UiTM Sarjana Muda Senibina Interview

Oh. My. Gucci. I could not believe how many people were there on the 22nd of April. I swear the number of applicants exceeded a thousand.

FSPU, UiTM Shah Alam.  The day of my third interview.

I applied for AP243 which is Sarjana Muda Sains (Kepujian) Senibina. Got on the wheels right after Subuh and arrived there at approximately 7.40 in the morning. The offer letter stated that it will start at 8.30 am but after reading entries from other blogs and their experiences, I decided to follow what they said about being early. And guess what? It totally helped.

When I arrived, the line was only starting so I was very lucky because my timing was perfect. Alhamdulillah.

I needed it to finish early because I had to be in UKM at 2.00 pm to attend the selection test for Asasi Pintar. After registration, they gave me a number for the interview session and I was the 27th person in line for it.

All of the applicants including me waited for the first assessment which was the drawing test under a canopy because it was drizzling. We each got a number for the assessment and mine was 61. Soon after that, at approximately 8.30 am, number 1-125 was called for the drawing test. I think it was quite different from the past years because it was held in a lecture hall.

We were given an hour to draw the blocks that were on the table from our own perspective. If you guys are good, you can apply shading or shadows to add character to your drawing and it may give extra points.

my marks for the drawing test 😓

(I mean why did they have to show us this.

It was like getting marks for SPM or something) 

Then, we went to our respective interview waiting rooms according to the course applied.

As I mentioned, I was the 27th person in line for the interview so while waiting, I managed to make some friends and snapped some selfies with them girls. It was awesome!

The first person got home at 10.30 and then there's me.

But yeah, I was still lucky though

At 11.45 or so I remembered, I was called to move to the interview room. I had to choose between a gentleman or this one lady. I just went with my guts and went to the lady because she was much closer to me.

Some of the questions I remembered answering was...

"Introduce yourself, your family background and where you came from."

(the typical interview question)

For this question just introduce yourself the usual way you do. Name, school etc.

"Why do you choose architecture?"

Just be frank about it because, in the end, it is about your passion and what you want! But don't go to the negative side by saying something like, "I don't know, my mom forced me to."

"Tell me about a local architect that you know."

Do your homework and make a research to prove your effort.

"Do you prefer modern or traditional design?"

Choose what you think you will appreciate more as a design of something. And be sure to make your points strong to support you.

"What type of architect do you see yourself in?"

''What is your favourite colour and why?"

And lastly, of course,

"Do you have any question?"

Be sure to ask at least one question.

Well, here's a tip. At the end of the interview, ask the interviewer's name to thank her/him in a more polite way.

That pretty much sums up my UiTM interview experience. Just keep praying to God and insyaAllah, you will get it. 😀

When will I ever be ready?

Interviews are really intimidating. No matter how many times I experience it, I still got scared and nervous even when thinking about it.

And no matter how much my mind reminds me to relax, my heart still won't stop thumping hard in my chest. Just by thinking about other applicants and all the documents can send chills down my spine.

It seriously gets me every time. I swear.

I had been to some interviews but still, it doesn't help much. This Saturday, I have two interviews. Can you guys imagine? I really hope this time it goes well. Wish me luck!

P/s: Stay tuned if you're curious about how it went!

JCorp Interview Part II

JCorp Part II - The Interview

We are back to this entry guys!

Okay for this part I am going to make it brief and simple. After lunch, we were required to gather in one room for a short explanation about the interview. Then, we headed to our respective interview room and waited for our turn which turned out to be in alphabetical orders. Just nice.

Mine starts with an N so of course, I was far from being the first one to enter. Why would anyone care about the order, duh? It's because when you're done with your interview, you can go straight back home. Okay, now you understand.

So, for the next 2 hours, I was just sitting there, feeling somewhat nervous. After a while, my anxiety and nervousness de-escalated because the quiet atmosphere made me feel sleepy. I was so messed up. 😳 I tried to mingle with other applicants (trying to step out of my comfort zone) and we did chat and gossiped to kill time. It was so much fun getting to know these great people here.

Hours passed and it was finally my turn. A woman collected my file and minutes after that, she called my name. I was sweating my shirt off and my heart could not beat any faster, I swear.

Some of the questions were:

"Tell us about yourself and your family background"

"What do you know about JCorp?"

"Tell us about a hard decision that you had made"

"Why actuarial science?"

"Both of your parents are quantity surveyors and parents are most likely to encourage their children to pursue the same path. But why don't you?"

Overall it went quite well for me. My memory about this particular interview is kinda rusty because I wrote this entry after a week from the day of the interview.

 I am sorry for that but I hope this is enough to help you guys in any ways possible. Thank you for reading! Ciao

Jcorp Interview Part I

JCorp Part I - Group Dynamics

Yes, I am finally posting this. At last!

Well, I don't really know how to start this one. Do I really need to be detailed about the whole experience? Maybe a deep but not too thorough share this time, I guess.

Overall, it was meh, okay. All I can say is Alhamdulillah for the whole experience.

First thing in the morning, candidates were lined to get two nametags (made out of stickers); one for us to wear and the other for our handphones. Yup, they collected our phones and kept it until lunch. because basically, they do not want us to be google-ing stuff during the whole process. 

Group assessment was up first. We were divided into groups of 8 and were sent to our respective room after a brief introduction by the organizer. In my group, there were 4 boys and 4 girls; 2 Chinese and others, of course, Malay.

The first group assessment was to decide 3 survivors that would be saved out of I don't exactly remember (maybe 12 or 10 people). The task was simple and as far as I know, there were no correct or wrong answers but you need to come out with strong reasons why you chose to sacrifice/save them.

Some of the characters were a student, scientist, doctor, married couple that is addicted to drugs, a pregnant woman with a child, priest, and many more interesting ones.

The second group assessment was to rank 12 items from the most to the least important where the situation was after an airplane crash and there was a nearby town 35km away. A lighter without liquid, a ball of steel wool, some family-sized chocolate bars, an air map, a compass and extra clothes were the items I could recall.

After discussing, we presented to the panel our final decision for both cases. My group assigned each and every one of the members a character to play for the first assessment so that everyone would have something to say.

Overall, I think our presentation was great and everybody took part in sharing ideas as well as presenting clearly to the panel. Thank god 😄

We continued our third assessment after a short break which was to build a tower using straws, masking tapes, and paperclips.

And the most awesome part about it having to be able to withstand a free dropping golf ball, harsh wind and at the same time being tall is that each item that we use costs imaginary dollar bills.

So, we were needed to build a strong and tall but at the same time, cheap tower.

We made a hexagon base for our tower pyramids for the middle part and an open square as the top. (It was not too tall but I can assure you, it's the strongest straw tower you would have ever encounter in life)

Our trick was poking through the straws using paperclips and that made our tower more firm and far from being easily collapsed.

After that, we were required to present our tower to the judge where it was tested using the golf ball.

What I learned that day:

1. You always need to assign a leader in every situation (our group was given warning twice for not having one)

2. Teamwork is the backbone of success in a group works.

3. Never to leave a person behind in any task

4. Planning is important (we were asked why we didn't stick to our first plan when building the tower)

Overall it was a great experience for me to be working with awesome people who were not only smart but kind and helpful at the same time.

But what's even better was what came after that. Lunch time!

Randomly Random

Hi, about my last post I am terribly sorry for the content being mixed up in language. It was highly unprofessional for me to be posting in Bahasa because it kinda creates a gap for what I was trying to achieve through this blog. So yup,  mark my words that it will never happen again. Ever.

Anyways,

Just now, I stumbled across a girl of my age's blog and it is obvious that what she has on her site are way cooler that what I had in mine. What she had to say and the way she delivered what she was thinking deserve a standing round of applause from me.

Oh my god, when will I achieve having a great one too. Urghhh
Okay, now I feel challenged.

Yeah, I am going to spice things up!
p/s: Pray for me 😭

JPA-MARA interview 2017

So basically earlier this evening I went to UNITEN for my JPA-MARA interview and guess what?

Frankly speaking, for me,
It. Was. Awful.

Sorry, but I'll continue this entry in Bahasa (maybe in Dwi) because I am pretty devastated right now and my mind literally cannot function at this moment.

First thing first, masa sampai depan UNITEN tu obviously my heart was racing like crazy when I lay my eyes on the big signboard. It was a mixed feeling of anxiety and banyak lagi unnecessary negative vibes. I was so dead.

Okay, lepastu kitorang were divided into groups and my group consist of 6 orang. And our first task was to discuss a case study regarding lifelong learning along with another group yang ada 7 orang.

I mean the tajuk obviously is very open and they weren't any specific benda yang dia mintak like advantages or challenges. So, we wrote down everything yang seemed possible which are, the definition, cabaran, kebaikan and lastly, how to overcome the cabaran.

Our group presented first and I terangkan few parts only sebab we dah bahagikan tugas sebelum tu. I think it went just okay for me because I tak grab the chance to answer soalan yang the other group asked and I also tak volunteered to answer the question from the judges.

Why? Well, I don't really know what to say. Yeah, because Ya Allah, only god knows how KBAT-ed the question was. And in my group there was this guy yang memang menonjol gila because well, he answered everything in english and english dia memang peh all I can say is that his English is very very tip-top.

After that, we went to the group iv which sepatutnya be like 2 session sebab akan jadi one for each group but...

Diorang memang sekali libas 13 people dalam one group interview!

Can you guys imagine how to outshine 13 people yang memang top student with great achievements??

Lagi lagi in my case which I memang seorang yang people boleh kata very timid and introverted.
The interviewer pulak tanya soalan where siapa nak jawab had to raise their hand. Well, obviously I memang will never be the first one to angkat tangan and I remembered nothing yang I cakap just now.

Apa yang I ingat was kalau nak dibandingkan dengan candidates lain yang international debater ataupun president bwp, my answer was.......emmmmmmmmmmmm.

I was so impressed by the way these people think and the way they sampaikan their ideas which was very on point. Their english was fluent and they had no sangkut at all. They even had slangs when talking in Bahasa! Meaning to say is English memang macam dah jadi everyday language diaorang and sememangnya it is an advantage.

And I rasa diorang memang layak for the scholarship dengan cara diorang berfikir and how they sampaikan their opinion about something. I rasa its a lost if they did not get chosen sebab it is incredible for 18-year-old students to have such great way of thinking and memang goosebump kalau dengar diorang bercakap.

Yes, lepas iv tu memang I down gila and memang feel like crying. Sebab bila kita  in the circle of
people yang memang pandai in both academic and co-curriculum as well as communication skill, it is very normal to feel insecure (focusing more on people like me) I memang tak boleh describe the level of insecurity yang I felt during and after the interview. 😩

So, I think this kind of interview is a big no-no for me (well at least I tried). Luckily I have very supportive parents like they waited for approximately 3 hours doing nothing there just to accompany me (I am very grateful for that)

For the people out there yang face the same problem as me (lack of confidence, low communication skill etc.) don't worry because dah memang Allah cipta people ni secara adil. Like what my mom said, maybe kita takda anugerah like other people yang high confidence level or communication skill yang sangat tinggi but bukan semua orang need to have that quality.

I know comunication skill is important but, I really believe for people like me there will be a place in this world yang akan hargai our unique traits yang maybe introvert or shy and I yakin for a 100% that wujudnya a special place in our society yang mana this kind of people is important and plays a big role too.

Just embrace yourself and hargai your own personal traits!

p/s: Next week I have an interview with JCorp and I hope they see something good in me instead of judging my communication skill. Fingers crossed. 😂