sundaymorningstaple wrote:After 16 years here as a recruiter and HR Manager, I can probably tell you exactly what happened as it happens all too often. What you insinuated in your CV didn't measure up in your conversations at the interview. This often happens as most people tend to embellish their CV in order to try to sell themselves to get that all important 1st Interview. Problem is, if you have naught to back it up, you will soon be found out. This problem is very prevalent amongst Singaporeans and those from the subcontinent as well. If you aren't 100% with what you wrote, and get interviewed by the end user, you will be caught out for sure. On the otherhand, if your were interviewed by a run of the mill HR exec. then there is the possibility you got interviewed by an imbecile as most HR execs here couldn't interview themselves out of a wet paper bag.
Well, their final feedback was that they were going to keep me active for a more relevant position. I have to admit that I am younger than most others with my title in the US, so it might have been a stretch in Singapore. Also, my current pay package may have scared them off. That, combined with the fact that I am relatively younger for that position, may have taken me out of the pool. But like I said, they had all this information before the call. I was interviewed by the SVP (head of the division) and the senior HR manager (at the same time).
I have interviewed and have been interviewed numerous times and I believe I can tell when an interview goes well. The conversation was lively (no awkward moments) and friendly and it ended with them telling me to reach out to them if I had any questions at all. Now that I think about it, maybe this was never meant to be a serious interview, perhaps an informational interview. Hence their decision to keep my CV active for a more relevant position....?
