[coolgirl]

freeier, that's quite unique, they never saw you and gave you an offer! You must be really good, hehehe...

In my case, I had first round over the phone, then they flew me over to HK for several rounds in a day. (they wore me out - 6 rounds in a day, flew in at an early morning flight, took the last flight out, arrived home at 1am.) Then I did another conference call with the big boss, got the offer by DHL and waited till my work visa came through. Then they flew me over to start work.

brat, yep it is practical that you fly here once the work visa is already approved, since technically you cannot work without it anyway.

[coolgirl]

Originally Posted by nation

Haha cool . Teach them Singlish. A tonne more character and flavour than boring old English

Honestly though I'm not particularly fond of Singlish, my experience working with SG colleagues is that their English is actually quite good, particularly the grammar...

[freeier]

Originally Posted by coolgirl

freeier, that's quite unique, they never saw you and gave you an offer! You must be really good, hehehe...

In my case, I had first round over the phone, then they flew me over to HK for several rounds in a day. (they wore me out - 6 rounds in a day, flew in at an early morning flight, took the last flight out, arrived home at 1am.) Then I did another conference call with the big boss, got the offer by DHL and waited till my work visa came through. Then they flew me over to start work.

brat, yep it is practical that you fly here once the work visa is already approved, since technically you cannot work without it anyway.

nah, there was just a major shortage of ppl in this industry and they want it done before i catch some other similarly crappy offers... now i guess they can't wait to get rid of useless me.. 8-X

[brat]

Originally Posted by coolgirl

Honestly though I'm not particularly fond of Singlish, my experience working with SG colleagues is that their English is actually quite good, particularly the grammar...

Singlish is infectious, I sometimes find myself speaking in the same manner as my SG colleagues without realizing it. Makes it easier for them to understand me too. I do have colleagues with perfect grammar though. Their English is quite good.

[brat]

Originally Posted by coolgirl

freeier, that's quite unique, they never saw you and gave you an offer! You must be really good, hehehe...

In my case, I had first round over the phone, then they flew me over to HK for several rounds in a day. (they wore me out - 6 rounds in a day, flew in at an early morning flight, took the last flight out, arrived home at 1am.) Then I did another conference call with the big boss, got the offer by DHL and waited till my work visa came through. Then they flew me over to start work.

brat, yep it is practical that you fly here once the work visa is already approved, since technically you cannot work without it anyway.

i share the same experience as freeier. they have never seen me either. just 1 phone call to find out more about me from future superior, an email, a call from HR with offer, followed by a contract. Pretty simple actually. The hardest part is really the visa wait. I'm dying to go to HK! But i guess, this is best, gives me time to freelance for a bit

[Kopi C]

The fault does not always lie with the Immigration Dept. My previous employer sat on the paperwork for two months until I called to ask if he has heard from the Immigration Dept. He lied to me that it has been submitted weeks ago and blamed the Dept for being inefficient. I later found out from the secretary that the documents were submitted three weeks prior to my arrival. The approval came on the same day when I flew in. So in reality, it only took the Immigration Dept three weeks to approve the visa.

[brat]

Just got word, the visa's been approved =)

[sorciere]

Congratulations brat!

[sunniefaith]

Congrats Brat! You must be over the moon!

[brat]

Thanks Guys!
I'm soo relieved. Now I can finish the rest of my projects in ease