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16-04-2026 03:56 PM

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Anyone applied in march and received interview invite?

Received the invite for the session on 13 April, but was overseas so couldn't make it. HR told me no other dates for this round.

08-04-2026 02:51 PM

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Anyone applied in march and received interview invite?

10-03-2026 08:04 AM

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Does anyone know if they usually call or email for the first time? I just realised I had two missed call from the same number the week after the application closed on 13 Feb but I am not sure if it's from SPF or spam...

If you were hiring, would you interview someone who does not answer their own phone?

09-03-2026 04:39 PM

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Interview

20-11-2025 12:06 AM

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Anyone received news from the end-Oct panel interview?

02-09-2024 06:31 PM

old rooster

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un for those who don’t already know SPF is one of the worst places in CS for non scholars ..diff is very stark

true, insiders would know. you are fighting all the ministry and spf scholars. after that got public leadership prog people, all those without factoring the good looking influencer types or plp wayang ****s. imagine your turn to be promoted when you think about the backlog, and progression is like going up a pyramid. less and less space the higher you go.

11-06-2024 06:47 PM

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extreme micromanagement

Can you provide more insight? Like the culture, working hours?

23-05-2024 12:01 AM

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extreme micromanagement

14-02-2024 11:28 PM

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14/02/2024

Went down for pre-interview assessment today. would appreciate if you can post here once u have been selected for next interview

12-02-2024 01:12 AM

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Would not recommend joining.

Sure the pay for a fresh hire is good, but your peers from the private sector start to outearn you 3-4 years later. Increment is your standard 3-4% per annum as with the entire civil service.

Promotions are also same as the entire govt: scholars first. For an ordinary person, your fastest way to be recognised for promotion is to butter up your superiors, which makes the entire culture damn gross where everyone is really just sucking up. Mistakes even the slightest are also not tolerated well here. Wayang culture too.

In terms of management, superiors here are very micro managing. Please dont think you could wfh even though there really are no reasons for you to be in the office on some days.

That doesn't mean the workload is light: lots of pointless meetings which could be settled via email or video conferencing. A lot of pointless paper work, and I do mean pointless even for the likes of civil service. Working beyond 7-8 everyday is common as well. When there is a gay or **** happens, say good bye to sleep.

Bureaucracy is also real here. 20-30 back and fro emails just to clear a draft, sometimes for trivial non factual or non grammatical fixes such as adding a comma splice.

All in all, really regretted joining after graduating. Exit opps are limited as the skills, technical or non technical, is not transferable elsewhere. Your best bet is to another govt agency which would mean paycut as other govt agencies would not be able to match the pay here.

un for those who don’t already know SPF is one of the worst places in CS for non scholars ..diff is very stark

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