Tuesday, March 3, 2009

The flaw in the system

i've been really discontented for the last few days is all because of bias.

okay, thing's like this. All computer science/IT students must go for their 6 months industrial training after current semester. Forms were filled, resume was submitted. i've selected some of the companies that i'm interested in, eg. HSBC, Accenture, Swisslog and Silverlake. Of course, the pays vary with RM1387, RM1000, RM1000 and RM 600 respectively.

Last December i was assigned for an interview with Swisslog. i was kinda disappointed that i never managed to land the job, but ck-san and another 3 Information system engineering students got the job offer. NEVERMIND!
Then i was hoping that they(the lecturers) could assign me to HSBC or Accenture. Few days later, Accenture was removed from the industrial training list. Reason unknown. NEVERMIND!
i cleared my minds, set my sights on getting a job at HSBC.
To my amazement, few days later, i was informed that they have arranged an interview for me with Silverlake, the banking software giant in Malaysia [ they provide the systems for 2 of 3 Singapore's banks, UOB bank, OCBC Bank ].
after a stress-free interview, they have offered me the job offer. Of course, i accepted it with haste. As Hokkien always say, "Get the prawns when fishes are unavailable"
In addition, i realized something, they were never going to assign me to HSBC. This is due to that the interviewee shortlist for HSBC appeared 1 day after i received the notification to go to Silverlake. DARN!

Now, you must be wondering why i say that it is a flaw. 1 simple reason, Requirements.
HSBC, Accenture and Swisslog require students that have achieved more than 3.0 CGPA. i'm not being proud here, but i certainly have the credentials to go to one of these companies. 3.924 CGPA for diploma and 3.75 CGPA for advance diploma. im still wondering why am i not being assigned to HSBC. Instead, they assigned 1 of the girls in my course to go for the interview, and she didnt get the job offer.

GERAM SIAL! RM 1387 and RM 600 have quite a huge gap in between.

Bias created all of these. The lecturer who is responsible for all these assignments taught the whole Information System Engineering course. Thus, she knows all of her students very well. and, of course, if you're a lecturer who know your students well, you will certainly send the best ones to all the top companies. Human are indeed selfish.

1 comment:

  1. lol, well...
    Silverlake is fun and all the best in what u want...

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