Tutor Interview for dummies (not even 101)

And so I had my very first interview for tutor position this morning. Result? I'm not very satisfied with my answers and the most important part is - I think I screwed it. Gah!

Thanks to those who wished and give supports also to those who wished to wish but can't wish for an unknown reason *self slap*. This might be a good lesson or tips or anything you wanna call it. I think I'd share my invaluable experience with you folks.

It's not so good to come an hour before your interview. Ok I lied. You should come early than your scheduled interview. Make an impression that you're a punctual person. Mine was scheduled at 11 AM and I came at 10.30 AM (because I knew I'd be sesat barat and yes, SESAT pagi2 buta).

To be honest, I expected to have at most 4 panels to do the interview. But when I entered the room, there were tonnes of people. OK I might exaggerate a bit. There were 7 people. SEVEN! I freaked out a bit. And may have shivered a bit. Ok fine! I stumbled on my words for the very first infamous questions of all - tell us about yourself. This, I'm prepared. I've made a paragraph long information about myself. Few questions later, I was comfortable talking and babbling about things I myself couldn't remember at this moment.

Note. You should be familiar with the area you're applying on. I applied for Tissue Culture tutor and so I studied on things that I thought matter the most. But it's not. They won't ask as much question about your application. Worst, they went for more general things like I was asked "Do you know whole plantation crops?" And "Shit" was the first word I thought. I just smiled and eat my words. They asked me some scientific names of crops. ZZZZZZZzzzzzzZZZ!! I'll leave it at that. Then they asked me about what's the latest news in Biotechnology. I quite nailed it but the later questions were in my area of expertise aiceh!

One of the lecturers said that I should be going to cellular level stuff, and I thought "Hell I'd go but this is what I want right now" and of course, I swallowed every word. Eh gile ape nak cakap camtu dpan lecturer. Sumpah kne tendang kua dan2. Well, yeah. Honestly, I'd prefer to go to more on cellular stuff, or even microbiology thingy. Don't you think bacteria grow cute colonies on plateS? "Hell yeah" shout the biotech nerdies. *raise hands waving eargerly* Oh yeah, I'm a nerd.

So far no so good. And we moved to more personal stuff.
Lecturer 1: Do you have a steady boyfriend?
Me: *jaw dropped*awkward silence*pull jaw back up* NO. (A firm, loud NO.)
Another headshot question came.
Lecturer 1: Do you think you'll get married during your study period?"
Me: *dodge bricks* NOoo~ooOO (a melancholic NO).
Everyone laugh with my innocent answer.
Lecturer 2: Why? Don't you wanna get married?
Me: Becausee.... cozz... Well, I wanna have a steady financial status and I wanna settle down everything first before I step into a marriage life. *grin* (Oh yes, I nailed it!) And HONESTLY, I can't picture myself marrying someone in 5 years. (ps: Mr bf sorry T_T)
They all burst into laughter.

I know. Innocent, right? Oh well, girls not only they can dream but they can plan too, ya know? ;) They were more questions but I find it worthless to share because they basically about BIOTECH. Boo.

Oh well, the most important thing before you step into that cold room is you HAVE to be prepared to answer all questions with confidence. CONFIDENCE. And English is important. Plus, show that you're worth it. Naahh, when I think about it, I prefer to accept the phd offer over this one. Reason? Being a lecturer is freaking HARDER than I thought it'd be.

YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO. 

That was the last statement from one of the panels. And yes, I knew what I'm getting into.

Jaa, mata ashita! Toodles!