JPA Interview!

Hey guys!

This is gonna be a loooonnngggggg post, but it has been a requested one, so here goes :) Hope it is of help to those who haven't gone for their JPA interviews!

So my JPA interview was this morning. It was in UTHM and I was supposed to be there by 7.30 (half an hour before the time of the interview). Each batch of interview is estimated to take around 45 minutes and the first batch starts at 8.00 a.m.. There are 4 panels so that means 4 batches of 5 people each start their interviews at the same time in different locations.

Mine was panel 1, and the first batch of the estimated time of 8.00 - 8.45 a.m.. And since today was the first day of the JPA interviews, I think mine was one of the first of the first of the first!!! xD

Mummy and koko went to UTHM with me and we were one of the first ones to reach there. The guard at the UTHM gate actually told us to just drive straight and the building in front of us was the building where the interview was going to be held. So we just followed his directions and lo and behold, he was wrong =X

There were signs showing that the interview was being held at another building (we had to turn right and the building was oon our right) and so we followed the signs and got there. On the glass doors/wall?/whatever-that-is-called of the building itself were some papers with the names of the people being interviewed today. So what we had to do was to search for my name =D

Mana tu nama Amanda?!?!?

My name was under the panel 1, 8.00-8.45 a.m. batch so all I had to do was to sign there :) Right now I am going to hao lian and say:
I WAS THE FIRST ONE AMONG ALL THE UTHM INTERVIEWEES TO SIGN ON ON THE PAPER!!!!! :D :D :D

hahahaha, I was I was!!! I signed my name before anyone else did this morning and since today was the first day of interviews in UTHM, I can only conclude that I really was the first!!!!! And no, I do not know why I'm so happy and proud about it, but I am and I can't help it xDD

Anywayyyyy, we saw Joshua Ong and his dad there as well so after some chatting and this and that, we all prayed together (more like we were being prayed for =])before Joshua (his interview was the same time as mine, different panel) and I headed into the building.

We went up one floor and were led into a room on the left side of the stairs (the waiting room?), where we had to sign once again on the papers that looked like copies of the ones we had to sign on downstairs. Then we were told to leave our folders of documents on the tables in there. (There were different tables for different panels) In the room I got to know the other girls that were in my group (all the interviewees in my group were girls! GIRL POWERRRR xD)

After some time, we were asked to sign once again on another sheet of paper that once again looked like a copy of the previous papers we had to sign xD We were then given name tags, or more precisely number-tags =.= The numbers were given according to the list. My number was 4 :)

At 8 (I think we started on time), the other 4 girls from my group and myself were led into the interview room. Two ladies and a man (the interviewers) were already sitting in there and we were asked to sit on the chairs in there. The five chairs were arranged in a straight line facing the three interviewers who were sitting behind a row of tables joined together.

My group wasn't asked to introduce ourselves. Instead, one of the interviewers just started reading out our names one by one and we just responded with a nod or a "yes" or a "ya, saya" when we heard our names being called.

The interviewers told us that our interview was going to be held as a group, as in we were given the questions as a group but we were supposed to give our answers individually. We were told that we could discuss if we wanted to. The first question for my group was asked in English. It was something about the characteristics of a good citizen or something like that. I turned to discuss with the others but realised that they had already started jotting some things down using the stationary that they brought with them (oh ya! Bring your own pens and paper, they don't give you anything!) and they didn't show any sign of wanting to discuss anything. So I thought "Oh, well," and took my own pencil and paper out xD (Thank God I brought my own testpad in!)

Meanwhile, the interviewers were expecting an answer and everyone was busy scribbling on their papers so I answered first. Everyone was given a chance to answer that question and the second one too, which was a BM question - something about pandangan anda tentang Wawasan 2020 dan adakah wawasan tersebut akan tercapai - or something like that xD

Starting from the third question, the interviewers more or less chose who to answer their questions. For example, they went "Nombor satu, apakah pandangan anda tentang....." or "Nombor dua, kenapa......". I felt like a dog being called like that xD

Oh! And there was this less formal part where we were asked to ask the names of the others in our group as well as get to know their favourite food xD

Nothing crazy about the full names of our prime ministers or Sultans or anything like that was asked, so I really thank God for that! =)

After the interview, we had to go back to the waiting room to get our documents back. I saw a few other familiar faces there :D I even lent Ah Mei my pen and pencil because she didn't bring anything =.= I donated papers to Jessie, Zhi Wei and Ah Mei too! haha xD Jessie was there sooooo early for her interview xDDDD

All in all the interview was quite an interesting one, borderline fun even xDDD Oh and girls, wear baju kurung!!! Most girls do that! :) And besides, it's awesome if you're the type who feels cold when you're nervous! xD And guys biasalah, wear lah slacks and proper shirt! =D

Oh, and one more thing! Different panels might have different interview styles, so don't be shocked if your interviews aren't like mine!

Thank you God for being with me throughout the interview! =D

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Buh-bye, people!!!