Been a bit too late for that!
BAPEX calls jobseekers for written test after 8 years
Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (Bapex) has called job seekers for a written test for the assistant manager post nearly eight years after they applied.
"Thanks for applying for the above posts in 2014/15. You have been selected for the written test after primary evaluation," reads the letter, signed by Md Abul Bashor, general manager (admin) of Bapex, sent to jobseekers on June 1.
The letter asks them to submit personal details, photos and a copy of the "calling letter" to the Bapex building in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar by July 14. "Otherwise, it will not be possible to send you an admit card for the written test," it says.
Motaleb Hossain, who is now a senior officer at a state-run bank, is one of the recipients of the letter. "I completely forgot that I had applied for the post. I was dumbfounded when a resident student of Dhaka University -- who stays at the same hall as mine -- informed me about the letter," said Motaleb, a former DU student.
Many of the applicants are currently working at different government and private organisations for years now.
Many of the applicants are currently working at different government and private organisations for years now, said several of them.
"It is a demonstration of sheer negligence of the Bapex authorities. My age limit for the job expired in 2016. How can I still sit for the exam?" wondered another applicant.
"I can only recall that I applied twice for the post in 2014 and 2015. I thought the exams had taken place and I somehow didn't get the admit cards," said Abdur Rahman, who applied for the job.
He came to know about Bapex's call for a written test after seeing the photo of the "calling letter" posted by his friend on social media.
Contacted, Bapex General Manager Abul Bashor said the delay may have happened due to "administrative complications". "We called for the written test as the complication has been resolved," he said.
Asked about the concerns of the applicants, Bashor said he has nothing to do with the matter.