Saturday, November 2, 2013

Getting a Job in Netccentric.

It was 2 weeks back when i got invited to attend an interview in Netccentric.

There are few companies that are really famous under Netccentric in Malaysia which is Nuffnang and ChurpChurp. Nuffnang is doing blog advertising for blogger while ChurpChurp is a social media platform. 

My jobstreet resume status is not actively looking for job. So one afternoon, Netccentric called me when I was in the toilet. It was a coincidence. The HR Executive called and asked me whether I heard of Nuffnang or not. Of course yes. So she invited me to attend for an interview. Actually I don't plan to change job because i feel quite comfortable working at my current company. However, its Nuffnang. I had started using this website before i came to KL. And now they wanted to interview me, of course i gonna grab this opportunity.

So the interview date and time had been arranged to the time which is after work. However, i reached earlier by half hour and waited in the room. So the interviewer came in and i intro-ed myself. After a short introduction, i showed my resume that i printed out from jobstreet... Since the resume is available there, i didn't make one on my own. 

So after viewing my resume, he tested my technical skill. He asked me to write a function on the spot. I wrote it but its quite messy. It is a very hard question if you don't have a very good basic. And after the first question, he asked another question and this time i solved it easily. 

He told me we will keep in touch again. At that time, I feel very happy because it seems like the interviewer is really interested in me. 

So i waited for a week and they finally called me. The person in charge, which is a girl, asked me to send 2 referral name from my current company and previous company to her. So i sent it. 

That night, i go back home and sleep and dreamt about being offered by the company. In my dream, they offer me RM300 higher than my expected salary. I am very happy that it happened. I thought it will happen in real life. Or they might offer me even higher than what i had dreamt of.

So the next day she called me and told me that they will offer me the job but with a salary that I don't feel satisfied with which is 200 less than my expected salary. I had calculated everything before i went for interview. The cost to go there is very high, and time consuming. If it didn't reach my expected salary, i will not go there for sure. Actually, my expected salary is really low since i need to travel far. I should have asked for higher because of the transportation problem. 

I rejected the offer however she called me back and told me they had discussed and finally can offer me my expected salary. 

So i printed my resignation letter and my offer letter from Nuffnang. I bring everything to the discussion room and meet with my team leader. I tell him everything, from the start until the end and about my calculation of everything. He bring in the Managing Director and the Executive Director. Both of them are very nice to me.

In the end, they successfully convince me to stay by promising something good will happen. I believe them because it is their promise. If they didn't keep their promise, it wont be too late to resign by then.

I also don't feel to leave the company when the version 3 is under development. 85% of the back end code is done by me. I want to watch the baby grow. See how well it works with other department to earn money. The function that the company use to earn money currently, almost all of the back end code is done by me. I can say is about 95%. The front end code is done by one of my colleagues alone. Basically it's like 2 men show. Team lead who are experienced will only review the code and do some minor minor changes while the senior developer who just came in is still on the phase of picking up.

So the conclusion is, i rejected the offer. I feel a bit sorry for Netccentric especially the HR executive that had been questioned by me about everything of the company. I am really really sorry. 

I hope there is a chance to work together in future. Wish everything will go well there. Again, thank you very much to Netccentric for a wonderful experience :)

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