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Just want to let you guys know that I’m still alive, and so is the blog.

Does this means that there are going to be a full blown update soon? Maybe I’ll post an update after Wordpress 2.80 release. Hehe…

The pass/fail result for my final exam is out:

I’m happy that I passed all the subjects. I can’t imagine how to explain to my boss if I failed a subject and have to take a supplementary paper / repeat a subject. +_+;

I’m a bit dissapointed though as my final CGPA is 0.015 points below my expectation.

I just got back from my first day at Dell and I was exhausted!

I had a full day 9am – 5pm orientation and it was tiring. During my internship, the orientation lasted for like … 2 hours?

After the orientation, I have to rush to meet my boss as he has to leave at 6pm to conduct an interview (he’s still looking for new hire for our team). I got to know my team members, and I have to go to work on normal weekdays shift for this month as my trainers are working normal weekdays shift. I will only start working weekend shifts starting next month.

I met some old faces after the orientation. They all seems surprised to see me report for work less than a week after my interview. Yes, they knew that I had my interview last week. I told a friend there that I was going for the interview, and apparently she told everybody. +_+;

Bad news, my laptop (Dell’s permanent staff gets their own laptop for work) is not ready yet. HR offered me the job last Thursday and I accepted the offer on the spot, but HR informed my boss that I accepted the offer on the next day, Friday which caused the delay in ordering the laptop for me. +_+;

Because of that, and my training only starts on Wednesday, my boss gave me a day off tomorrow. Woohoo! I see my boss as a very friendly and flexible person. Weekdays working hour is from 8am – 5pm, but since the training will only start at 10am, he gave me the flexibility to show up at work on 10am.

I think I’m going to love working under his supervision. XD

As some of you already know, I already got a job at Dell Cyberjaya as an Application Analyst.

No, just because I’m an ex-intern at Dell doesn’t automatically mean that I got the job because I have to go through interview sessions just like everybody else. There are 2 stages that I have to go through, a phone interview and then a face to face interview.

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TIMELINE

15^th December 2008

I contacted my internship supervisor and informed her that I’m going to finish my final exam in 3 weeks, and asked her if there’s any vacancy available at Dell Cyberjaya.

19^th December 2008

She messaged me and informed that there are several vacancies for Application Analyst and asked whether I’m interested to apply for that position. Of course I said yes. I assume that she submitted my application on 22^nd December as 20^th and 21^st falls on weekend.

9^th January 2009

A representative from Dell’s HR called me and arranged for a phone interview on 13^th January.

12^th January 2009

The HR representative called me again and informed me that the interview has been rescheduled a day earlier (it’s now on 12^th!) as the interviewer can’t make it on the 13^th.

The interview session was okay. There are 2 interviewers, and I was told that IF I was hired, any one of them could be my boss. I was expecting the session to go for around 30 minutes but it went on for nearly an hour. My hand was cramping from holding the phone for so long. +_+;

At the end of the interview, I was told that if I was shortlisted, I have to come for a Face to Face interview session.

13^th January 2009

I got a call from HR representative informing that I have to go for a Face to Face interview on 4:30pm, 14^th January.

14^th January 2009

I went to the interview. They are 2 interviewers and they are the same guys who conducted the phone interview 2 days ago. They didn’t really ask that many questions as most of the questions have been asked in detail during the phone interview.

The interview session lasted for around 20 minutes. At the end of the interview, I was told that they’re going to decide whether they’re going to hire me or not on that very day and inform the HR department straightaway. They informed me that I will know the result in a few days.

15^th January 2009

I got a call from HR saying that I got the job and I have to start working on the 19^th January 2009. That was quick. +_+;

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So, what are my responsibilities? In short, my job is to support applications used inside Dell and my team are responsible for applications that are used in manufacturing Dell’s product. If an application had a problem, I have to analyse the problem, find the root cause, and then fix it.

Why I call it my dream job? I only have to work 3 days a week! My working days are Saturday – Monday (and the last Friday of the month), 8am – 9pm.

The downside is I have to work on weekend and have to work 13 hours a day, but I rather work long hours than having to come to work 5 days a week.

The benefit of working this shift is having 4 days off a week. I can do whatever I want on my off days such as taking some courses / certification, do freelance jobs, or finish that latest videogames.

The salary offered is what I’ve expected. Benefits that I got are what you’ve come to expect nowadays; petrol allowance, food allowance, medical benefit, EPF, contractual bonus, performance bonus, laptop (depending on your department), and of course staff price for purchasing Dell’s products. We’re only limited to 3 purchases (at staff price) per year though.

I can’t wait to start my job! XD

I’ve finished 2 out of 3 final papers. The last paper will be on Saturday 9am.

I got a job interview at Dell this Saturday (same day as my final “final paper”) and I’m feeling really nervous. For sure I can’t concentrate answering my paper on that day. +_+;

Does being a Dell’s ex-intern give me an advantage over the other candidate? I hope so.

2 days+ till graduation…