My first interview...

I attended my very first official job interview today - Tuesday (27/3/07) and it turned out quite well cos they asked me to return for the 2nd interview...

It was an "Apprentice trainee" position offered by an advertising n marketing company nearby KLCC. Location wise, I'm not very keen but I think the job is quite challenging & interesting. According to the person, the company caters to big companies such as Digi, TMnet etc. n they do things such as event management, campaigns, roadshows etc. Then she just roughly mentioned the pay, ranging from 1800 to 2500, depending on the education background n performance wise. Well, not bad for starters... Future prospects? Branch manager, project manager etc. Actually the whole thing is equivalent to a management trainee thingey...

I went to darling n may today - 2 bodyguards to escort me haha... I didn't know the place n the place looked weird. Very jam as usual... We managed to find the place n were invited in by a friendly receptionist. It was obvious that I was there for the interview cos I was dressed very formally while the other 2 were wearing jeans n t-shirts. The friendly guy was saying that i brought frens for emotional support. Err... Yes... I know with ppl accompanying me, it rily looks negative n portrays me as not indepedent... Wat the heck?! I wouldn't wana get lost... The receptionist also hinted that darling n may should leave the place unless they're there for the interview but who cares... they stayed on n we continued chatting till the interview started. Haha..

It was a mass interview session with 5 ppl per session. I went in with an advertising exec, supervisor, assistant manager a.k.a GM n a clerk (all bound to quite their previous jobs for this position). The interviewer was their HR manager, a very young lady. She has quite admirable skills, knows how to talk, bring herself about, joke n yet keep the atmosphere tense. Haha... Sure knows how to bombard our answers with tough questions. She just asked us to talk about ourselves, talk about our skills, n our goals in the coming 2 years. I was the 2nd person talking n started by telling my age. Then i told them that I was a fresh graduate in psych. I went on to eloborate wat psych was about untill she bombed me. Hahaha... She ask whether was I rejected alot previously. If not, y do i need to explain wat psych is about? I was like ... no?! I just replied that I wanted to link psych to this job. Haha... Then she asked if my friends n family were to criticize my negative points, what would it be? It took me a while before I answered n I said "my impulsivity". Sometimes I can be irrational n I allow my impulses to take over my logical senses... She also asked me how would i deal with negative conflicts? I told her all the crap about conflicts due to diff values etc. She said try answering from a day to day conflict, simple n straightforward. I just answered "I know it will not be easy but I'm willing to learn n try to cope".... That was all i said...

The interview lasted for about 35 minutes n she said there will be a 2nd n 3rd interview to come if we passed this level. When she asked when were we able to attend the next interview if we were chosen, everyone said anytime. I said "Friday" Tiao kae rite? Cos i have plans with darling tmr n plans with may on Thursday.. Hahahaaha... Later about 7pm, she gave me a call n told me that I passed the interview n the next session's on Thursday noon. Ok then.. I'll just give it another shot...

It was seriously a funny day cos I wasn't prepared for the interview (apperance wise). They called a day before to tell me n I had no clothes to wear. I do have a new suit but just the blazer n the skirt - no shirts to go with it. So after much contemplation, I wore my white catering shirt that I bought back at Bemidji which was much bigger my size. it looked messy on me. Thanks to the blazer, I looked good in the whole thing. Haha... I had no suitable bags to use so I used my moms. The bag was a not so quality one that the skin was peeling n it dirtied my shirt. Haih... I had no formal shoes so i wore my mom's 10 yrs ago polo shoes. On the outside, it looked ok but the sole was all sticky n icky n it was biji biji here n there. I had to wear like the panty hose material kinda socks. I ended up throwing the socks away cos the base was too yucky n sticky. Not only that I was leaving "shoe bread crumbs" wheneva I tried a new shoe on. Haih... I bought new clothes when I was at KLCC after the interview. I wanted to buy new heels too but my feet were aching (blister-ing) thanks to the old shoes that when I tried on new shoes, I couldn't differentiate whethere the discomfort was because of the previous pain or cos the new shoes were uncomfortable. Haih...

Well... thats how the day went. I wonder how will Thursday turn out to be....