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Cleopatra wrote:

picky eh? lol

No.. but without the 'p' it was HEL ful. That didn't sound too positive

Alliecat wrote:

Okay, I'll share.聽

I had a telephone interview.聽 They asked me normal interview questions.聽 I asked them normal interview questions.

Then we hung up.

That's all there was to it.

My interview went along the lines of Allie.聽 I spoke on the phone to folks here while I was in the states.聽 Simple enough questions.聽 Interviewed lasted about 15 minutes, mostly just for them to feel comfortable that I had the experience and quals put forth by my paperwork.聽 15 minutes was a breeze, I typically had 3-5 hours interviews.聽 If you are an expat, your credentials speak for themselves and it should only be a matter of course for them to simply judge your personality and that indeed you possess the background you say you have on paper.聽 Easiest interivew ever to get here.聽 Now the paperwork was a different story.

Cleopatra wrote:

well any decent company here makes sure the candidates are interviewed ( it might not be in the kingdom but it wouldn't  harm if ppl share -regardless of the location!!)

I have seen most Saudi companies don聮t arrange the direct interviews and rely on the fellow sponsor to give them the best resources and the sponsors depends on the referral system for their resources.

Even if they arranges a direct Interview, its just  a 15 to 30 minutes more of a talk to know about you as a person and the interest to move to Saudi is more important than the expertise you have in that job as most expats had technical and academic degrees back home and hence have seen a lot of personal interest questions faced by a lot of candidates rather than more technical.

Alliecat wrote:

But you hold a Saudi passport, don't you, ziad?聽

So that isn't actually an 'expat' experience.

Alliecat wrote:

Actually, ziad, we've had a lot of good Saudi friends on this forum, people who have been friendly, helpful and a great source of information.聽

However, there's recent animosity here due to Saudi's hijacking and trolling the forum.聽 Not that you are doing that, but my comment was a reminder that this particular thread (begun by a National) is inconsequential to the people who the blog is intended for; ie. expats.聽

Think of it this way:聽 if I went to a blog devoted to, say, cars and began posting about something irrelevant to cars.. say, my cat.. well, would it be appreciated by the car buffs?