I got this job ads through Fastjob, and the person in charge to deliver the interview session message whatsapp me in an hour. So they will conduct two interview sessions in a day. There’s nothing out of the ordinary at first until I checked google review and glassdoor how horrible is the rate. But I didn’t raise any suspicion just yet. I did check their website as well and their parent company I think called Optima something... IDK it sounds shady to me because the text that I got is exactly the same as what people had reviewed in Google and Glassdoor. I don’t want to waste my time, so I canceled my appointment with them. I did asked them if their company is doing MLM? She replied no, they are not MLM. But if you check their website they did mention about collecting points and such. She explained to me that is for customer?she did explained earlier they are marketing solution provider. Yet it still sound suspicious to me. If you are doing marketing solution, why the social media is so empty. I dont know, hard to judge. I just leave it behind and move forward for other opportunities. Anyone read this, you can try and judge on your own.
I applied online. I interviewed at Outshinerz (Singapore) in Jan 2020
Interview
The HR personnel sent a long WhatsApp text of how the interview process is like. She made it look professional but when I researched about their company, it looked dubious.
The interview did not start on time. The first round of interview was with the director but it was only 3 mins long. There I realised that everyone who gets hired will have to do sales first before reaching the position that they supposedly put out in job sites. Basically, there is no such position - whichever position you applied for. I confirmed this with the group of people I was put with, they all applied for various positions but are all doing sales.
Second round of interview was supposedly with a team leader, but it was no interview at all. I was caught off guard when I learnt I had to go out and follow one of their “top salesperson” to do a B2B sales. Later I learnt that they use a form of MLM method - giving new hires to one of the people so they can have a team of their own - and that it is no B2B sales. It’s just going to hardware, convenience and spa/massage shops to sell to whoever that was in the shop, someone that looks like they had a potential to buy. It was clearly mentioned during the sales pitch that they were not selling the products to the shops for the shops to sell it to their customers. So if you had interest in doing what they do, you pass your second round and can proceed to the final interview back at the office. I did not so that was the end.
The whole interview process with the director only took 3 mins - only 1 question was asked. Total waiting time at the office was one hour. Another 1.5 hour was for tagging along to watch them do the door to door sales. In text, HR mentioned that interview will take 4 hours (10am to 2pm) inclusive of final interview.
I applied online. I interviewed at Outshinerz (Singapore) in Jul 2019
Interview
The title was completely different from the job scope. After a brief introduction of ourselves, we were tagged to full-timers to observe how they perform their daily job tasks. If they like you, they will ask you to come back to the office for a 2nd round of interview.