JPA Interview

***Forgive me for posting about this now after so long. I had a serious Internet connection problem and I had to call for Telekom Streamyx and an IT technician to check out my computer,modem and CPU for a few times. Now, let's just skip that.***

As stated in the JPA website, my interview's on 1st of April, 2pm at the State Library of Sarawak. And so, at the 1st of April, I reached the State Library at 1.20pm to get ready earlier. I entered the big building, walking to the desk and signed my name as a record for being present. Then, I went to find a place to sit and wait.

I waited and waited. 30 mins, 1 hour, 2 hours...

Groups over groups were called for interview. There were only a few of us left and the time was already 4pm.

I became nervous and I went over to ask the clerk at the desk. "Your turns are decided based on your birthdates." She replied. So, I just kept on waiting while having a few chats with another few who were also waiting for their turns.

Melvin and me. Photo captured by Yee Ho.

I met Melvin from Batu Lintang and Yee Ho from Stampin. We chatted while waiting for our turns. What to do? We were born at later times of the year.

At 4.15pm, me, Yee Ho and Hafi(last group of three) were ushered to the waiting room at the 2nd floor. There, we passed our certified documents and original certificates to the clerk-in-charge.

At 4.45pm, we entered the interview room and the interview began. First start, Each of us were given about 1 or 2 minutes to introduce ourselves regarding our names, schools, family backgrounds and co-corricular achievements in English

Then, we came to the Q&A segment. The questions were "Who is your favourite leader?", "If Jpa doesn't sponsor you to overseas but locally, would you accept the offer?" and "Is it a must for teenagers to use Facebook and Friendster?" There are no group discussions or debates. Just a simple answer with some reasons and points to support your view either in English or BM.

After that, we shook hands with the interviewers and left the room. We shook hands among group members and left the place. I applied for IT, Yee Ho's Engineering and Hafi's Social Science. Mixed-course-groups for JPA interview since only general questions were asked.

That's it. I left the place at around 5.15pm. The interview was quite short. Maybe it was almost 5pm or maybe there's only 3 of us in the last group. But anyway, I finished my 1st interview and the experience was quite enjoyable and nice.