PETALING JAYA: Eager jobseekers flocked to a job interview held by US electric vehicle manufacturer, Tesla, in Cyberjaya today.
According to Cyberview strategic communications and marketing head Iza Sofia Kasbi, who coordinated the interviews, members of the public started to queue as early as 8am even though the interviews only started at noon.
She said as of 12.30pm, close to 3,000 people had shown up at the office building at Cyberview, as reported by Chinese daily Sin Chew.
Due to the hot weather, Iza also told Sin Chew that the management started distributing mineral water and ice cream for those in line.
Tesla Malaysia had announced that its office was organising a walk-in interview for five positions, as seen in a poster that had been circulating online last week.
The positions were Sales Advisor/Inside Sales Advisor, Enterprise Sales Advisor, Delivery Advisor, Customer Support Specialist and Service Advisor.
The one-day job interview was scheduled until 4pm tod ay.
One hopeful identified only as Fadzrain said the crowded situation looked as if people were lining-up to enter a concert venue.
Because of the hot weather, the 27-year-old decided to stay in his car for a while until someone came up and told him to fill up an application form online instead.
“The line seems longer than the line entering a concert! It was very hot and my friend and I just stayed in the car while observing people queuing.
“I can say it was one of the craziest long queues I have ever seen.
“A guy then approached and told the candidates to go back home and fill in the online form through their career websites,” the Kuala Lumpur native said.
Fadzrain said that he had earlier applied for a position through Tesla’s career website in May and called for others who were turned down to do the same, too.
Checks on Tesla's website showed that the company was also accepting online applications for its office in Malaysia, which included administrative, human resources and sales positions.
Videos and photos showing people forming a line trying their luck to secure the positions offered have since gone viral on social media.
Some Internet users were surprised at the large number of people who were seen queuing outside the office, wishing them good luck.
Meanwhile, a few said Tesla should have expected the large number of people showing up and suggested it consider a better recruitment method.
“Tesla Malaysia should have seen this coming as they are an international company. Maybe they could have used online platforms to recruit instead,” an Internet user said in a tweet today.
In March, Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz announced that Tesla would enter Malaysia.
