My JPA interview experience.

Alert : This is going to be a long post.

Kalau dulu-dulu, selalu jer baca pengalaman pelajar lepasan sekolah lain kena interview. Baca kat blog, dekat laman pendidikan semua tu. Dalam hati, wah, nak jugak go through benda-benda macam ni dalam hidup. Macam best jer kan.


So the other day, masa 8 April 2011. Gementar giler bukak page JPA, nk check sama ada aku ni kena shortlisted untuk interview atau tidak. So i applied for perubatan PILN. Nak sangat buat medic, but the question is do i have what i takes to become a doctor ? insyaAllah.


Alhamdulillah shortlisted. Bahagia macam on cloud nine. Masa tu jugak jawab soalan online. Giler banyak punya soalan. Ada dua bahagian, A dan B. Bahagian A tuh dalam lebih kurang 245 soalan, then bahagian B dalam lebih kurang 290 soalan. Aha, giler banyak kan ?


So interview bertarikh 12 April 2011, bertempat Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, pukul 8.50 pagi. So kat sini nak cerita lah pengalaman pertama kali kena interview. WAHH WAHH WAHH.


Masa sampai sana, terus jer daftar, dekat kampus USM. Masa tu dah ramai orang, okay jumpa kawan sekolah lama. Rindu la. So lepas daftar, orang JPA tu ada cakap, dik tunggu dulu yer sebab sekarang ni interview untuk interviewee pukul 8. So im like takper, datang awal, tengok keadaan semua, buat hilang tension nervous.


Pejam celik pejam celik, dah pukul 8.45. Aku di tempatkan dalam Panel 2, bersama 4 lagi calon lain. So kiranya dalam satu panel tu ada 5 orang lah (3 Medicine, 1 Dentistry, 1 Pharmacy). So masuk jer bilik tuh, fuhhhh sejuk la weii. Ada 3 interviewer. Then diorang perkenalkan diri. Kalau tak silap, yang kat tengah tu doktor, yang sorang tu pensyarah Uitm, dan yang sorang lagi tuh entah dah lupa. hik3. Tiga-tiga interviewer tu lelaki.

Panel 2 ni kumpulan biru, warna favourite tuh. auww cun kan? Yang paling cun, dah la panel 2, dapat pulak no 2. aii aiii kenapa la no awal-awal. Yang ni tak lehh blahh la sebab kalau no akhir, at least buleh jugak nk curi satu dua idea interviewee lain kan? HAHA.


So firstly tu self introduction dalam bahasa mat salleh. Yang ni okay la sebab memang dah practise kat rumah. Tapi english-english ni memang lemah la. So kat sini nak summarise soalan yang interviewer tuh tanya.

1) What course did you choose and why ?
2) Patriotism in foreign countries.
3) Kerajaan atau swasta ?
4) Kenapa nak pergi oversea dan tak nak further dalam Malaysia ?
5) Why should JPA send you ?
6) Kenapa ramai yang dah habis belajar tapi tak nak balik ?
7) Studying oversea is longer compare to Malaysia, your opinion ?


I think that was all. The questions weren't 100% asked like that, but from my perspective, that's how i see it, so i answered them according to how i understand it. Thank God we didn't have any current issue questions. Or else i'm just gonna sit there with my mouth open as i wait for the interview to end.

my rate : 6/10.

I know i could have done a million times better. It was all impromptu. None of us knew what the questions were gonna be like, so my advice to all the interviewee, just be moderate, be mature (even if you're not, just act mature for the sake of your future), smile throughout the interview and don't be afraid to voice out your opinions in anything.


to be continued...