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Playbook · Getting Hired
The take-home assignment: build the answer, not the document
More processes now send candidates home with a brief. The ones who pass treat it as a work sample with a reader, not a school project with a page count.
6 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
Explainer · Getting Hired
Group discussions: the assessors are not counting who was right
The leaderless group discussion is the most misunderstood stage in Indonesian graduate recruitment. The topic is a prop; the clipboard is tallying behaviours. Here is the list.
2 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Playbook · Getting Hired
"What is your expected salary?" is a fit check, not a negotiation
The question arrives at the HR screen, long before anyone has decided to hire you. A researched range, stated as gross and said once, is the whole answer. Everything else waits for the offer.
27 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Explainer · Getting Hired
References and background checks: what is verified, and what to prepare
The last stage is the quietest. Employers confirm the facts you gave and ask one or two people how you actually were. Nothing here is a trick; everything here rewards having told the truth earlier.
23 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
Playbook · Getting Hired
The first 90 days of a job search, planned like a project
Most searches fail from sequence, not effort: applications sent before the materials are ready, interviews taken before the practice. Here is the order that works.
14 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
Explainer · Getting Hired
What an ATS actually does with your CV
Half the advice about applicant tracking systems describes software that does not exist. What the screening layer really is, and the three failures that are actually yours to fix.
10 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
Playbook · Getting Hired
The case interview, dissected
Consulting-style cases feel like intelligence tests. They are actually structure tests, and structure is learnable in weeks, not years.
28 Jul 2026 · 6 min read