Civil Svc/ Statboard - Typical Timeline for making a Hiring Decision

[nsman]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I applied for a position three months ago. Is it normal that the company now call in to ask one question and then tell me that I will be informed in a week time if shortlisted?

I got called for an interview with a stat board 3 months after i applied for the position. have to say 3 months before any reply is just too long.

Originally Posted by nsman

I got called for an interview with a stat board 3 months after i applied for the position. have to say 3 months before any reply is just too long.

3 months is way too long. So did u go for the interview with the stat board?

Originally Posted by nsman

I got called for an interview with a stat board 3 months after i applied for the position. have to say 3 months before any reply is just too long.

yup 3 months was too long.. i almost forgotten what i had applied.

It would be a bonus if i ever get shortlisted for interview.

i applied on last week on June...

this week got calle dup for round 1

after interview HR say if successful will contact within 2 weeks for round 2

wah... they interview people is one after another

when your turn to goto into room, the next candidate arrives to hr office etc

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i applied on last week on June...

this week got calle dup for round 1

after interview HR say if successful will contact within 2 weeks for round 2

wah... they interview people is one after another

when your turn to goto into room, the next candidate arrives to hr office etc

Quite scary isn't it? So many candidates for a job interview and u wonder how many vacancies are available.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i applied on last week on June...

this week got calle dup for round 1

after interview HR say if successful will contact within 2 weeks for round 2

wah... they interview people is one after another

when your turn to goto into room, the next candidate arrives to hr office etc

This is not the worst.. I went to stat boards like PA and Nea .. There's a row of candidates ahead of me.

And you will feel negative because so many candidates vying for the limited vacancies or perhaps just one.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

This is not the worst.. I went to stat boards like PA and Nea .. There's a row of candidates ahead of me.

And you will feel negative because so many candidates vying for the limited vacancies or perhaps just one.

Yah! I experienced this before too. Even though my interview went well, I felt that chances were slim cos of the number of candidates.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Quite scary isn't it? So many candidates for a job interview and u wonder how many vacancies are available.

yah man

btw any idea if the hiring done is mainly replacement headcount of expansion headcount

also is it true they do seasonal hiring? like every quarter

[nsman]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

3 months is way too long. So did u go for the interview with the stat board?

Yah i went to the interview since there is nothing to lose but have lost interest in the position then. Usually if there's no response after 2-3 weeks after application then can assume that you are not shortlisted.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

yah man

btw any idea if the hiring done is mainly replacement headcount of expansion headcount

also is it true they do seasonal hiring? like every quarter

Depend on the positions and the ministries / stat boards. For e.g, ipos/ uniformed groups/ cpib are more of seasonal hiring.

However, I believe many positions (eg. in LTA/ Spring/ JTC) are auto posted in careers @ gov, so they keep appearing after every few weeks.