Welcome to the third stage, God, it took me so long to have time to write this one. I am currently busy for Mooting Competition preparations,,, it's hell-ish. :'')
Alright back to the topic.
So when we have passed the Phone Interview Stage, we will get an email from the scholarship team informing on it and also the next stage. So the next stage requires us to go the Securities Commission Bukit Kiara itself. It is so pwetttyyyy!
The next stage will be on Case Study and Role Play. We will have to reply ASAP on the time we are available for the session based on the dates given. (Reply fast guys or else you might miss the nice timings haha).
During my session, I was all alone. :'')
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Reading from previous people's experiences, I was soooooo looking forward for this stage as they said we can meet and made friends with new people, and there will be kinda brainstorming together and debate in the group and many more... but...
I was all alone.. One is one and all alone. :''''
My interview was at 9am, but because I never been there and I don't know the traffic in the morning from IIUM to Bukit Kiara, I went there super very gila early haha. I departed from my residence at 7.30am and arrived there by 8am.. I never knew how long an hour felt like before that haha. But it is nice you know arrive early and have some time to prepare.. except there is nothing much to prepare..and I could not see anyone else there my age, waiting for the interview too, huhu. T_T
Then, by about 8.50 am the receptionist told me to go to the 2 level if i'm not mistaken, and someone will get me from there. I was brought to a meeting room, a big rectangle meeting table with about 8 chairs, andddd 6 sets of A4 papers and pencils (I still regret not taking one home as a momento).
I was waiting, and waiting, but I'm still all alone, I was sad because I even practice how to introduce myself to not look awkward because I'm often awkward with new people. hahahaha. No rezeki what to do. :''')
Wow.. around the time I continue to write this entry.. 2 years had passed by already.. :'')
Already approaching my final year haha.
I have forgotten big chunk of the details but I'll try my best to finish this.
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Case Study:
Basically, during my slot, it was done individually because maybe no others are available during that time. I was given a pencil, and A4 paper and finally they gave me a piece of paper containing the problems and questions. I was given around 45 minutes to prepare myself with the possible plans, answers and suggestions.
After that, I was taken to another room, where a female interviewer was already waiting for me. So she began to ask questions about the case study and my reasons behind it. I believe what is important is we have to deliver it with confidence you know, haha. There is definitely no right or wrong answer in this kind of assessment. They just want to see how you think and came up with solutions for the problems at hand. It is important to challenge ourselves and be creative with our answers, even if it sounds ridiculous, because it is still a possible solutions. For me whether it is realistic or achievable is not important part because that is how brainstorming works I guess? haha.
Role Play:
Finished with the case study, the interviewer briefed me a bit about the next assignment. Since there was only two of us, we are supposed to change roles about 4-5 times where the interviewer will start asking me questions, according to her role. There was this one part where she became my big boss and I was an HR employee.. It was really tough because it was a garang boss insisting me to follow her order, but I know it wasn't the right call to do for the problem we faced. So I sticked with my answers no matter how she drilled me. Heck it might be a wrong one but what is more important is, I believe they wanted to see our perseverance and whether we will give up just because we do not want to go against them. A 2 cents from me, do not be afraid to go into a different directions, have courage to stand up for what you believe in and it will all be alright. Again, of course there is no right or wrong answers for it, how would a student know answers for it haha. They wanted to see our critical and creative thinking, especially being under pressure during the interview.
The presentation for my case study and the role play lasted about 25-30 mins only and for it was really fun, and I think the interviewer enjoyed the session too. She was very nice and even took a pic of me... but I was too scared to ask her using my phone, I don't know if it will be professional thing to do so I left a selfie only that day hahah.
My personal experience:
Reading from previous people's experiences, I was soooooo looking forward for this stage as they said we can meet and made friends with new people, and there will be kinda brainstorming together and debate in the group and many more... but...
I was all alone.. One is one and all alone. :''''
My interview was at 9am, but because I never been there and I don't know the traffic in the morning from IIUM to Bukit Kiara, I went there super very gila early haha. I departed from my residence at 7.30am and arrived there by 8am.. I never knew how long an hour felt like before that haha. But it is nice you know arrive early and have some time to prepare.. except there is nothing much to prepare..and I could not see anyone else there my age, waiting for the interview too, huhu. T_T
Then, by about 8.50 am the receptionist told me to go to the 2 level if i'm not mistaken, and someone will get me from there. I was brought to a meeting room, a big rectangle meeting table with about 8 chairs, andddd 6 sets of A4 papers and pencils (I still regret not taking one home as a momento).
I was waiting, and waiting, but I'm still all alone, I was sad because I even practice how to introduce myself to not look awkward because I'm often awkward with new people. hahahaha. No rezeki what to do. :''')
I left the SC building after finishing both sessions 10.30am. It was great experience and definitely had impacted me and made me aware how important it is to sharpen our critical and creative thinking by reading more books, articles and even from the ones I do not like because it can help me understand the way they think. All in all that is it from me, thank you. ;)
