On Tues, the candidates start arriving in houston, gotta send our employes to pick them up from airport & send them to Marriott hotel. Wonderful hotel, 2 queen beds for each person, si bei shiok. I've enjoyed my stay there in july. =). had a cocktail reception where candidates meet employees, mingle, network ask qns.. Again, i don noe how mani million times i said "hi, how are u doing?' "i'm dave, a NG VII from Singapore....bla bla bla" i could haf used a tape recorder to play it.. But it's interesting to meet so mani pple from diverse backgrds.. after reception, each employee will take a grp of candidates out to dinner at any restuarant. Me, together with 2 next Gens brought a candidate to an italian restuarant. He's late, got lost while drivng down to houston, so he got honour to dine wif 3 of us. lol.
My HR team!! Left is Staffing Mgr,pregnant now, due in dec. Middle is a very nice lady helping out in HR, kinda jack fo all trades. Right is the NG program Mgr, shes in charge of this whole recruitment. All very fun nice & helpful pple.
Beautiful ballroom for the cocktail reception!
Anyway, the candidates supposed to take this dinner opportunity to ask NOV employees qns, of cos also to let us know them better, determine their personality etc. From this event can start to know the candidates, like how some of them seemed so fake, how some are realli interested in talking to u etc. The day ended at 930pm.. imagine, 730am till 930am.. 14 hrs of work.. faint.
Wednesday is the interview day, each employees have 2 interviews with diff mgrs. I was helping out in scheduling & dispatching of candidates, 76 candidates = 156 interviews, 40 interviewers allocated in different parts of building... wooooo. again have to entertain them in the holding room, chat with them, got to know their experiences etc. Alot of them got professional work experiences at age of 16, like accounting assistant, intern etc.. whereas back in SG, at 16, most likely you are working in macdonalds, KFC, if not u'll be playing games at hm..so different..
Afternoon went to visit a facility. super huge, tons of big equipments.. totally thrash the facility in SG. lol. evening was the major dinner at a nice mexican restaurant.. 76 candidates, 30-40 employees... huge event..Again have to entertain candidates.. sometimes realli so sick of it. lol. so shag, yet still have to entertain them, chat with them.. aiyo..After these series of events can really separate the good & the bad candidates.. They're some super wayang.. keep asking qns like wats the biggest challenge u faced(typical politically smart qn to ask), where u see urself in 5 yrs(wtf, non of ur biz rite?), etc etc.. cant stand this kind of pple.. there're super fake pple oso, where u don see them talking to candidates, just keep finding employees to talk... there's 1 who even asked me, "so who do u think i shld talk to to increase my chance" wtf..immediate condemn. Day ended at 930pm again... another long day.. But overall was interesting to see how the whole recruitment process goes, how diff personalities of candidates come tgt etc.. BTW, i missed my Houston Rockets VS LA Lakers game because of this dinner! the rest of the guys kept telling me how gd the game it, how Kobe nailed Yao MIng.. wah laoz..faint.. sian diao.. i have to go watch an NBA before i come back man!! argh!
Tomorrow will have a meetin where all interviews & mgrs sit down, evaluate candidates. Saw some of their interview forms/answers.. Quite interesting, hope tml can hear some funny comments.
Enff of work, tml we will be having a ROADTRIP to San antonio!! wootz!! but u noe wat? no1 prepare/ research for it. haha all too lazy.. tml den see how lol. haven even book motel/hostel for the 7 of us. hahah. faint. see how it goes ba.. will be back with more photos i hope! & more shopping!! hahah!!
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