I am my own experiment.
No, I'm not a scientist, nor am I a participant of a particular research project. Nevertheless, I would like to once again state that I am my own experiment.
Here's why.
I have recently started my professional career about a month ago. I'm a staff member of a multinational financial institution. Before completing my Finance degree and shortly after completing it, I casually went for part-time jobs but those jobs were merely to occupy my free time and for pocket money. Now, it's serious (but no pressure, 'kay? LOL..).
A few months back, I applied for a job (*this current one*) via an online recruitment agency. I intentionally did not apply for many jobs at once to avoid complicating my decision-making process. Weeks later, I received a phone call from my designated consultant from the particular recruitment agency that I signed up at (for free). She informed me that I was invited to a job interview based on my submitted résumé and application. The thing was...the interview was scheduled to take place only 2 days into the future, and it required me to travel to another city by air plane. I was given the option to reschedule my interview, considering my location at that time. I told the consultant that I needed a few hours to think it over. When I told my mom and dad about my interview invitation, they 'excitedly' urged me to go for it. At first, I was like (O.O)?! ... because they seemed to jump into the decision. However, the timing was interestingly perfect. My family members were about to travel to the particular city where my interview was going to be held. Originally, I was supposed to go along but I changed my plan because I wanted to attend a dear friend's wedding dinner on the same weekend. So, my flight tickets were deemed to 'burn', unused. As if cleverly planned by God (which I believe really was planned by Him), I could then make use of my flight ticket to get to my interview place and only needed to buy a new flight ticket back home. So, that was what I did.
On my interview day, I remained calm and collected because I figured that stressing over it would exhaust me. So, I did my brief preparation by drafting some answers to possible interview questions in my head. Here's a tip - you should always be ready to present yourself as a potential asset to the employer. So, it helps if you know the company's name, core business or function, motto, shared values, and main goals. Do your little research. Apart from that, be prepared to emphasise on your strengths and specialties, not only as a potential employee but also as a person. Companies these days like employees with personalities and good attitudes. There is no need to rush into answering the interviewer's questions. Intelligently pause for a second in between your sentences, and use appropriate tones. Remember to make occasional eye contact with the interviewer. Politely smile whenever you have the chance.
Prior to my one-to-one interview session, I, along with other candidates, went for a BURPLAS test. I don't remember what it stands for but it was a written (multiple choice questions) English language assessment. It was quite simple and straight forward. I noticed that for some questions, there were more than one acceptable answers (because the employer would like to find out if we were more prone to use British English or American English). I just went with answers that I found to be most natural and seemingly correct to me.
I passed my language assessment and proceeded to my face-to-face interview session. My first interviewer was a guy (who is now my senior colleague ^^) whom I found to be friendly and engaging. I can't recall all of the questions that he asked as well as their order, but these are among the questions that I can still remember - "Tell me a little bit about where you are from (*Borneo part of Malaysia*)." "Why did you apply for this job?" "Are you willing to work during non-Asian working hours (*My particular job deals with the UK financial market.*) and Malaysian public holidays?" "What do you like to do during your free time?" .....
He then informed me that he would assign another interviewer to interview me again right after that. In my mind, I was thinking "Is that a good thing or a bad thing for me?" but I tried to remain calm.
My second interviewer was a lady who seemed fairly serious yet pleasant. Some of the questions that she asked me were - "Tell me about yourself." "What made you apply for this job?" "What makes a company a great company?" "Which one is more important to you - speed or accuracy?" "Which one would you choose - high salary or job satisfaction?" "What would you do if your senior or trainer does not seem to be cooperative in guiding you?".....
After my interview session, I went out of the building and quickly caught a taxi to go straight to the airport and go back home. I felt like I had done my best but I kept an open mind without having any expectations.
Less than a week after my interview, I was awakened from my sleep by a phone call from a representative of the company that interviewed me. I was delighted to find out that I was accepted as a potential employee (*At that time, I wasn't officially employed yet as the company needed to carry out a background check to ensure that I was/ am free from any criminal or financial charges.*). About 2 weeks later, the background check was completed and I was called to get ready to go to work. Yay~
I'm now renting a room in a double-storey house in a city next to the city where my work place is located. From the very beginning, I keep telling myself to be optimistic and alert of everything that's happening around me. I honesty didn't realise how big of a move it is for me to be away from home, working in a professional field. Remarks like "That's quite a big move.", "Wow~", "You're brave.", or simply startled expressions from my seniors and new friends were what made me see how significant my move is. ^o^ To be frank, I didn't think it was such a big deal at all. Sure, it's a new environment for me and working life is different than studying life. But everything's manageable so far. I hope everything stays alright for a very long time.
The reason why I consider this whole experience as "my own experiment" is because I'm practically doing new things out of my own guts and intuitions since I'm the eldest among my siblings and most of my cousins. I don't have many people to refer to but it's all good. I have good superiors, colleagues, and friends around me. Above all, I have the Almighty and my guardian angels by my side. :) I'll be fine. We'll all be fine. Just believe so.
No, I'm not a scientist, nor am I a participant of a particular research project. Nevertheless, I would like to once again state that I am my own experiment.
Here's why.
I have recently started my professional career about a month ago. I'm a staff member of a multinational financial institution. Before completing my Finance degree and shortly after completing it, I casually went for part-time jobs but those jobs were merely to occupy my free time and for pocket money. Now, it's serious (but no pressure, 'kay? LOL..).
A few months back, I applied for a job (*this current one*) via an online recruitment agency. I intentionally did not apply for many jobs at once to avoid complicating my decision-making process. Weeks later, I received a phone call from my designated consultant from the particular recruitment agency that I signed up at (for free). She informed me that I was invited to a job interview based on my submitted résumé and application. The thing was...the interview was scheduled to take place only 2 days into the future, and it required me to travel to another city by air plane. I was given the option to reschedule my interview, considering my location at that time. I told the consultant that I needed a few hours to think it over. When I told my mom and dad about my interview invitation, they 'excitedly' urged me to go for it. At first, I was like (O.O)?! ... because they seemed to jump into the decision. However, the timing was interestingly perfect. My family members were about to travel to the particular city where my interview was going to be held. Originally, I was supposed to go along but I changed my plan because I wanted to attend a dear friend's wedding dinner on the same weekend. So, my flight tickets were deemed to 'burn', unused. As if cleverly planned by God (which I believe really was planned by Him), I could then make use of my flight ticket to get to my interview place and only needed to buy a new flight ticket back home. So, that was what I did.
On my interview day, I remained calm and collected because I figured that stressing over it would exhaust me. So, I did my brief preparation by drafting some answers to possible interview questions in my head. Here's a tip - you should always be ready to present yourself as a potential asset to the employer. So, it helps if you know the company's name, core business or function, motto, shared values, and main goals. Do your little research. Apart from that, be prepared to emphasise on your strengths and specialties, not only as a potential employee but also as a person. Companies these days like employees with personalities and good attitudes. There is no need to rush into answering the interviewer's questions. Intelligently pause for a second in between your sentences, and use appropriate tones. Remember to make occasional eye contact with the interviewer. Politely smile whenever you have the chance.
Prior to my one-to-one interview session, I, along with other candidates, went for a BURPLAS test. I don't remember what it stands for but it was a written (multiple choice questions) English language assessment. It was quite simple and straight forward. I noticed that for some questions, there were more than one acceptable answers (because the employer would like to find out if we were more prone to use British English or American English). I just went with answers that I found to be most natural and seemingly correct to me.
I passed my language assessment and proceeded to my face-to-face interview session. My first interviewer was a guy (who is now my senior colleague ^^) whom I found to be friendly and engaging. I can't recall all of the questions that he asked as well as their order, but these are among the questions that I can still remember - "Tell me a little bit about where you are from (*Borneo part of Malaysia*)." "Why did you apply for this job?" "Are you willing to work during non-Asian working hours (*My particular job deals with the UK financial market.*) and Malaysian public holidays?" "What do you like to do during your free time?" .....
He then informed me that he would assign another interviewer to interview me again right after that. In my mind, I was thinking "Is that a good thing or a bad thing for me?" but I tried to remain calm.
My second interviewer was a lady who seemed fairly serious yet pleasant. Some of the questions that she asked me were - "Tell me about yourself." "What made you apply for this job?" "What makes a company a great company?" "Which one is more important to you - speed or accuracy?" "Which one would you choose - high salary or job satisfaction?" "What would you do if your senior or trainer does not seem to be cooperative in guiding you?".....
After my interview session, I went out of the building and quickly caught a taxi to go straight to the airport and go back home. I felt like I had done my best but I kept an open mind without having any expectations.
Less than a week after my interview, I was awakened from my sleep by a phone call from a representative of the company that interviewed me. I was delighted to find out that I was accepted as a potential employee (*At that time, I wasn't officially employed yet as the company needed to carry out a background check to ensure that I was/ am free from any criminal or financial charges.*). About 2 weeks later, the background check was completed and I was called to get ready to go to work. Yay~
I'm now renting a room in a double-storey house in a city next to the city where my work place is located. From the very beginning, I keep telling myself to be optimistic and alert of everything that's happening around me. I honesty didn't realise how big of a move it is for me to be away from home, working in a professional field. Remarks like "That's quite a big move.", "Wow~", "You're brave.", or simply startled expressions from my seniors and new friends were what made me see how significant my move is. ^o^ To be frank, I didn't think it was such a big deal at all. Sure, it's a new environment for me and working life is different than studying life. But everything's manageable so far. I hope everything stays alright for a very long time.
The reason why I consider this whole experience as "my own experiment" is because I'm practically doing new things out of my own guts and intuitions since I'm the eldest among my siblings and most of my cousins. I don't have many people to refer to but it's all good. I have good superiors, colleagues, and friends around me. Above all, I have the Almighty and my guardian angels by my side. :) I'll be fine. We'll all be fine. Just believe so.
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