The premier event of last year was the day of my first job in Cagamas. Historically, being employed by cagamas was not the option that I looked for. Having to work there was the life twist on me.
I received the call from cagamas asking me to go for interview on Thursday 14February2008. After hang up the phone, I just sat awhile then start thinking,”when the heck I applied for the post? What is cagamas?”Then I remembered it was lutfi amri who clicked on my behalf for that post through jobstreet. Thanks to him I got this job, thanks Upi! This was my first formal interview since I graduated December 2007. Having not much experience, I gambled myself and went to the interview. As I expected, the interview was suck, so bad that I felt down after the interview. Feel the intimidation of more experience candidates on that day; I pessimistically say I will not get that job. It’s ok I don’t want it anyway.
The next day on 9 am, my handphone rang, my boss (no yet that time) called offered me the job. I was so surprised because the interview was suck and even my boss agreed with that. I surprisingly declined the offer, look stupid is it?? I declined because I want to pursue Islamic banking instead working with Cagamas which is mix between Islamic and conventional, that my interest. Then my boss sort of persuaded me to accept it and he offered me to maintain full set of Islamic account in Cagamas (which is not supposed to be my job description offered). Furthermore, he offered me to continue my study. These really caught my interest, then without hesitation I accept it. I accepted to attend the second interview. This second interview was meant for HR to determine whether I suited for the job on the human resource perspective. The Second interview was 1 vs. 1 interview which I have to fight with another one candidate. My boss said the HR will call you within two weeks, if no call means you are not selected. So, I’ve waited for almost 2 weeks and I felt that I’ve been rejected so I went to another interview with Perodua which was the 2days before the 2 weeks time elapsed.
Then on that day (interview of Perodua) somebody from Cagamas called me and asking to accept the job. I wondered where is second interview? Then I notified that the other candidate withdrawn himself. So lucky me. Upon the acceptance of the job, I needed to do my medical check up on the next day. Come to my surprise, the medical check up showed the suspicion in my tiroid hormone, so I needed to further check up on that. The issue of the tiroid has hit me so much as I never expected to have this issue in the first place as I believe I practice healthy lifestyle. At this moment Cagamas has doubted to employ me. I felt down awhile, I’m grateful as all my friends supported me especially nasrul who companied me to the hospital and gave his full support on everything. Thanks pal! The further check up showed that it was false alarm and I don’t have the issue of the tiroid. Alhamdulilah. Finally I’ve got the job and now still on the job.
I expressed my gratitude to Allah, my family and my friends who has supported me from the beginning of the process until the end. The rezeki is on the hand of the Allah, if you are destined to work there you will, we human just plan but Allah is the one who make it happen or not.
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