Sunday, November 14, 2010

Career in Manila (UPDATED) - APRIL~

Time – Company – Position Applied - Results
-Comments 

October 26, 2010 (Tuesday)

1pm - SLI (Software Laboratories Inc.) – JAVA TRAINEE - EXAM (FAILED
- The hell! I can't even understand the second exam about flowcharts etc. It's the first time I encountered an exam like this @_@ The place is located at Vicente Madrigal Building (5th floor) beside PB Com Tower in Makati.

6pm - HP (Hewlett Packard) – SAP/JAVA - 1st Interview
- An open house job opening located in Robinson Summit Makati (34th floor). I'm with Kuya Olivier. He invited me to apply. We finished around 7pm. My interview went so smooth because the interviewee liked me :)

October 27, 2010 (Wednesday)

3:30pm – Xurpas Inc. – JAVA DEVELOPER – Interview + EXAM (FAILED)
- Another interview with the main heads of the office. Then a JAVA Exam afterwards, which I (again) humiliate myself for not finishing the simple test. Ack, I forgot kasi! -_-

October 29, 2010 (Friday)

10am - MSI-ECS - Sent an email to them. (REJECTED)
- It is located in Libis Street, Quezon City. It's far period.


9am - A Call Center Company (Forgot the name) - (REJECTED)
- Time conflict with Accenture. And a Call Center?!

8am - Infoman Inc. - Computer Programmer – EXAM (FAILED)
- Did not finish the exam. Out of 100 items I only answered 62 questions for approximately 1 hour of the alloted time.

November 2, 2010 (Tuesday)

9am - Jobstreet SELECT! - Technical Support Representative (REJECTED)
- Time conflict with Accenture. Less priority

10am – Accenture – Associate Software Engineer EXAM (PASSED)
- Applied through Jobstreet and Kuya Jabey helped me locate the Accenture Office in Forum Robinson at Boni Avenue. Funny thing that happened here is that I got the wrong exam first! Managerial Exam to think lol
It was 12nn. Ate my lunch and returned to the office. This time, I finally got the exam for the position I'm applying for and passed it with flying colors.

November 4, 2010 (Thursday)

8am – RCG IT – Form Developer - EXAM (?) – to be follow up
- Almost the same exam with Infoman, but this time, it has more items = bloodier. Pretty finished up everything before time's up. Still no sign of the results.

November 5, 2010 (Friday)

9am – Pointwest Technology – IT Trainee – EXAM (FAILED)
- THE HARDEST EXAM I every encountered throughout my CS Life. WTH! Ok no need to explain why I fail. hardvard exam+pit /nusblid

November 8, 2010 (Monday)

6pm – HP (Hewlett Packard) – N/A – 2nd Interview – (FAILED?)
- Second Interview in McKinley Hill. Interviewed by Ms. Farah Mayo. So far so good with the negotiation. Hoping for a response. - Received an email regarding my status that they still considered my application, but not yet suitable for the work. (Maybe because I am late during the interview? or not familiar with the place? =_=)


November 9, 2010 (Tuesday)

1pm – Spi Global – Software Engineer – EXAM – follow up - (FAILED)
- Same exam I got from previous companies. I thought I will pass. No idea what happened.

November 16, 2010 (Tuesday)

9am - MiSys - Associate Software Engineering - EXAM - (REJECTED)
- Time conflict with ACN. The exam will took for about 6 hours.

2:30pm - Accenture - Associate Software Engineering - Initial Interview

November 16, 2010 (Tuesday)


11am - Accenture - Associate Software Engineering - Initial Interview *MOVED*

November 17, 2010 (Wednesday)

10am - Accenture - Associate Software Engineering - Job Offer

November 17, 2010 (Thursday)

2pm Accenture - Requirements Passed


November 30, 2010 (Tuesday)

8am - NJO (New Joiners Orientation) - until now, I am happy with Accenture. Also my first job! ^__^


Jobs Waiting In Iloilo:

SM City ILOILO - IT Associate
Texted me 2 weeks saying that I need to go back tomorrow for an interview. My reaction? THE HELL!

Virtual Assistant Technology - Website Developer
Called me 2 weeks ago saying the I can start my work next week Wednesday.

My reaction?












Sh**t things usually happens right? I'm already in Manila and all of the companies I've applied in Iloilo called me! Very ironic isn't it?



No Updates/Kept for Reference

SGV & Co. - IT Associate - Risk and Assurance

Misys Philippines, Inc. - JAVA Associate Software Engineer

Sandman Software Systems Inc. - SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS (VB, ASP with JAVASCRIPT and SQL Background)

Lawson Software - Associate Software Engineer, Systems - Java

Infostructure Systems & Consulting Corporation - Apprentice/Software Specialist (Fresh Grad ComSci/ComEng'g)

Seawolf Information Systems, Corp.  - JUNIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS (PHP, MYSQL, PostgreSQL, Java)

Under Consideration

Toplogic Consulting Corporation - Software Technical Support / Project Coordinator - this one texted me if I am available for the position, they even offered me as a Project Supervisor oha! With my bond with Accenture, I didn't replied.

Trend Micro Inc. - Consumer Support Engineer -Level 1

80% of this came from jobstreet. HP is the one I applied for the open house Job Opening with Kuya Oliver and RCG IT was recommended by my Tito.

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UPDATED Guys~




It's good to see that I was able to help someone by reading my post regarding there journey of applying hehe. I know I didn't give much detail about some interviews/exams I got, but you can still email me. My schedule is kinda hectic that's why this is the only time I have updated my post.

5 comments:

Kath said...

hi! i've read your posts. ask ko lang kung may programming ba yung exam sa spi? soft.engr.? thanks. magtake kasi ko tomorrow. :)

Anonymous said...

kuya, ano po klase exam sa Xurpus?? Hands-on ba? Pwede hingi clue... cge na po..

Unknown said...

hi.. anu pong type ng exam sa RCG? thanks..

Rayster said...

@Kath, depende po sa position na kukunin niyo ang exams.

@Anonymous, Yeap Hands-on siya. Like JAVA, kung marunong ka icoco-code mo yung program agad XD

@lady toni, I've replied sa email mo. Sana di pa late..

Anyway sorry late lang ako nakapagreply hehe. Will update this post nalang.

Unknown said...

hi kuya. ano po yung first exam sa Software Laboratories Inc? Thank you po! :) tsaka panong flowchart po? ggwa k ng flowchart gnun?