Hi all...
it has been awhile..... I have been very busy with work, and work and work.. my pinggang is sakit sakit and my badan is also sakit sakit. why? because I have been working non stop (saturday & sunday) for 1 month and 1 week. thanks to SHO course haha.. aigooooo..
but anyway, working has been fun and yeah, its one of the reason why Im not really complaining on working during weekends. So many work, so much to do, and you dont notice the time just pass by like that. now my weekdays & weekends doesnt differ much. weekdays I work & weekends also I work. except during weekends you get to complete the jobs you've planed to do since there are no clients & customers calling & coming asking about this & that. so you get the job done!
wow! it has been like what? 3 months? 4 months? since I started working with NIOSH. cant believe it!... 4 months ago I was the interviewee for the niosh interview i went to. with my bos being one of the panels along with my executives college but now I am the interviewer for today interview session. its my first experience being an interviewer.
" Am I nervous? " .. you asked.
- well at first, when my bos appointed me as one of the interviewer. I cant believe in. Me? lol are you sure? and yes I was a bit nervous. What am I going to ask them?
then I thought to myself, the responsibility I hold as an interviewer which was to find the right person, the right candidate to fill in the empty spot. to be part of this working system. to be part of the family! I knew what I was going to ask them right away!..
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On the day of the interview (which was today) I saw the interviewees list name. 39 candidates! I knew it was going to be a loooooooong day. I still remember my own interview at niosh. there were like 50 people coming for the interview, and I thought OMG. lol. I was the first candidate to be interviewed (lucky me I was the first to write my name on the list) and I finished the interview session at 11am. Mind you I came around 8 am and finish 3 hours after that. haih!
So back to the current timeline, some of the participants I know personally ( not some really, just one) most I dont know a thing at all. I was in charge of asking the basic questions. We finish around 3.30pm. this can be consider quite early coz we didnt have our lunch break. we went full swing haha. and then we evaluate all participants and finish everything around 4.45pm.
Here I just want to give a few tips to anyone who is going to go to an interview.. I have been an interviewee and also an interviewer. Ive been in both shoe so I learn alot about how the whole thing works and how we as interviewer select the right candidates.
1. First thing first, when you submit your resume to apply for the job, YOUR PASSPORT SIZED PICTURE play an important part. SURPRISINGLY! eventho its just a small thing, it can determine whether you will get a call or not!. You know how people always judge you on their first impression. so make sure your passport sized picture that you paste on your resume resembles how confident you are. and also how friendly you can be : )
of course those people who select you wants someone who they are able to be friends with since you are going to work together. so make sure you do have THAT look in the photo.
2. Dress nicely for the interview. so far, during the interview we conduct this morning, everyone dress nicely. good to see : ). and I must say some looks quite handsome haha. owh am single good for me. lol. first thing you do when you come into the room you must smile. make sure you dont wear FLIP FLOP! haiya. mau pigi jalan ka mau interview.
3. When the interviewer tell you to introduce your self, make most of the opportunity to START SELLING YOURSELVES!.. tell us everything about you. tell us everything about your academics, your school activities, your working experiences, tell us all about your x-factor, what makes you different than others, take your time. dont rush.
I was so frustrated when I tell the candidates to introduce themselves, they would just tell their name, age, school and thats it! it was like what 2 frekin minutes!!! or probably less.. and when I ask them "thats it??!", and they say 'sempoily' "yes". aigooooo... are you coming for an interview or what. you know when we've reach like the 30th interviewee, and they do short intro like that and when I ask them "that it?" and they sengih2, I felt like I want to say, "ok thats about it from us. thank you for coming.". haih you do felt frustrated you know. what interviewer want is at least EFFORT!
4. Some participants/ interviewee cant converse in english when we ask them to. So another tip is when the interviewer to show you something, a skill or whatever, at least you should try. Some participants today, when we asked them to try show us their english, they reluctantly say no or geleng2 kepala. You know this is baru interview dah geleng2 kepala. kalau suruh buat kerja nanti superior suruh buat kerja u geleng2 kepala, apa nak jadi sudah. aigoooooo. at least like I said, show us some effort! tak kisah la kalau english lintang pukang.
5. Another thing that frustrate me the most. jgn jawab sepatah sepatah. how can we evaluate you when you just answer "yes", "no", "ok". haih. when we cant evaluate you, we reject you straight away! express yourself!. be bubbly!.. be friendly!.. be our friends if you could.. elaborate your points. prove to us why you have those qualities you say you have..convince us! if possible connect those points to your working experience or what ever u are currently doing.
6. Be frank & humble. Dont be too proud of ur self. interviewers dont like it seriously. some interviewers have this mind set, when you say I can do this I can do that, I have this and this and that, I was the manager of this company and this company, and then when we interviewer see ur SPM is like 8Es, 6Cs.. haih we will think, you are just like tin kosong, bunyi saja bising tp tak ada isi.. aigoo... when you dont understand the question, do ask, tell them to rephrase. dont be shy to do so.
7. Lastly, if you think the time you spent with the interviewers is too short, then you dont get the job. sorry.
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