.Monday, August 31, 2009 ' 10:43 AM Y
actual phone interview!
phew! just ended my phone interview with my senior manager, and my heart beat is still fast! this is one of the toughest interview i had out of the 4 formal interviews i had. HE REALLY TESTED ME! i was like when is this conversation gg to end???? while fighting hard to understand his super-ultimately strong indian accent and the constuction noise going on downstairs! his accent can just pass off like some background noise if i did not pay full attention to him. some of the questions he asked:
1. do you know the structure of PwC? (i got it correct for this, full marks!)
2. do you know the hirachy of PwC? (yep i did my research, socre points!)
3. what will you do if 2 managers come to u same day same time to ask for things to be done and its humanly impossible to finish it by the same deadline? (i wished i could say all things are possible with God!)
4. what big events have you been involved before? what if 2 different partcipating organisations come to you on the day of event and told you that they are unhappy about the arrangement and they insist their way, what will you do? (haha TOO BAD! (i didnt say that) i gave a professional standard answer about explaining to them the win-win situation and how each other can benefit fr the project)
5. what kind of questions will you ask if you were to audit a bank? (HUH! im not applying for accountant position leh. and the question is so vague. but i think i gave a good answer for this. i replied: i will first asked my superiors and colleagues about their past experiences with the bank, what are some of the common and usual needs this bank might have and ensure that i can provide a consistent service to the bank tru meeting their needs to build a long-lasting relationship with between them and our company (yep OUR, confessing that i can get in!)
6. how do you handle stress? (i said i run and jog! hahahahhaha)
7. what is your definition of client portfolio, audit, data analysis? (i wished i could have time to wiki the standard meaning of it on my laptop! but he commented me for the part on data analysis. prouding myself to be a science student. data analysis = not taking data for granted, but to understand how the numbers speak and from there, begin to foresee and predict that are the possible situations might happen in the time to come )
phew im just glad that its over. he bombarding me with so many questions in 35mins with no punctuations in between. meeting him in person tml and meeting his BOSS tml! a woman! hope its better...
still managing my expectations. dont want to have too high hope on it first. adam khoo interview that day was good. and the pay is ATTRACTIVE! hopefully he will call me up this week soon. (PS: Adam khoo himself didnt interview me, his managing director did)
pray for me pls =)
