First Interview...

Aha.. After a very long relax, I've got a call from Uitm Shah Alam for interview for a Maths' lecturer position.. The interview was on Monday 22nd of June and I've got the call late in the evening.. Huhu.. What do they have in mind? Why inform about it so late??? I'm not sure about what to prepare since this is my first interview so I've just my friend...

Need to prepare some kind of slide for mock teaching for any topics in Maths (I choose Finite Difference), bring along all the certificate I have.. That's all my friend told me... So the Monday has came! I've reached at Uitm around 6.15am (Haha.. So early! Interview at 8.30am).. After simple breakfast and smarting (ade ke istilah ni??), I went to the Faculty of Computer Science and Maths for the interview...

There, I met some of my friends from UTM.. Huhu.. More rival! There are 32 candidate for a position I think less than 5 (Huhu.. Now, it is getting more difficult!).. So, when my name called, I just went inside the room.. There are three interviewers, a man and two woman.. After a briefing about my personal background and my mock teaching, the asked me to sit in front of them... Now, it getting hotter!

First question was about why I choose a job as lecturer and my answer is because it is my dream job (Huh, what a weak answer...) Second is about what do I do in KDRM during my practical (Here I think I give a good answer until suddenly the asked for my practical report!) OMG first mistake! The third question is about my dissertation which also I can explain it very long but again the asked for the report! Oh no!

And they also asked for my degree report, but I'm not bringing it all! One question that I think a little bit difficult to answer when they asked if I am willing to work in Sabah or Sarawak! With a very full confident and proud I've said I will think about it! Haha.. Why do they want to send us too far away.. So, there I think I might lost this interview... There are other questions but this is the most difficult one..

The most important things I've learned about my first interview is to bring all the reports you have and make sure the university you apply does not have branch in Sabah or Sarawak if You are not willing to work there! Still waiting for the next interview... My mom said she had 25 interviews before she trully got a job (Wow! Awesome!) Waiting and waiting... Hope I will do it better next time!

p/s : To my sister - you are so lucky because as a doctor there are no job interview.. No need to sell your self.. Just wait until JPA called, mock interview and BOOM!! You are now a doctor! So, belajar le rerajin yek!