DSTA (under Mindef)

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi there! Saw some reviews that the workplace is toxic, would like to know more about the environment is the negative reviews due to the workload or other factors? Thanks!!

i think your question has been answered in many of the previous posts here, and also this thread s://forums.salary.sg/income-jobs/13768-defence-science-technology-agency-vs-defence-science-organisation-2.html

but generally it seems that the gist from the reviews is that procurement is shorthanded from high attrition, has heavy workload, poor training & mismanagement, bad remuneration and career progression and lack of respect and support by both SAF users and engineers.

engineer wise doesn't seem as bad since the pay is very high, but sounds like very little in the way of technical development and a lot of project management work.

Anyone received and accepted offer recently?

No, didnt even received a call for interview since april. Still under "application submitted status"

Mine was submitted back end March and still no change in status from "submit" when I accepted an offer this month, so I just withdrew.

Anyone knows how long DSTA took to get back after interview?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone knows how long DSTA took to get back after interview?

Not sure if it's the same for others; HR got back to me after 3 days. How did you feel the interview went?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone received and accepted offer recently?

In addition to this, anyone mind sharing what is the starting pay offered and your class level?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Not sure if it's the same for others; HR got back to me after 3 days. How did you feel the interview went?

You got a verbal offer?

For interview, it seems pretty average. Was wondering whether they will send a rejection email if we get rejected and how fast do they normally process it.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You got a verbal offer?

For interview, it seems pretty average. Was wondering whether they will send a rejection email if we get rejected and how fast do they normally process it.

I received a call first before they sent me a provisional offer via email.

Perhaps, you can try to contact the HR staff who emailed you the interview details. I am not sure how long they take to reply usually, but from the older thread, it seems like they do take some time.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I received a call first before they sent me a provisional offer via email.

Perhaps, you can try to contact the HR staff who emailed you the interview details. I am not sure how long they take to reply usually, but from the older thread, it seems like they do take some time.

Thanks for your advice! Will probably do so