I applied online. I interviewed at Lister-Petter (Dubai)
Interview
You get called to attend the company's offices and you get interviewed by THE ONLY human resource employee of the whole institution. Basically, they just want you to accept a salary that is comparatively much lower than the average in Dubai. They use the trick of wanting fresh-graduates because they know they will not generate many problems due to their lack of experience and would therefore be easier to hadle.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Lister-Petter (Dursley, England) in Nov 2009
Interview
I attended an interview on November 3, 2009; it went very well and at the conclusion, I was told the pay banding on offer and asked what salary I would expect. Subsequent to that, I had a call from the agent and was asked if there was any flexibility on salary; I was aware there was another equally strong candidate. I advised the agent that I would drop a certain percentage and waited to hear back in the few days promised.
After a long silence, I chased the agent and was informed that the interviewing manager and Head of Engineering, Trueman Hart, was off with swine flu and that they would get back to me. On November 27, I contacted the agent again and was told that he had returned to work.
I never heard from the agent or from Lister-Petter again.
Best avoided altogether.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The chief concern was technical competences regarding document management.