correct job. Being a contract staff employed by one of those hands on software companies netizens touted, & attached to DSTA to support software maintenance, I can say that some of the DSTA engineers didn't realised how lucky they are.

Why I didn't switched? Not due to some non poaching agreement between the companies but due to my degree and school. It still matters for Govt jobs.

the dsta guys are in a cocoon....hardly a few able to survive in outside world

s://.glassdoor.sg/Reviews/Employee-Review-Defence-Science-and-Technology-Agency-RVW63037573.htm

Aiya, same across public service. it's a S'porean thing.

Contract staff can be non-Singaporeans ? Saw Indians working there

any other govt agencies ?

Why is no one talking about the first yr probation
 

heard that 1st yr probation pay is 3.9k for second upper?

Obviously you dont know the difference between DSTA payscales and other gov agencies. Perhaps the only comparable one is HTX, but its essentially the same nature of work.

No such thing as probation pay, it's 5K+ for 2nd upper now (male)

So still base on degree class, like civil service. Should have probation, but pay the same as confirmed staff

Lol, the difference in class honours doesn’t differ much, only up to $400 nia.

Glassdoor got 1 reply so jialat that DSTA HR had to reply. :o

What! $400 a mth doing the same job, doesn't seem unfair ?

Not that there's a bond right ? Anyone is free to move, if they disagree with such discrimination. but everywhere also got lah

Can attest to this. Range was given to be around 4.9 to 5.3K as a incoming fresh grad joining DSTA.

No comments on the additional $400 allowance per month. Although I've heard about it, but there hasn't been anything substantial on how they give it (stated to be for specific IT roles?).

No comment on increments, although gauging from the range of 3 - 5%, I'd wager to say that it is a good and accurate estimate out there (as to the baseline for government increments).

EOY bonus is not 3 to 4 months. There is a mid-year bonus and an EOY bonus which, if combined together, is roughly ~1 month on average. Depends on the public service, really. I would presume that the commenter might have mistaken this with the additional 13th month bonus (not the same as mid-year and EOY bonuses!), which is issued around this timing.

Performance bonus is definitely graded and is a way lot higher than the range given. Discussed with HR back then and was told that the average PB is around ~2 months for an average performing worker.

Average salary is more or less around there ah. Really depends on the range, really, but from non-TGP but in technology-related roles, I would say it's about the same.

And yeah, looking forward to meeting you all too!

Anyone knows how much a Principal Enginner would be getting, and isit also aroind a 16mth package?

When does TGP start

Already started, saw the new hires on TGP. Very fortunate

Just curious, how are the working hours (or future working hours) like for this?

Thank you!

Meanwhile I just had my tgp interview this Friday, no wonder they ask me how soon can I start work. Haven't even gotten my uni final sem results though.

You offered as Principal Engineer ? That is quite rare as you need to clock the tech competencies needed for the job.

Anyone know how is the salary package like more manager role in corporate services. Such as hr or marketing?

Thanks.

Is dsta salary range higher than civil servants?

A senior engineer can earn more than 9k, meaning is above Mx11 salary range?

Where did you get this figure from?

Hi, does anyone knows DSTA Quantity Surveyor earns how much for fresh grad? is it recommended to apply TGP instead? TIA

DSTA still got AWS?