Good on Sophia to cover the inappropriate questions.... now depending on your industry, if you are fully confident about your skills & experience, don't be afraid to flat out ask the hiring manager: "what can your company do or offer that promotes a healthy work-life balance?" - let's not forget, we are in Canada.... we all deserve a decent work-life balance especially if you got small kids at home!! Times have changed.... companies nowadays are struggling to find decent employees compared to 20 yrs ago.... the talent pool now is not as strong so good luck everyone!! ^^
If the candidates are college graduates interviewing for professional IT jobs, they do not need to say too much about what they accomplished when they worked in Macdonald's, for example. Some candidates who worked in IT industry as interns will have higher chance to get the IT positions. It is important to have related or relevant IT internship experience.
在美國見工,反而不要提interviewers 本人的背景. The interviewers may think you are too invasive. The interviewers' career backgrounds are "none of your business". 見工時,多討論你應徵的合約或工作的事.再加上,很多interviewers 本人其實也是新來該公司,他們也不清楚該公司的情況.不要提及interviewers 以前做過的公司. Although it is not something personal, it is not relevant to the scope of your discussions.
Very good stuff, Sophia!! I think most new immigrants from HK can benefit from your tips.... I was fortunate enough to have come over as a kid so I am quite familiar with the culture/mentality here. I feel that the job market has gotten a lot better than say, early 2000s where 50-100 qualified applicants were fighting over ONE job posting. Nowadays, it's very challenging to recruit the right fit, meaning either most of us are happy with our jobs and/or the competition has gone down quite a bit!! My humble advice to my fellow HKer's here is, think long & hard if you can fit into the company's culture.... don't just think of grabbing ANY job for experience. Otherwise, it'll cause so much unncessary stress in the long run!!
Very good tips. I interviewed a girl, she mentioned to me that she speak multi language including French. Then I started talking to her in French and tell her to reply in French, she couldn't. She said she can understand what i said, but she cannot reply my question in French. She then explained that her French level is only as a small child when her grand ma spoke to her in French and she haven't use it since then. For me, it was a very bad impression that she is overqualified herself for a skill that she doesn't have.
yup! typical!! as a hiring manager myself, I do feel that the millenials these days love to hype up their own profile and expect us to think more highly of their potential.... and usually it just backfires because they were only desperate to upsell themselves.... and what's worse is, they seem to be more interested in what the company can do for them!
I went interview for a job over 10 years ago and drove 5 hours to another city and stayed one night hotel before. The interview was very basic and only last 10 minutes, i didn't get hire and lost my gas + hotel money. The job was referred by a job agency, I told them I wasn't impress that they ask a candidate to interview for 10 minutes knowing the candidate come from a different city, the recruiter just apologized and sent the feedback to the hiring company. I was a fresh grad back then so I was despite to find a job and not knowing to negotiate the commute and hotel cost or reimbursement. Today, a lot of interview are done by Video Calls.
Well... I've been here for ages and still appreciate Sophia's tips... you would think that she's just covering common sense but even a lot of locals don't exercise common sense in job interviews!! And to clarify, it is no longer an employer's market now!! Most companies find it extremely challenging now to recruit staff that are good long term fit!!
Good on Sophia to cover the inappropriate questions.... now depending on your industry, if you are fully confident about your skills & experience, don't be afraid to flat out ask the hiring manager: "what can your company do or offer that promotes a healthy work-life balance?" - let's not forget, we are in Canada.... we all deserve a decent work-life balance especially if you got small kids at home!! Times have changed.... companies nowadays are struggling to find decent employees compared to 20 yrs ago.... the talent pool now is not as strong so good luck everyone!! ^^
其實,面試的問題大多是random impromptu technical or behavioral questions. 應徵者除了保持頭腦清晰外,沒有什麼可以準備.
If the candidates are college graduates interviewing for professional IT jobs, they do not need to say too much about what they accomplished when they worked in Macdonald's, for example. Some candidates who worked in IT industry as interns will have higher chance to get the IT positions. It is important to have related or relevant IT internship experience.
講得非常清楚，個樣又靚，
多謝晒🫡
有一點要注意.面試不要討論太多公司的工作.因為每間公司都有些商業秘密,不方便透露. 問老闆太多公司內部的事,會被人誤會你是來取商業秘密.
很多年前，我见过一位和我面试同一个工作岗位的人，他就准备了很多与工作岗位无关的certificates和awards，他心里想着会得到加分之类的，之后面试官也毫无反应，只是简单的看了nod下头，其实那些无谓的东西是不需要做那么多给面试官看的。
很多人都不知道這些禮儀😅
在美國見工,反而不要提interviewers 本人的背景. The interviewers may think you are too invasive. The interviewers' career backgrounds are "none of your business".
見工時,多討論你應徵的合約或工作的事.再加上,很多interviewers 本人其實也是新來該公司,他們也不清楚該公司的情況.不要提及interviewers 以前做過的公司. Although it is not something personal, it is not relevant to the scope of your discussions.
非常之干嘅干货👍
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Very good stuff, Sophia!! I think most new immigrants from HK can benefit from your tips.... I was fortunate enough to have come over as a kid so I am quite familiar with the culture/mentality here. I feel that the job market has gotten a lot better than say, early 2000s where 50-100 qualified applicants were fighting over ONE job posting. Nowadays, it's very challenging to recruit the right fit, meaning either most of us are happy with our jobs and/or the competition has gone down quite a bit!! My humble advice to my fellow HKer's here is, think long & hard if you can fit into the company's culture.... don't just think of grabbing ANY job for experience. Otherwise, it'll cause so much unncessary stress in the long run!!
Very good tips.
I interviewed a girl, she mentioned to me that she speak multi language including French. Then I started talking to her in French and tell her to reply in French, she couldn't. She said she can understand what i said, but she cannot reply my question in French. She then explained that her French level is only as a small child when her grand ma spoke to her in French and she haven't use it since then.
For me, it was a very bad impression that she is overqualified herself for a skill that she doesn't have.
yup! typical!! as a hiring manager myself, I do feel that the millenials these days love to hype up their own profile and expect us to think more highly of their potential.... and usually it just backfires because they were only desperate to upsell themselves.... and what's worse is, they seem to be more interested in what the company can do for them!
見工要過五關斬六將，有無啲interview係要到另一個省見工？見唔成機票都蝕埋？
通常呢啲情況都係公司包酒店機票👍🏻
I went interview for a job over 10 years ago and drove 5 hours to another city and stayed one night hotel before. The interview was very basic and only last 10 minutes, i didn't get hire and lost my gas + hotel money. The job was referred by a job agency, I told them I wasn't impress that they ask a candidate to interview for 10 minutes knowing the candidate come from a different city, the recruiter just apologized and sent the feedback to the hiring company. I was a fresh grad back then so I was despite to find a job and not knowing to negotiate the commute and hotel cost or reimbursement. Today, a lot of interview are done by Video Calls.
可能佢話通常的意思是 interview CEO, COO, CFO 果 D 一,二百萬加紙人工的工作呢？我地 D small potatoes job 應該冇得俾番 Air ticket 同 expenses 㗎啦.🤫
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我對睇人地 LinkedIn 有所保留，請問妳地可唔可以俾妳地的 LinkedIn and FB users name 俾我 check 下妳地資歷？妳地個 account open to 陌生人？同埋如果未 Connect或 Connect 左， 睇人野是可以 trace 的，妳們是話自己做 HR的, 請問有冇 consider 私隱問題？🤔
我有睇過，只不過除咗八卦，無什麼值得睇。我嘅LinkedIn就長期open，如果咁重視私隱就唔會擺自己嘅嘢上去，放得上去就唔會咁在意自己嘅私隱😮，有姿色知識客戶自信，自己做老闆都得啦，使鬼打工。
其實LI的功能係用作工作上嘅networking 之用 同一般嘅娛樂性質的社交媒體例如Facebook Instagram 係有所不同
我放得工作上嘅資料上去都唔介意其他人睇 甚至希望有多啲人睇到我嘅profile 因為有更加大嘅exposure = 有更加多嘅工作機會
如果你唔想俾人知道你睇人哋個page 可以去settings 熄咗佢😅 咁人哋就唔會知
這點我同意.千萬不要提interviewers ' LinkedIn profiles. The interviewers may think you are too invasive....
To be fair it's quite basic preparations that is definitely not going to be enough to earn a job in a employer's market like Canada 🤐
Basically an Interview 101 but not everyone knows these kinds of things ;)
Well... I've been here for ages and still appreciate Sophia's tips... you would think that she's just covering common sense but even a lot of locals don't exercise common sense in job interviews!! And to clarify, it is no longer an employer's market now!! Most companies find it extremely challenging now to recruit staff that are good long term fit!!
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