well, i'm sure they are alot of spm graduates out there apllied alot of scholarships. though, we still havent receive any letter asking us to attend interview session but it is better to do our home work first and gear ourselves wit the best strategy to confront the panel

ok, here will be my questions :
1) to them who sit for a scholarship interview session before, how will the interview session will be conducted?

2) i read from the star, saying tat PSD interview will be in a group interview which consist of 5-7 ppl and will take around one hour. in this one hour, what will they do? discuss bout a topic? a topic bout wat? general issue or some more complicated?

3) is it neccesary to use some bombastic words or smart appearance to impress the panel? like wearing tie etc...

erm... that's all for now. after doing some google, here some tips:
* Your personal history in terms of education, employment, and (some) family. How each shaped you as a person, and how each affected your values and dreams.
* Any awards, championships, honors, distinctions you have won.
* Hopes, dreams and plans for the future, how you plan to attain them and why they are so important to you.
* Hobbies and personal interests.
* Your personal financial standing, and that of your parents, especially if the scholarship is need-based.
* Any questions you may have for the interviewer, relevant to the interview. It can't hurt to come up with a few of these. It will make you look even more enthusiastic.
* Arrive ten minutes early. Do not be late. If something comes up that will prevent you from arriving on time, call as soon as you can so the interviewer can either attend to other matters while waiting, or rescheduling for a more convenient time.
* Men, wear a jacket and tie, women, a suit or conservative dress/skirt. Dress as though you're attending a job interview. Do not wear jeans, t-shirts or casual clothing. This cannot be stressed enough.
* Make eye contact, sit up straight, and give a firm handshake. No gum, coffee, food or cigarettes are to be brought into the interview.
* Answer all questions as briefly and candidly as propriety allows. Avoid rambling. If you've prepared sufficiently, the answers will already be on the tip of your tongue. If you're confused by a question, don't hesitate to ask the interviewer to clarify. It certainly beats a grasping, directionless response.
* Be positive and enthusiastic about the scholarship and about your own future. Smile. Foster easy conversation.

(copy from http://scholarships.brokescholar.com/index...Interviews.html )

please contribute to this thread and those who have the experience please share wit us

thanks to them for viewing this post!!!

You can refer to this forum.

One thing I've always noticed from interviews is that people sit, and then sort of fold up, they hunch and their feet point at each other. Make sure you sit up straight and your feet are pointing forward.

thanks!! anyone wanan offer advices?? or maybe ur experience??

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Adding on to what I listed there... really, the JPA interview is hardly as 'professional' as you would expect. I actually advise you NOT to use big words because the interviewer most likely would not understand them! And as long as you don't turn up in jeans or T-shirt it'd be fine, I didn't see a single person there in coat and tie. The topic given to my group to discuss was 'How to live a healthy lifestyle'.

Then again, I might not be the best person to give advice on that, having failed to secure the scholarship. Although I suspect that may have more to do with me having applied medicine, and also not having any co-curricular activities.

IMO most important thing is WHAT course you apply for... and what you appeal for. NEVER appeal for exactly the same thing that you applied for, it doesn't work.

regarding on the topic 'healthy lifestyle' perhaps ur group is targetting on medicine scholarship? its related though...

wad do u mean by 'never appeal for exactly the same thing u applied for, it doesnt work.' ??
plz clarify thx alot...

p/s: i've jus receive offer for jpa interview nex week...so i need some tips from previous JPA scholarhip receivers as well

Well, yes, obviously my group was targetting medicine.

Means if you apply for, say, medicine UK, and you fail to receive, don't appeal for medicine UK. Appeal for something less popular.

0.o
going interview 6th april... nervous><
and how to describe our background(self intro)??

I also am going for an interview on the 5th. It's for a diploma in architecture. It should be easier than the one azarimy stated in here since its not for a degree?


Questions like? About the course or about the interviewer? Would it make us look like we didnt do our homework about the course that we applied for if we ask questions about the course?

I'm going for the Star scholarship thing. Anyone went before?

Edit: A tip from me, remember to switch OFF the h/p.

This post has been edited by Fields: Mar 31 2006, 10:26 PM

haha!!!yea, switch off hp, if not when the interview going half way, 'BEEP! BEEP!' lol...

so how to intro ourself?

any more tips?

I'm going for JPA interview on the 4th of April.. this tuesday. Can anyone give tips on what sort of questions to expect and related stuff?

me too... on actuarial science. what topic to expect?

haih..
same here....
oso gonna have my interview 2moloe...
dunnoe wta to xpect...
but...
my cousin told me..
there's liek a question n answer session..
where u have to b the 1st to answer teh questions...

I'm going for the JPA interview on Thursday... For diplomma in Computer Science... Any tips??

Is the interview in english? I hope it is.. because Im not so fluent in malay.

I'm, not fluent in english... so so... with malay also...

Hmm.... About the group discussion topic... Is it related to wat subject you choose?? As like wat misao has eXPeri3nc3d b4...

SO, does tat mean in the whole group must be the same targetting subject??
Anyone can clariy on this?? Thanks in adv...

Just went for the interview this morning.. Good thing I was in the 1st group

biggest misinformaion ever lol!

I went to shah alam today, 95% of the boys had ties. I didnt.

and there are two sessions, one in bm one in english.

plus there were more pretty gals than my NS camp.

Tomorrow's my star scholarship interview! Wish me luck!!