How 10 Seconds Can Make or Break Your Future

Posted by Jonathan Ng | Filed under Personal

Interviewer: “Can I see your results?”

I complied..

Interviewer, upon seeing my lovely SPM results: “Why the two 9s?”

Breaking..

So as you could see from the situation above, the way I answered can make or break my future.. here’s what happend to (stupid) me:

Me, paused for like 10 seconds, not expecting such a question… ended up smiling and admitting that I was lazy back then.. FUCK!

If I had the “universal remote control” like Adam Sandler in “Click”, I would have rewinded back and gave myself a big whack, make that two big whacks..

Making..

I should have promoted myself more pro-actively. What I could have said then was:

I’ve changed and improved a lot since my seconday school days. I’ve realized my mistakes, and changed for the better. My results (CGPA) and active participation of college activities is prove of that.

I admit that I’m not good at memorizing things. I always forget it in a few days. But, I’m good at areas that require understanding and anlytical skills, like programming. I’m good in programming because I can grasp key concepts and apply it in different situations.

I do better now because of my passion for programming. Technology is something I like, something I get excited about and not get bored of.

Trick/Stress Questions

This is another thing my brother highlighted. Interviewers may ask you about your weaknesses. If my interviewer did, I would probably have panicked. You can’t go telling them all your weaknesses right? Well, as a matter of fact, interviewers don’t expect you to reveal much. Unless the weaknesses your reveal are really trivial things. What they’re observing is how well you respond to the questions. See whether you can turn your “negative” weaknesses into something “positive”.

Well, just hope I can do better in my next interview..

Permalink | November 28th, 2006

One Response to “How 10 Seconds Can Make or Break Your Future”

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    November 30th, 2006 at 7:11 am

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