Pre-Screening Brief

Siti Aminah Asyahirrah

Role: Executive, QCD When: 30 Jul 2026, 15:00 MYT Channel: Teams

Introduction

Siti brings 6 years of progressive QA/QC experience at Adabi Consumer Industries (Malaysia's FMCG food sector), most recently as Factory Calibration Lead across 7 manufacturing plants. She's an engineering graduate (Chemical & Process, U. Canterbury NZ), fluent in English (IELTS 7.0), and expects MYR 5,000 — well below market for her experience level. The signal is strong on data discipline, audit rigor, and cross-functional influence. The gap is real but bridgeable: zero automotive industry exposure. This chat is to gauge motivation, analytical depth, calibration governance, auto-QMS awareness, and salary calibration.

8/10
Fit Score
Strong: 6 yrs FMCG QA/QC, Power BI dashboards, RCA, HACCP/GMP/ISO audits, calibration lead, mentor.
Gap: FMCG → automotive transition needs ramp on IATF 16949, VDA 6.3, customer-specific requirements, Toyota QCDM.

Interview Questions & Key Answers

Q1 Motivation — "What draws you from FMCG into automotive?"
  • "I want to learn Toyota Production System" STRONG
  • "Auto is more challenging, higher standard" PROBE
  • "Closer to home / better hours" PRACTICAL
  • "Friend works at Toyota / saw posting" WEAK
Q2 Analytical depth — "A Power BI dashboard surfaced a recurring issue — what did you actually do about it?"
  • "Found defects, ran 5-Why, fixed root cause, defects dropped 40%" STRONG
  • "Built dashboard, presented to GM, we trained operators" STRONG
  • "Tracked trends, flagged to QA Manager, he decided" MID
Q3 Calibration Lead — "How do you keep instrument accuracy data driving real decisions, not just ticking boxes?"
  • "Masterlist validation, monthly audit, escalation if drift > 2%" STRONG
  • "Trained 7 plant calibration coordinators, standardised the form" STRONG
  • "Coordinated with vendors on recalibration" SOLID
Q4 Auto QMS — "Have you touched IATF 16949 or any automotive QMS — even as a user, auditor, or supplier?"
  • "Yes, I've done IATF audits" STRONG
  • "Adabi supplies to ISO/TS customer — saw some" PROBE
  • "No, but I can learn fast — HACCP/GMP/ISO trained" OK
Q5 Salary — "RM 5,000 is below market for Executive QCD with 6 yrs. Walk me through your thinking."
  • "I'm open, want to be fair to the company" DIPLOMATIC
  • "I need the role — current company restructuring" CONTEXT
  • "5k is what my friend at Toyota told me to ask" MIXED

Decision Shortcut

PROCEED 2+ green flags + 0 red flags + Q1/Q4 honest
HOLD 1+ red flags OR Q1 motivation unclear
REJECT Defensive Q2, fabricated Q4, weird salary + weak Q1

Green Flags

  • Owns dashboard-to-process story with numbers
  • Names calibration governance cadence
  • Honest "no auto, here's how I'd ramp"
  • Asks back about QCDM, AQP, Toyota systems

Red Flags

  • Defensive on RCA question
  • Vague on dashboard impact
  • No calibration governance story
  • "IATF / automotive" overclaim
  • Salary anchor too firm or too low

References (if she proceeds)

Yusuan Hashim
Chief Production Manager, Adabi Consumer Industries — +60 16-238 5434
Ask: cross-functional collaboration, follow-through on data-driven actions
Muhamad Zaim Mohamed Nor
R&D cum QA Manager, Adabi Consumer Industries — +60 17-910 2238
Ask: technical depth, calibration governance, audit discipline