Officer Role in Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi UFJ

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Has anybody worked in the Asian systems office before in the bank. Is the environment good and conducive for growth?

My dept was opposite them. Not to sure what they do but they look very bored and quite alot of japs there.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

My dept was opposite them. Not to sure what they do but they look very bored and quite alot of japs there.

Oh well that sounds like nightmare to me. Now I know why they look bored cos they need to comply with the Japanese culture and rule more rigidly that is why.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Oh well that sounds like nightmare to me. Now I know why they look bored cos they need to comply with the Japanese culture and rule more rigidly that is why.

Are the Jap there young or old? Older means harder time I guess.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Are the Jap there young or old? Older means harder time I guess.

Middle aged, late 30s to late 40s.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Middle aged, late 30s to late 40s.

Honestly, is the culture of the bank moderate Japanese with some western influence or traditional japanese style where subordinates are slaves and you should never say no?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Honestly, is the culture of the bank moderate Japanese with some western influence or traditional japanese style where subordinates are slaves and you should never say no?

Moderate japanese culture as most of the Japanese who get to work in Singapore are high flyers who are rotated every 3 years and most of them have worked in America / Europe.

Having said that there are also some who despite having the above still bear traditional values. My ex Jap dept head mentioned in our dept meeting," I do not have a good opinion of staff who leave the office at 6pm".....dafuq.. Not very busy also they want you to stay in office and facetime.

Then again my dept was a tokyo unit and half of the 20+ staff were high ranking japs.
In local departments where the majority of the staff are locals this is rarer.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Moderate japanese culture as most of the Japanese who get to work in Singapore are high flyers who are rotated every 3 years and most of them have worked in America / Europe.

Having said that there are also some who despite having the above still bear traditional values. My ex Jap dept head mentioned in our dept meeting," I do not have a good opinion of staff who leave the office at 6pm".....dafuq.. Not very busy also they want you to stay in office and facetime.

Then again my dept was a tokyo unit and half of the 20+ staff were high ranking japs.
In local departments where the majority of the staff are locals this is rarer.

Thanks for information. I sounds better than the Jap MNC I am currently work for which boast it is one of the top 5 largest in their country.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Thanks for information. I sounds better than the Jap MNC I am currently work for which boast it is one of the top 5 largest in their country.

Usually if the bank HR tell u we will get back to you within a week as we still have a few more candidates to go through, you feel is there a chance that one will get shortlisted for second interview?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Usually if the bank HR tell u we will get back to you within a week as we still have a few more candidates to go through, you feel is there a chance that one will get shortlisted for second interview?

Depends on how are the other candidates. HR will go through all that shortlist the final batch then wait for the Jap boss to pick out of the pool to see who he want to meet in the 2nd round.

Hmm my first round was already with HR + Team leader + senior Jap + jap dept head.

2nd round was Jap dept head + Jap GM from Tokyo.

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Depends on how are the other candidates. HR will go through all that shortlist the final batch then wait for the Jap boss to pick out of the pool to see who he want to meet in the 2nd round.

Hmm my first round was already with HR + Team leader + senior Jap + jap dept head.

2nd round was Jap dept head + Jap GM from Tokyo.

I see thanks for the information. Mine was with the HR+ 2 Managers.

Hope it all goes ways.