Below is the post i posted on one of the local forum after I went for an interview. Shared my thoughts on how i felt that's all. And yesterday, while going for tuition, I received a call from a company, asking if I was the one who posted it. It got me thinking if there was any sort of defamation involved and should I really take it down. Of cos the easy way out is to just do it to avoid any potential trouble.. But does our society permit free of speech ? The line to draw between freedom of speech and thought per se, is a rather thin line when compared to defamation. This lead me to ask ard lawyer frens and the laws concerning defamation.

"hey, I went down for the interview this afternoon and I found it very dubious. ( hence registered to see what's written here )

The interview began with the usual form filling application and thereafter asked me to read a book with success stories of people from rag to riches, saying the HR director will discuss with me on the stories later. The interview was really get to know me session, asking abt the background, career objectives, personality etc. When I tried to ask questions on what are the positions available, the reply was there are front office, middle office and back office operation, proding further, no genuine answer was given and I was led away to other questions.

The HR director also said that they are a subsidary of OCBC, which I can find nothing from OCBC nor the http://www.pgpivotal.com/ website. When asked further on the career path within the company, she say need to see which area I'll be more suitable in, and they will decide whether to place me. As I mentioned that I'm interested in consumer banking, she said that the position would involve selling of bank products and at times, insurance may be involved if the client requires it.

The whole feeling of the interview felt a bit weird, and the interview room was not even well partitioned, with one half sliding door separating the 2 tables. Could hear clearly what the other interviewee was saying.

Oh yah, I got the random call from them, when I didn't even apply to it. Plus they don't have my resumes/ qualifications and they called me for it. Weird, dubious, funny, whatever..

Too many loopholes and I'm totally not convinced. "

From the info I gathered, talking about feelings and pointing out experiences is not considered defamation, as such is being mentioned above. If at any point finger is pointed at the company, making falseful accusation and accusing them of something that they didn't do or which may damage their reputation, then I would be held accountable and need to justify the claims I made.

So there is still freedom of speech, but to the degree it's being accepted I guess it's really a bit hard to tell at times. Talking about anything on the net is dangerous cos you never know who may be reading it. At the very least I know my blog is locked and it's just my own thoughts not meant to be broadcasted.

Would I be involved in a situation where I need to be forced to take down the post? I'm not sure, at least I don't think there's any element within it that makes it sound like defamation. The word dubious is not meant to refer to the company, it was meant to refer to the interview process. If others choose to think other wise, perhaps they already felt something was wrong from the onset and thus have that feeling implanted from within.