Career guides
Visas, applications, interviews and onboarding. Turn your question into a clear next step.
60 guides
Visas and stay
Applying for IANG the first time
Who can apply, what to upload, what it costs, and how long the first stay usually is.
Visas and stay
Extending IANG, and changing jobs
When to file, what the extension pattern looks like, and what a job change does to the application.
Visas and stay
If an IANG extension is refused
A fresh application, a section 53 objection, and judicial review, with the clocks that actually matter.
Visas and stay
The Top Talent Pass: A, B and C
Who fits each category, how long the first stay is, and what an extension actually asks you to show.
Visas and stay
The Quality Migrant scheme
The 12-point test, the six gates under it, the achievement route, and how extensions work.
Visas and stay
GEP and the Mainland talents scheme
Who each scheme is for, what the employer has to prove, and how a job change is treated.
Visas and stay
Changing visa category without a gap
How student, IANG, talent and employment permissions hand off, and where a gap becomes overstaying.
Visas and stay
Ordinary residence and permanent status
How the seven years are counted, how form ROP145 is filled, and when an absence has to be declared.
Visas and stay
What the employer has to file
The employer half of form ID 990B, the company papers, and the points that usually stall a file.
Applications and interviews
Online tests and AI video interviews
What numerical, verbal and personality tests are doing, and how a recorded video round is scored.
Applications and interviews
Superday technicals
A working frame for valuation, accounting and markets questions, including who regulates what in Hong Kong.
Applications and interviews
SFC licences, the HKSI exams and the IIQE
When a licence is required, which papers the HKSI exams cover, and what the insurance exam asks.
Applications and interviews
Where each industry actually recruits
Consulting, accounting, tech, consumer, finance, public bodies and government. Channels, not a calendar.
Applications and interviews
Civil service rules for non-local graduates
The permanent-resident rule, the exceptions, qualifications, language, and the Basic Law and NSL test.
Applications and interviews
The CV and the letter a Hong Kong desk reads
What a Hong Kong reader looks for in a page, and the mistakes that get a file closed.
Applications and interviews
Behavioural interviews in three languages
How to use STAR without sounding scripted, and how Cantonese, Mandarin and English rounds differ.
The offer and the first weeks
Reading a Hong Kong offer
Pay structure, MPF, bonus, probation, and the Employment Ordinance rights that sit under the letter.
The offer and the first weeks
Salaries tax, in practice
How the bill is worked out, provisional tax, the return, and clearance before you leave.
The offer and the first weeks
Before the first day
Identity card, a bank account, stamp duty on a lease, hospital fees, MPF and a SIM registration.
The offer and the first weeks
Internships and part-time work on a student visa
Campus work, summer work, internships, the no-objection letter, and the minimum-wage exemption.
Visas and stay
Dependants
Who can sponsor, who can come, and whether a dependant can work or study.
Visas and stay
The Technology Talent Admission Scheme
The quota, the degree test, a change of employer, and the top-talent extension.
Visas and stay
Starting a business as a non-local
What the entrepreneur investment visa asks you to show, and what an IANG holder can open.
Visas and stay
Mainland travel documents and the Hong Kong permit
What the Exit-Entry Permit endorsement does, and what the Immigration Department's permit does.
While you are employed
Leaving a job, or being dismissed
Notice, payment in lieu, summary dismissal, severance, long service payment, and the visa.
While you are employed
When pay is in dispute
Labour Department conciliation, the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board, and the Labour Tribunal.
While you are employed
Rest days, statutory holidays and annual leave
Who qualifies, how each kind of leave is counted, and what is paid out when you leave.
While you are employed
Sick leave, maternity, paternity and work injuries
How sickness allowance, maternity leave and paternity leave are counted, and how a work injury is reported.
Tax and MPF
MPF, beyond the basic contribution
Tax-deductible voluntary contributions, a transfer when you change jobs, and withdrawal when you leave Hong Kong for good.
Tax and MPF
Rent, self-education and dependent parents
What you have to show for rent, self-education, a dependent parent, and a Voluntary Health Insurance premium.
Tax and MPF
Tax residence in the Mainland and in Hong Kong
How the 183 days are counted, where a director's fee falls, and how the double-tax arrangement is used.
Housing and healthcare
Renting a flat
The clauses that matter, form CR109, estate-agent form 6, and what the landlord and the tenant can each require.
Applications and interviews
HKICPA, the CFA and qualifying as a solicitor
The HKICPA qualification programme, how far the SFC recognises the CFA, and the PCLL and overseas-lawyer routes.
Applications and interviews
Teachers, social workers, nurses and engineers
What registration or membership asks of each of these four professions.
Applications and interviews
Applying for technology and software roles
How to read a role, what to put in a portfolio, and how a technical interview is usually run. A method note, not an official dataset.
Applications and interviews
Audit and consulting interviews
The usual rounds, the technical questions, and the case. A method note, not an official dataset.
Applications and interviews
Background checks
Degree checks, what a certificate of no criminal conviction can and cannot be used for, and spent convictions.
Applications and interviews
LinkedIn and a network in Hong Kong
The profile, an informational conversation, a referral, a recruiter, and events. A method note.
Applications and interviews
Your personal data while you are job hunting
Job ads, a copy of your identity card, a medical check, how long records are kept, and your right to see them.
Housing and healthcare
Public hospital fees and health cover
The two Hospital Authority fee bands, the annual cap, fee waivers, Voluntary Health Insurance, and the cap on work-injury medical expenses.
Applications and interviews
Target Employer List and Application Tracker
Build a tiered employer list and track each role, next action and outcome in one spreadsheet.
Applications and interviews
One CV for Multiple JDs: Keywords and ATS
Tailor a master CV to each role, map JD keywords to evidence and format it for ATS software.
Applications and interviews
Application Questions: Motivation, Skills and Additional Information
Answer motivation and skills questions, use the additional-information field and check each submission.
Applications and interviews
The HR Phone Screen: Questions, Pay and Work Status
Prepare for common screening questions about motivation, salary, language and visa status.
Applications and interviews
Case Interviews for Non-Consulting Roles
Break down and present business cases for banking, product, operations and finance roles.
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Finance Interviews: Market Questions and Stock Pitches
Build an evidence-based market view or stock pitch and respond to follow-up questions.
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Walk Me Through Your CV: Self-Introductions in Chinese and English
Structure concise introductions in Chinese and English, with versions for different time limits.
Applications and interviews
Group Interviews and Assessment Centres
Prepare for group discussions, role-play, in-tray tasks and networking exercises.
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Presentations and Written Exercises
Plan timed presentations, case reports and workplace emails under assessment conditions.
Applications and interviews
Applying on the Mainland: Shenzhen and Campus Recruitment
Understand mainland applications, assessments, interviews and overseas-qualification checks.
Applications and interviews
Questions to Ask at the End of an Interview
Prepare useful questions for each interviewer and save offer terms for the right stage.
Applications and interviews
After the Interview: Thank-You Emails and Follow-Ups
Write thank-you notes, ask for updates at the right time and keep referrers informed.
Applications and interviews
After a Rejection: Feedback, Review and Reapplying
Request feedback, review where an application stalled and decide whether to reapply.
The offer and the first weeks
From Internship to Full-Time: Working Towards a Return Offer
Align expectations, seek feedback and present your work while pursuing a full-time offer.
The offer and the first weeks
Comparing Multiple Offers and Short Deadlines
Ask for decision time and compare role, growth, compensation and personal considerations.
The offer and the first weeks
Withdrawing After Accepting an Offer
Understand the contractual and professional implications and how to respond to a withdrawn offer.
Applications and interviews
Applying to Hong Kong Start-ups and SMEs
Find roles, check employers, spot job traps and confirm terms before signing.
Applications and interviews
Making the Most of Career Centres and Alumni Mentors
Use career advice, mock interviews, mentoring schemes and alumni events effectively.
Applications and interviews
Explaining Career Gaps, Career Changes and University Background
Explain gaps, career changes, university background and grades truthfully and concisely.
Applications and interviews
The Day Before an Interview: A Checklist
Confirm timing, travel, equipment and documents, then review the essentials.