Interviewing for PTK's exam

Alhamdulillah managed to complete the interview earlier today. Anis got some briefing tonight so got to give her some break la right. I was appointed as the panellist for the support staff PTK's interview again and this this was paired with Anis. My second time and I have learnt so much from it. I guess I have become much more compassionate towards the candidates. Not all la but been given way too many markah belas kasihan. Hehehe....

On Monday it was for the drivers. Since almost all can answers the question given, the marks given were quite high. Nothing specials on the first day except for a driver from one of our agency. He's an Orang Asli and yet he can memorize the ministry vision and mission statement. Memang sangat mengkagumkan ok. Even I myself can't memorize the mission statement. It shows that he comes in well prepared. Good job ok. The session ended around 5pm and both of us already exhausted for on the first day itself we interviewed more than 20 candidates.

On Tuesday it was the Pekerja Rendah Awam turn. Majority of the PRA that were interviewed yesterday are Orang Asli. Basically they do the labour works like trimming the grass and gardening. When asked to describe their daily job, the answers given would be, "tugas saya potong rumput, cuci longkang, cuci tandas, siram bunga bla..bla..bla..". Aduh kesian betul kan. I ni memang cukup lemah kalau dengar orang buat tugas buruh kasar ni. Cepat je simpati. Rasa macam kesian sangat. Especially for those yang quite old already. There's one candidate. Born in 1955 and started working in February 1978. I was not even born yet ok. He's work; tukang sapu. Mak aih rasa sebak bila dengar. Entah apa-apa je I ni kan. Psiko... Of course when you asked some general knowledge, these people will not know most of the things around them. They are too old already to come back again so bagi lulus ajelah. Like I said, banyak bagi markah belas kasihan aje. If nak ikutkan my standard, ramai je yang akan fail. Tapi kesian ok..kesian...

And then one candidates told me that he came in unprepared because he was so sick before. Coma for 3 days due to bleeding dengue fever and his family thought he's a gone case already. Alhamdulillah umurnya dipanjangkan. And he looks quite old for his age because he did all the heavy duty labour job since ages ago. Dulu keja buruh kat pelantar minyak pastu keje buat kapal and since 5 years ago keje gardener at one of the agency. He can't work too far from home sebab wife dah meninggal and ada twin daughter aged 5 years. Besides his gardening work, he got partime job as tukang rumah. Got to work hard to support the children. Imagine bila kena dengar semua ni? Tak ke sedih hati ni. Terus tak tau nak tanya apa. Anis pun sama.

So basically hari yang kedua adalah hari yang agak menyedihkan. Siap terfikir lagi, interviewing this kind of people is very emotionally challenging. Nak-nak kalau ada yang merayu-rayu tu... Serius tak sampai hati ok. Tak banyak sikit mesti kasi marks punya lah. Tapi ada jugak yang kelakar. One of the candidates said, "Cuci tandas guna Axion lah". Axion??? "Eh silap. ZIP". Hahaha.....

And today adalah turn Pembantu Am Pejabat or PAP and drivers, PRAs and PAPs yang mengambil PTK 2 dan 3. Seronok juga interview yang ambil PTK 2 dan 3 ni sebab almost all dah senior and banyaklah boleh tanya or belajar. Bincang pun ya jugak. Ada satu team of 3 drivers tu memang sangat best sampai tak sedar masa berlalu. Bukan best sebab tanya soalan tapi sebab bagi explanantion panjang lebar. Almost all things yang ditanya diorang tak tau so terpaksa la explain. Mostly pasal cuti dan elaun la. Kelakar betul. "Ooooo ye ke? Kami tak tau pun sebelum ni. Tak pernah dengar pun." Hehehe... sabar je lah. Tu pasal kena baca PKPA tu ye encik-encik semua.

Our last candidates adalah yang terbest sekali. Save the best for last gitu. He's 55 years old and already been in the service for 40 years. Lama gila ok. Masuk keje umur 14 tahun. But I salute this man for his principles. I learnt a lot from him. Dah bukan macam interview but macam open discussion. Overall it ended very well. Good experience to me and Anis. Kena bersyukur with our life now sebab ramai lagi yang lebih teruk. Anis siap cakap,"Muka kau ni macam kaunselor ke? Semua nak cerita kat kau" Hehehe.... entah la labu, memang macam tu dari dulu. Memang minat nak jadi kaunselor tapi terjadi PTD pulak. Hehehe..... 

Anyway thanks to HR for this oppurtunity. Nice working with you guys and thanks for the nice meals too. Sangat sedap ok. Lenkali kalau ada peluang silalah offer lagi ye. Hehehe....