Invitation for Interview at KNPC – Real or Surreal??

Dear friends,

We have recieved emails from fellow Malaysians in Malaysia who have been offered interview with KNPC in Kuwait. However, the conditions of this interview invitation are:

1. Option 1 – candidate to pay all the expenses (flight, accomodation etc) themselves and then KNPC will reimburse when the interview is finished.
2. Option 2 – KNPC will send them the ticket and book the hotel BUT they need to deposit USD520 to an account as a refundable security deposit. This will be refundable after the interview.

It gets more interesting…

1. The candidate has been asked to credit an account in Public Bank in Malaysia under the name of Jamilah Abu Bakar.
2. The invitation for the interview was sent via email but there is no name given only the position.
3. The candidate is called (unindentified call ID) by a person (with Arabic English accent) asking the candidate to credit the money to the account who they claimed to be their representative in Malaysia.

A word of caution..

It is interesting to see that interviews are being sent out via nameless emails asking potential candidates to deposit funds into a Malaysian account for a company in Kuwait. Moreover, KNPC, who is one of the largest company in Kuwait, could only afford an individual as their agent but yet it is not this local agent that call the local candidates….hmm interesting.

From our personal and friends’ experience, employers in the Gulf pays all cost involved in bringing a candidate for an interview which include tickets, accomodation, transport and meals. We have not come accross any employers in the Gulf that have this policy of refundable deposit. Alternatively, there have been instances where employers went to Malaysia for an interview…that has happened.

Last thoughts to ponder….

The invitation for the interview may well be genuine..but with all this, all I can advise on a personal level…  please be cautious...do not credit any refundable deposit to anybody as you might not see that money again….If this is genuine then they will pay to interview you since they want you to work for them. In the words of Chef Skinner in Ratatouille….ALL THIS IS HIGHLY SUSPECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!