Well, the interview was a pretty great experience for me, teehee.
Because I've actually learnt a lot from various sources.
You can never expect how on earth I can be so serious for the overall preparation.
Even I myself was damn shocked. LOL.
And here I am to share my experience as a reference for people like my juniors ;)
Trust me, it will be useful for u to grab this opportunity in March next year. Somehow this will be a lengthy post. Bleh :P I include everything here!
Part 1
1. The registration for JPA scholarship will be available once SPM results is released.
2. Officially known as Program Ijazah Luar Negara (PILN). Be fast to apply online because the registration closed after one miserable week D:
3. Before registration, you'll have to SIGN UP with your IC number & password. Just click on the link " Pertama sekali bla bla bla " if I'm not mistaken :)
Additional Info : Click here to check the courses & country offered :)
4. Then just key in your information with capital letters, & press Cetakan or something like that you'll get urself an ID. There isn't any SUBMIT button so it's kinda confusing, for me.
FYI, I've registered Sastera Ikhtisas (Business/Finance & blaa) in Australia
Part 2
1. You can check whether you're shortlisted or not in the following 2 weeks.
If you're, you'll have to take two simple personality test which consists of whole lots of questions
There's like 400++ & I answered all those in 15 mins plus :P
2. Download all the documents attached and print them out. There'll be a list of documents that you should bring & blaaa.
Reminder :
- Prepare all these earlier so that you don't get messed up, because you'll have to certify all the photocopied documents from Pengetua/ Penolong Kanan in your high school.
- In case u don't know what's Sijil Kewarganegaraan ,you'll not need them unless your parents IC are NOT in blue colour.
- Include your ORIGINAL competition certs, koko certs, activity certs in a clear folder. Just submit the folder to the secretary & they'll calculate the marks for you.
(I photocopied all of them but they don't need it -.- )
3. Be well aware of your attire next.
For girls : It's preferably to wear Baju Kurung/ Baju Kebaya + Hair tied nicely + Leather shoes (Kasut bertutup)
For guys : Plain long sleeve with TIE (Important) + Slack + Leather shoes. Or maybe + coat? Anyway, be smart!
P.S : Just a piece of advice from me after searching information from all sources :)
4. Prepare your introduction in both ENGLISH & MALAY.
Include your name, previous school, family background, co-curricular activities & blaaa.
Mine was in MALAY. Pheww luckily my classmate helped me translate my English version on that day! Thank you earphone guy!
Anyway I didn't mention about my koko thingy which I was a representative for the basketball competition in 2009 & held the position of Vice President of uniformed body St.John Ambulans Malaysia Division 22!
I didn't forget about those, it's just others didn't include them in their intro, so I skipped that part WTHHH. HAHAHAHA. Okay off topic.
Part 3
1. Be well prepared for the interview session. Because JPA scholarship depends on :
Academic performance : 70%
Co-curricular activities : 10%
Family Background : 10%
Interview session : 10%
It may change over the years :P
2. Be ready for the current issues for discussion part and showered by never-ending-questions. HAHAHA. If you're hardworking enough u can prepare list of answers from the questions HERE.
Obviously, I wasn't that insane because I'm having classes everyday!
Anyhow I did lists of important questions like :
- Why you choose this course?
- Why do you choose business since u've got 9A+? Why not science?
- Why you choose to study abroad? Why not Malaysia? Why Australia?
- What makes you so special out of the straight A's students?
- What's your strength & weakness? (Tricky ques)
- Would you willing to accept the scholarship if u're given the local's?
- How do you see yourself in 10 years time.
- If there's only one will be chosen from you & her (ur group member), who will be the one who deserve this scholarship more?
Or some current issues relating to business like :
- What do you think about Malaysia's economy?
- How to reduce unemployment in our country?
- How to increase income of Malaysians like Sg?
I've about 5 windows and each having 138947124021 tabs in it.
My laptop didn't rest for the whole weeeeek D:
Blehhh I did lots of research thingy okayy, till I'm going to turn mad, seriously.
- And of course I want to thank my IELTS teacher - Mr.Joseph. He is superb because he gave me fantastic answers for like everything. Basically I'm the one who interviewed him. HAHAHAHA.
- And Lowyat forum helps too because they share their experiences there & I'm asking questions non stop at first because of my blur-ness. Thanks a million to them for helping me out.
You may have a look at my thread
HERE.
It's simply awesome because people who attended the interview earlier actually share their experiences immediately there! I'm so lucky to have my interview on the last day :P I think.
Important Reminder : If u're asked in BM, answer in BM. If u're asked in English, answer in English.
Unfortunately, mine was 2 sessions in BM, one session in English. *bangwall*
Still, I did my best. Definitely better than the TNB's interview.
Thanks to that particular interview because everything turns out to be better in the JPA's.
Make sure that u know the place before you go! I've a friend that couldn't find the place end up she failed to attend the interview :(
Plus, you'll be divided into groups. It's better to know your group members before the interview :)
There're 5 of them & I've got lucky no.3! Seriously I felt much calm lol idk why.
Make sure you greet the interviewers, sit only after they asked to, smile all the time & STAY CALM. Don't shake your legs, sweat, shivers & blaaa. I put my hands together so that I DON'T RUB MY NOSE. Ahaha shahbandarians knew that :P
Till then, I'm satisfied with my performance in the interview because l did my best :)
A big thanks to all humans who wished me luck for the interview including my classmates, my relatives, my friends & blaaa. And great I've neglected my studies for the whole week. *facepalm*
I hope I wouldn't affected by the negativity again, thinking that I actually have lots of works & problems to deal with next. *fingers crossed*
About the scholarship, I didn't actually pin high hopes for that. If I get it, I'll feel grateful & more happy than enough. But if I don't, its okay I'll just move on with my planned route!
I actually type such a long post because I hope that the next batch will be able to view my posts so that they won't be so lost :) Because I realized those seniors' blog post helped me a lot!
Ended by,
Vincci.
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