What Company Looking For?

1. This survey is regarding the fresh graduate are still unemployed due to certain circumstances.

Section A: Personal Details

1.      Name: Ahmad Hishamuddin Mohammed Salleh        

2.      Position: Head, Analytics, Customer Relationship Management

3.      Company: Maybank

Section B: Criteria

1.      What is actually company want or company aspect from the university graduates?

Bright talents that have passion on the things that they are doing and highly motivational personalities and able to be multi-tasking.

2.      What is the more important when company looking at the university graduates; CGPA or soft skills?

CGPA is a must since that reflects on the effort required to achieved that but additional of soft skill will a competitive edge as well.

3.      What type of employees is company looking for nowadays?

Same as 1.

4.      What makes company reject university graduates application?
Not fit to the job applied and also not be able to reflect self against the CV submitted.

5.      Does the company provide the problem solving question to candidate for examples case study?

In some occasion of employment, yes.

6.      Does the university graduates is qualified enough nowadays?

Depending on what are criteria required for a specific position. Very subjective

7.      Besides all the questions above, would you like to give some tips or share knowledge to university graduates?

Work hard to achieve high score which reflect how much effort did you put into, know your stuff meant not only know to score but also know what are you doing to achieve the high score, able to express yourself (strength and weaknesses) and also shown bold determination on what are you looking for in your career path.

2. Interviewed session with human resources manager of IIUM Entrepreneurship & Consultancies Sdn Bhd, Miss Noor Sara Binti Nazli.

Q: Based on your experienced as human resources manager, when you want to recruit an employee, what do you think about employee skills do employers (in this context is your company) want most?

A:  Naturally all employees need specific skills to succeed in the workplace. Same goes to an employer that always seeks an employee that have a lot of skills. There are several criteria that employer want most but the most desired employee skills which is means the skills that apply to most positions in all industries are multi tasking skills (flexibility and adaptability), good communication skills, interpersonal skills like have personal traits of honesty, reliability and cooperate well with co-workers, computer skills, leadership skills and etc.  For our company, the most skills that we want for the new employee is creativity and problem solving skills, analytical and research skills, leadership skills, collaborative skills and planning skills. It is because our company is a research company and these criteria will match and help the employee to achieve our goals, mission and vision.

Q: What do you think about potential of KENMS,IIUM student in their future careers?

A: I can see a big future for KENMS, IIUM student in their future careers because what they have learn, their subject and topic are very comprehensive that cover all aspect of life. The bachelor programs that offered are meeting the job market. But all of that is not enough if they do not know how to develop their skills. So, try to develop and find out your ‘secret’ skills to tackle your future employer.

How to Answer Difficult Job Interview Questions?

Assalamualaikum and a very good day to everyone. Today, we would like to share some Tips from other website about How to answer Difficult Job Interview Questions. Enjoy. :)

Job interviews manage to instil the fear of ‘Custard the cowardly dog' in us. Why do we all feel the same anxiety, stress and panic during job interviews? After asking several Job Seekers what they fear most about job interviews, the results all point to one universal fear. How to answer difficult job interview questions?

An interviewer's task is to get a feel for you as a person. Asking tricky questions during a job interview is a sure way to evaluate how well a candidate copes under pressure. High pressure questions and difficult interview questions are asked in an attempt to assess if a candidate is right for the available position or not. To eliminate fears about how to answer difficult job interview questions familiarise yourself with them. Ahead of your job interview, prepare answers to tricky job interview questions and don't get caught off guard. Check out the following tricky job interview questions and find easy was to answer them. Don't let fears of the unknown ruin your chances of landing a great job. Follow these simple job interview guidelines and answer difficult interview questions with ease.

1. What are your weaknesses and how do you remedy these?

We all have character defects and areas of our jobs that are weaker than others. While this is true to every worker, no one likes to admit to their imperfections. When an interviewer asks this difficult question, there are specific ways to answer. Never admit to weaknesses that will hinder you from performing your core role. Rather try to specify a defect that is a weakness but almost favours or benefits the company directly, should they hire you. An example of such a weakness is being a perfectionist. While being a perfectionist suggests you pay attention to detail, if not managed appropriately, this can sometimes slow your productivity down. To counter such a weakness, you could express how important time management is to you and how you apply this to your daily responsibilities. As mentioned before, prepare for this difficult interview question ahead of time so as to avoid being put on the spot.

2. Name a challenge you have had to overcome in your career and how did you do so?

The reason why interviewers ask this tricky job interview question is to directly assess how well you mange with adversity. By asking such a question, the interviewer is not so concerned with what the problem was, but more so how you managed to overcome this problem. To answer this difficult question, again hold back on getting too excited over your troubles. Highlight a situation that was challenging but not colossally damaging to your career. An example of an answer to this question would be; managing a difficult staff member and the innovative ways you implemented in order to remedy the situation. Again you don't want to confess that you make regular mistakes when facing challenges. Rather attempt to display your proactive stance in order to avoid such situations.

3. Why are you looking for a new job?

The most important thing to keep in mind when faced with this tricky interview question is never slate your previous employer. As tempting as this may be or as much as the job interviewer pry's, never ever bad mouth a previous employer. Although you may have valid reason to want to leave, it never looks professional when Job Seekers blame their employers for having to look for a new job. You are entitled to your opinion but remember to use tact and always be respectful. Try to answer this difficult job interview question with a positive statement such as seeking greater job satisfaction, career advancements or the desire to apply your skills to a new industry.

4. Yes or No questions.

Never answer a job interview question with only a yes or no answer. Closed ended answers are just as bad as the interviewer asking you a difficult, closed ended question. Always justify a yes or no answer with substantial back up. Give examples and display your comprehensive knowledge on the matter so as to ensure you are giving an impressionable answer.

5. Why should we hire you?

While no one likes to advertise where their weaknesses lie, society has also taught us to be modest and humble. When asked this difficult job interview question, the most important thing to remember is to sell yourself as best you can. When approached with such a question, this is your opportunity to blow your trumpet loud and clear. The pre job interview preparation will come in handy now, as you will need to be on your toes when answering such a tricky question. Highlight relevant accomplishments and abilities you possess that are specific to the interviewer's requirements. Be sure to assess the details of the job ad prior to your interview in order to answer this difficult question.

6. What salary expectations do you have?

Money matters are bound to come up during a job interview. One of the most difficult questions to answer during a job interview is what salary package you are looking to receive. Prior to your job interview research salary surveys so that you have a clear indication of what the industry standard is. Market related salaries are a good basis to motivate your salary requirements with. The more flexible you are and open to negotiations you are the better. Don't forget to take into account fringe benefits that may be offered to you. While fringe benefits may not be tangible funds, they do contribute significantly to your total cost to company.

That's all. Thank You for reading. :)
Wassalamualaikum w.b.t.

Sharing is caring (PART 1) (Ex-IIUM Student)

Crews of Falah Seekers had conducted several interviews to some graduated students from IIUM. The purpose of our interview is to know and share some experience on how they are recruited or enter to the job market. Enjoy the conversation.

This interview was done using online interview to minimize the time consuming.

Tuesday (4th October 2011):

Shida : Assalamualaikum brother, I’m conducting an interview for my management from an Islamic perspective subject regarding the fresh graduate student of KENMS. And I like to ask you several questions regarding your work and your experience during interview session.

Syafiq : Waalaikumussalam, Insyaallah I will try to answer your question.

Shida : What is your name and your course in study?

Syafiq : My name is Mohd Syafiq and I’m taking accounting as my major during my study.

Shida : What company are you working right now and what is your post in that company?

Syafiq : I’m working at Sime Darby Berhad and I’m working as Finance Executive.

Shida : So, can you share with me your experience during interview and what are the question that they asked at that time?

Syafiq : Actually I don’t have much experience for interview, because I’m one of the student that received scholarship from their company. The question that they asked is only the basic question like introduction, asking related to accounting field, more to job relates,expectation,how we see the next future, plan in the future ect.

Shida : Sounds easy. So what are you wearing during that time?

Syafiq : I’m wearing strike shirt but with a soft color.

Shida : In your opinion does the appearance important during the interview session?

Syafiq : Yes, of course. The first impression is always important.

Shida : Ok Syafiq, thank you for corporation.

Syafiq : You are welcome.

Next interview conversation is coming soon.Insya Allah.

Till then. Have a nice day.

Wassalamualaikum w.b.t.