<blockquote rel="glennc">@m0t0k0 congratulations sa visa grant and good luck sa job applications. Mukhang maraming job openings ngayong ganitong month lalo na sa Sydney. Sa Melbourne di ko masabi kasi nung 2014, 8 months akong naghanap ng java related jobs pero walang tumanggap sakin. Nag-move ako sa Sydney january last year then nakapagstart ako ng work nung March as contractor sa CBA. I'm in Dubai for a 3 month assignment and will be back to Sydney this week. I'll try to look for another company in case walang maibigay na client itong company ko pagbalik ko sa Australia.
Sa interview depende, minsan napakabasic ng questions, minsan detalye sa hanap nilang technology. May mga companies na kailangan mo mag take ng online exam (codility sa ING Direct, IKM assessment, etc) so pwede mo ipractice din yun. Meron take home coding assignment, yung iba meron combination of tech exams (java, sql, js, etc) na meron pang coding exam na may oras. May mga questions din about bank experience kung ano ginawa mo.
Ang tip lang, applyan lahat habang wala pang job offer. Goodluck!</blockquote>
thanks @glennc for sharing your experience. congrats on your CBA job, one of the big four banks in OZ! your setup is very much something I am dreaming of, where the job will send me as expat in different countries such as Dubai. Before getting my visa grant, I was trying to get a job in SG, as I visited it once for vacation and really liked the country, food and culture. But now that I have the PR visa, I suppose I will never get to try to work in SG (even just a year would have been great) and will be doing the big adventure to OZ in a few weeks.
As for the test, yeah I did take IKM last year for Commerz bank, one of the SG roles that I tried to apply, although did not push through as the company was waiting for me to visit the country to interview in person.
btw, sa Melbourne ba ndi ka nakahanap, and ung pag lipat sa Sydney was because mas maraming Java roles na hiring? if I may ask, ilang years na un experience mo in total? 🙂