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[kishi_valora]

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I applied at a company for an accounting clerk position. They posted that I could just submit my resume at any of their branches or at their main office. So happened, I just live near the main office so I went there and submitted my resume. To my surprise, I was a bit discouraged the moment I entered their premises. I told myself, "I couldn't withstand it here." The office was secluded and the building didn't have a very good ventilation from natural light.
After a week and a half, they scheduled me for an initial interview at one of their branches. So I went there for my sake: to practice and hone myself in answering interview questions. And the experience discouraged me even more.

So the interview question started with the usual, describe yourself. It later lead on to a few more. And the part where I got hesitations went like this:

Interviewer: "Are you willing to work over-time? Say like 5hours. Or just 3 hours na lang. Without pay?"
Me: "That wouldn't work. Since that would be against the labor code."
Interviewer: "Say do it as a charity. And what if its the company's policy?"
Me: (Char answer. With a skeptic smile. Giving the interviewer what is needed to be heard)
"I guess I'll just charge it to experience then considering I still don't have any."
Interviewer: "Okay. So how much is your expected salary?"
Me: "The minimum of 9,500 to 10, 000"
Interviewer: "On a daily basis?"
Me: "Here in Cebu, about 305 pesos."
Interviewer: "What if it's below minimum? Uhm.." (interviewer was still thinking) "Say like 205 pesos?"
Me: "Again that would be against the labor code, and you do submit DOLE reports right?"
Interviewer: (Smiling in a perky manner) "Yes, we do."
Then came a few more questions.

After that interview, I really told myself I wouldn't attend the final interview. It was my first time to encounter such silly initial interview questions. It may just be a psyched style and to really see how determined an applicant is to work for the company. But that was way too much example. WHAT IF THEY'LL DO IT?

I did got a text scheduling me for a final interview at the main office, but I didn't reply for confirmation.

So if you were in my shoes, would you have attended the final interview?

[piepherain]

Depende, kay if i'm badly needed some work, agwanta lang me til kita ko nindot. but naa ko mga choices den na pako degree, ngita ko lain oi. bottom line, try to ask yourself. timbang-timbangi ang tanan nga angle den follow your instinct. advice lang n TS, naa sa imoha ang desisyon. peace

[Code Talker]

if wla na lain employer TS, sulod na lng ana na work ila e offer. if tinuod jud na OT TY (for charity) and below minimum ila daily rate, trabaho lng sa while looking for another better paying job. mka balihin na gani ka resign dayon. file dayon complaint sa NLRC National Labor Relations Commission (if you're in Cebu naa sa Capitol Site Fuente Osmeña Blvd atbang sa Anitas bakeshop) for constructive dismissal(tungod sa very poor working conditions, below minimum pay, OT TY) para mabayran ka sa minimum rate, plus unpaid OT, plus DAMAGES (kani moy dako). ofcourse it takes some time and energy on your part na medyo mahasol jud ka. you don't need to have a lawyer to file a complaint. ofcourse kung mo sukol ang employer(which is highly unlikely kay mas dako pa cla gasto mag kuha ug abogado mo atobang para nila kaysa bayaran imo gipangayo). opinion lng. good luck sa job hunting TS.

[THE KID]

oks ra nako ang offer bsta mag internet lang ko the whole day......

[DEMENTIA]

nah dli gyd ko mo tonga..grabe ra sad na ba..

[Light++]

Para sa ako, kung naa pa ko para pang survive sa usa ka buwan, pass lang sa ko ana. Pero kung wa na hapit gikaon, aw bisan pa na 150 ang adlaw sud jud ko. Total dili sad bitaw na hago. Dili ko degree holder ha. Wa gani ko TOR nga gigunitan.

Pero kung wa ko TOR and dili ko degree holder, d man pud ko maka abot sa initial interview. D na lang ko maghuna-huna ana. >.<

[olio]

TS, I think you should send them an email or reply to the text message and just say, you are already hired by another company (even if you are not) because no matter how disinterested we are in a particular company, circumstances may change in the future, either the company's policy changes or either we wanted to reapply (we'll never know)

always give room for change, both for the company and you, as an applicant. good luck!

[ondoy]

bsin strategy rto nla TS,naa mn company inana style pg interview..try lng continue,makita btaw na nimo sa contract if mao ba gyud na

[cloudduster]

They're hitting you below the belt. Granted they're submitting reports to DOLE, they must have 2 sets of payrolls, so they can get away with it. I'm not sure how desperate you are to land on a job right now, but if I were you, I'd ignore them. If employers could fire us, we could fire them too

[Sureno13]

If you really need a job Ts, you have to grab that for now then find another company while youre working. We dont know you might like that company or their policy will change. Make it a Temporary job.