Beberapa hari lepas, aku dapat result utk interview CAT-ACCA UiTM.
Dan aku tak dapat pun. Sobs
Tapi takpe, aku boleh guna Plan B - Kolej Polytech Mara KL
Kos yang sama juga, CAT,
cuma setahun setengah la, bukan setahun macam kat UiTM
(start tahun ni dorang tak buat di UiTM dah, tapi di INTEC)
Utk KPTM ni, kena daftar 2 July 2015.
Saja nak bagitahu, kita raya 17 July, ohok ohok.
So bila aku pergi je KL utk register nanti, memang kena beli tiket balik raya siap-siap la.
Ok untuk preparation masuk kolej.
- medical checkup
- photostat and sahkan dokumen
- lengkapkan borang yada yada yada
- bayaran pengesahan penerimaan tawaran RM 250
- yuran pendaftaran RM 1250
- email (or post) surat penerimaan tawaran
- gambar passport
- mintak zakat negeri utk pengajian
- email mintak sumbangan pengajian kat mana-mana syarikat besar
- beli slow cooker / rice cooker utk masak kat hostel demi penjimatan sara diri yg maksima hahaha
Ok ada sebulan lebih lagi utk prepare.
Ohye, ingat lagi tak anak Makcik CAT dalam entry sebelum ni? Ha anak dia dapat UiTM tu :)
Sunday 24 May 2015
Monday 11 May 2015
Interview CAT-ACCA UiTM
Entry ni serious panjang melampau.
Dalam ni aku akan cerita tentang flow interview CAT-ACCA UiTM untuk panggilan kedua aku
- English Test 1 jam
So bila dah pukul 1.40pm, aku pun naik tingkat 14 untuk ke bilik interview.
Mengikut bancian yang dikutip dari mulut ke mulut, panel 6 yg bakal interview aku ni, dorang akan tanya soalan sepert berikut:
1) Introduce yourself (Soalan wajib)
2) Family background
3) Kokurikulum
4) Why choose CAT
5) What is accounting
6) What if you failed in CAT? what would you do?
7) Why do you love accounting? Tau la kau minat akaun, tapi apa yg menyebabkan kau minat akaun? cemtu haa
8) How do you see yourself in the next 10 years
9) What does an accountant do?
Bagi menambahkan efek saspen, interviewer tu akan provoke kau and tanya soalan macam..
"Hang tau dak CAT ni susah??"
"Cemana hang nak buat kalau hang failed??"
"Kalau failed lagi cemana?? Haa haaa"
Okay. Tak ada lah bunyi BM Kedah macam tu. Interviewer tu speak in English la of course.
Tak tahu lah kot kot sebenarnye interviewer tu cool je, tapi saja bebudak ni buat gaya macam interviewer tu garang sangat kan. Tapi ada jugak kemungkinan interviewer tu memang nak psycho sikit-sikit. Entah.
Tips untuk taknak nampak cuak bila di-provoke, kau senyum je.
Kalau boleh sepetkan mata, kau sepetkan sikit bagi nampak macam mesra alam.
Automatik nampak macam kau seorang yang kool.
Kool macam sape? Macam aku. Kahkah
Interview orang lain, ada yang 10 min je, and ada yang 20 minit punya lama.
Depends mood interviewer tu nak tanya apa, soalan simple atau soalan provoke.
Untuk panel 6, interviewer ada 4 orang, manakala interviewee hanyalah seorang. Untuk panel lain, Makcik Cat cakap, ada orang dapat masuk 2 orang sekali gus untuk di-interview.
Menurut sumber lain yang boleh dipercayai, panel dari bilik lain hanyalah bertanyakan soalan-soalan senang seperti introduce yourself dan family background, dan juga kokurikulum, pastu dah, habis.
Why do you wanna take CAT?
- Shortest programme to get ACCA. I've made comparison between diploma, degree and CAT. Since CAT will only take 1 or 1 1/2 yrs while the other 2 will take 3-4 years, I think CAT is the best for me since I don't want to wait for another solid 3-4 years for a degree or diploma. Besides, my dad used to say,"Kakak, if you want to get into bussiness world, aim for the professional certificate, not just a degree"
So does that mean you just wanna take CAT and not ACCA?
- Nope, I'm not going to stop until CAT. I'm going to take ACCA, but my plan is, after CAT, I have 2 options, either full-time ACCA, or part-time ACCA. It will depend on the situation later.
What does an accountant do?
- manage the finance of the company and give advice of what is good and bad for the company's finance
Why did you stop taking microbiology although you still have another one more year to go? Why not try to finish your degree first, at least you can have a degree...?
- I don't want to be a microbiologist. That is not the life that I want. I wanna be an accountant.
Why did you stop taking your degree?
- Actually it was because of my poor academic performance and that's because of a few reasons like study technique and no interest in that course.
How poor was your academic performance?
- I failed a few subjects
So you were saying that you are passionate in accounting, why is that?
- Actually my interest is calculation. There are many study fields that use calculations, like physics, mathematics, computers and accounting. Eventhough I'm good in physics, I don't like the subject, but I'm actually quite good at it. I actually hated biology since I was form 4, and love accounting since I took the subject from the tuition outside the school. I actually started taking accounting a bit late during form 4, but I love it very much.
That's all for today, thank you very much.
(Then aku tunggu kot kot depa nak tanya 'Do you have any questions?' Tapi since depa tak tanya pun, aku pun dengan selambanya tanya...)
Em can I ask a few questions?
-Yesss yess of course you can.
(dan seriously lepastu aku terus keluarkan notebook aku dari poket utk aku tanya soalan kat dorang. 4 soalan aku tanya to be exact. Sebab tu aku guna notebook sebab aku takut aku lupa. Bila balik rumah pun baru teringat ada lagi beberapa soalan nak tanya T_T)
Soalan Aku untuk Interviewer
- There will be a slight change for the fees as we are moving to INTEC, so the management will be different (Aku tak ingat dah dia cakap apa lagi dah haha)
4) If I got the exemption for CAT paper, I don't have to take the exam, right? But can I take the classes but not taking the exam, because I need to refresh back my memories
- I am not quite sure if you could get the exemption because your SPM was dated from 2009. And I think it's quite recent that they allowed the exemption, maybe since 2011, or....? I'm not quite sure but you can email them yourself and ask.
Ohh okay. Hm if, just in case, if I could get the exemption, can I take the classes without taking the exam?
- Yes, that can be arranged later, don't worry about that
Dalam ni aku akan cerita tentang flow interview CAT-ACCA UiTM untuk panggilan kedua aku
- English Test 1 jam
- Maths Test 1 jam
- Interview 10-20 mins (aku akan cerita tentang soalan untuk candidate lain, dan jugak soalan untuk aku)
** Untuk yg nak terus baca pasal soalan interview, boleh skip perenggan banyak-banyak ni and cari sub heading berwarna merah bertajuk Soalan Interview.
7 May 2015 haritu, aku pergi interview utk program CAT kat UiTM Shah Alam (programme code AC150).
Seperti dalam entry sebelum ni, aku terlepas interview sebenarnya,
So ni adalah panggilan kedua interview bagi kos CAT di UiTM. Kemungkinan sesi kali ni sedikit berbeza daripada sesi pertama.
Aku naik teksi ke UiTM tu dengan adik aku. Nama penuh tempat aku nak interview tu, Bangunan Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah. Nama glemer kat signboard, Bangunan SAAS. Aku sampai dalam pukul 7.45am, walaupun surat kata register pukul 8.30 am. Masa aku sampai tu, orang lain tengah muka nervous, dan diapit kiri kanan oleh mak ayah memasing.
Aku?
Perasaan nervous aku tak sempat nak sampai lagi, lebih kepada perasaan kebuluran sebab tak sempat breakfast. Nasib baik sempat tapau nasik lemak wakaka.
Masa sampai tu, ada sorang kakak ni tegur and tanya apa benda entah tak ingat dah aku. About lepasan spm mende entah. Aku bagitahu yg aku apply guna result SPM, tapi aku bukan lepasan SPM pon wakaka. So aku cakap la yang lain-lain ni maybe lepasan SPM.
Aku ingat kakak tu sama kategori dgn aku, yakni baru nak apply CAT tapi guna result SPM yg dah berzaman. Tetibe anak dia muncul, tanya aku apply kat mana, website UiTM ke apa, sebab dia kata dia tak apply pun kat website UiTM tapi tetibe dapat surat interview entah dari mana pun dia taktahu. Ada juga dia mention tentang scholarship Peneraju.
Tapi malangnya satu mende pon aku tak paham pasal biasiswa yang dia bagitahu tu.
Isk isk.
** Untuk yg nak terus baca pasal soalan interview, boleh skip perenggan banyak-banyak ni and cari sub heading berwarna merah bertajuk Soalan Interview.
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7 May 2015 haritu, aku pergi interview utk program CAT kat UiTM Shah Alam (programme code AC150).
Seperti dalam entry sebelum ni, aku terlepas interview sebenarnya,
So ni adalah panggilan kedua interview bagi kos CAT di UiTM. Kemungkinan sesi kali ni sedikit berbeza daripada sesi pertama.
Aku naik teksi ke UiTM tu dengan adik aku. Nama penuh tempat aku nak interview tu, Bangunan Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah. Nama glemer kat signboard, Bangunan SAAS. Aku sampai dalam pukul 7.45am, walaupun surat kata register pukul 8.30 am. Masa aku sampai tu, orang lain tengah muka nervous, dan diapit kiri kanan oleh mak ayah memasing.
Aku?
Perasaan nervous aku tak sempat nak sampai lagi, lebih kepada perasaan kebuluran sebab tak sempat breakfast. Nasib baik sempat tapau nasik lemak wakaka.
Masa sampai tu, ada sorang kakak ni tegur and tanya apa benda entah tak ingat dah aku. About lepasan spm mende entah. Aku bagitahu yg aku apply guna result SPM, tapi aku bukan lepasan SPM pon wakaka. So aku cakap la yang lain-lain ni maybe lepasan SPM.
Aku ingat kakak tu sama kategori dgn aku, yakni baru nak apply CAT tapi guna result SPM yg dah berzaman. Tetibe anak dia muncul, tanya aku apply kat mana, website UiTM ke apa, sebab dia kata dia tak apply pun kat website UiTM tapi tetibe dapat surat interview entah dari mana pun dia taktahu. Ada juga dia mention tentang scholarship Peneraju.
Tapi malangnya satu mende pon aku tak paham pasal biasiswa yang dia bagitahu tu.
Isk isk.
Oh ye, lepas aku tahu kakak tu sebenarnye seorang ibu,
terus aku cop dia sebagai seorang makcik, bukan lagi seorang kakak.
Haha sorry makcik, saya taktau makcik ni makcik, muka muda sangat mcm 30-an.
Aku pun lupa nak tanya nama makcik tu apa, so demi memudahkan cerita, kita namakan makcik tu sebagai Makcik Cat dari Penang.
Dalam pukul 8.40 mcm tu kitorang dipanggil untuk masuk dalam hall untuk buat English Test.
English test tu dia kasi 1 jam, nak keluar awal pun takpe tak kisah.
Oh ye, sebelum tu lupa nak bagitau,
utk interview batch kedua ni, ada 117 nama dalam senarai tapi yang datang dalam half je (based on my observation la).
Ada juga aku tanya sorang budak ni, dia memang dapat panggilan interview batch kedua ke?
Mana la tahu kan kot-kot dia sama bangsa dgn aku, jenis budak-terlepas-interview-sebab-tak-semak-kat-website, kahkah.
Tapi rupanya dia kata dia memang dapat panggilan utk pergi interview 7/5/2015, so dia pun pergi jela cambese.
K aku jeke yang terlepas interview ni lepastu dapat second chance utk interview panggilan kedua? ~_~
English Test (8.50am - 9.50am)
terus aku cop dia sebagai seorang makcik, bukan lagi seorang kakak.
Haha sorry makcik, saya taktau makcik ni makcik, muka muda sangat mcm 30-an.
Aku pun lupa nak tanya nama makcik tu apa, so demi memudahkan cerita, kita namakan makcik tu sebagai Makcik Cat dari Penang.
Dalam pukul 8.40 mcm tu kitorang dipanggil untuk masuk dalam hall untuk buat English Test.
English test tu dia kasi 1 jam, nak keluar awal pun takpe tak kisah.
Oh ye, sebelum tu lupa nak bagitau,
utk interview batch kedua ni, ada 117 nama dalam senarai tapi yang datang dalam half je (based on my observation la).
Ada juga aku tanya sorang budak ni, dia memang dapat panggilan interview batch kedua ke?
Mana la tahu kan kot-kot dia sama bangsa dgn aku, jenis budak-terlepas-interview-sebab-tak-semak-kat-website, kahkah.
Tapi rupanya dia kata dia memang dapat panggilan utk pergi interview 7/5/2015, so dia pun pergi jela cambese.
K aku jeke yang terlepas interview ni lepastu dapat second chance utk interview panggilan kedua? ~_~
English Test (8.50am - 9.50am)
Basically dia suruh kita buat essay 250 words.
Sorry aku memang tak ingat langsung the exact soalan.
Yg aku ingat, dia tanya tentang macam mana ACCA ni akan bantu korang dlm role korang sbg akauntan nanti, something like that lah.
Ehyeke? Sorry sangat-sangat aku memang tak ingat.
Lebih kurang je macam soalan essay yg previous years punya (Kalau korang rajin google entry orang lain, mostly akan jumpa yg soalan essay adalah berkenaan role of accountant and ACCA)
So, apa yg aku jawap?
- accountant kena manage pasal company punya finance dan bagi advice
- since I was a science stream student, I really made research about this course before decided to change my study field to accountancy. I used to think that akaun ni kerjanya asyik tatap numbers and calculators je kat corok corner tepi bilik, tapi rupanya bukan. It is actually more than that. Role of accountant adalah utk manage finance company tu and bagi advice tentang apa yg baik and buruk dari segi kewangan company tu, sebab basic calculation and book keeping tu nanti guna advance accounting software je.
- my dad used to say kalau nak masuk bussiness world, make sure kita aim sampai professional cert, not just a degree
- then aku cakap la acca ni world wide, recognisable, anytime anywhere kita boleh kasi kita punya service, professionally trained yada yada yada
Memandangkan aku dah lama sangat tak buat essay english style SPM,
ayat aku memang tak ada rupa akademik langsung,
Sorry aku memang tak ingat langsung the exact soalan.
Yg aku ingat, dia tanya tentang macam mana ACCA ni akan bantu korang dlm role korang sbg akauntan nanti, something like that lah.
Ehyeke? Sorry sangat-sangat aku memang tak ingat.
Lebih kurang je macam soalan essay yg previous years punya (Kalau korang rajin google entry orang lain, mostly akan jumpa yg soalan essay adalah berkenaan role of accountant and ACCA)
So, apa yg aku jawap?
- accountant kena manage pasal company punya finance dan bagi advice
- since I was a science stream student, I really made research about this course before decided to change my study field to accountancy. I used to think that akaun ni kerjanya asyik tatap numbers and calculators je kat corok corner tepi bilik, tapi rupanya bukan. It is actually more than that. Role of accountant adalah utk manage finance company tu and bagi advice tentang apa yg baik and buruk dari segi kewangan company tu, sebab basic calculation and book keeping tu nanti guna advance accounting software je.
- my dad used to say kalau nak masuk bussiness world, make sure kita aim sampai professional cert, not just a degree
- then aku cakap la acca ni world wide, recognisable, anytime anywhere kita boleh kasi kita punya service, professionally trained yada yada yada
Memandangkan aku dah lama sangat tak buat essay english style SPM,
ayat aku memang tak ada rupa akademik langsung,
but instead, rupa macam orang tengah menyembang.
Hahaha. Lantak, asalkan point yg aku nak cakap tu adalah my honest view about ACCA that I have gathered from my research. I'm just applying back what I have read and gained from my research.
Math Test
Sejam dia kasi masa untuk buat, tapi nak keluar awal pun takpe.
Serious aku cakap, last sekali aku belajar maths adalah masa 4 tahun lepas. Sejak dari 4 tahun lepas, aku hanya gunakan calculator kedai runcit tu je, takde lain dah. Tapi alhamdulillah soalan math dia adalah soalan tambah tolak darab bahagi yg memang simple tahap korek taik gigi.
Kadang tu aku rasa mcm dungu jugak masa test tu,
sebab guna calculator untuk simple addition ~_~
Like, kau dah kenapa 11+13 pon nak guna calculator?! Teruk sangat ke kaviti taik gigi kat otak kau tu?
Math Test
Sejam dia kasi masa untuk buat, tapi nak keluar awal pun takpe.
Serious aku cakap, last sekali aku belajar maths adalah masa 4 tahun lepas. Sejak dari 4 tahun lepas, aku hanya gunakan calculator kedai runcit tu je, takde lain dah. Tapi alhamdulillah soalan math dia adalah soalan tambah tolak darab bahagi yg memang simple tahap korek taik gigi.
Kadang tu aku rasa mcm dungu jugak masa test tu,
sebab guna calculator untuk simple addition ~_~
Like, kau dah kenapa 11+13 pon nak guna calculator?! Teruk sangat ke kaviti taik gigi kat otak kau tu?
-,,-
Tapi ada je soalan seketul tentang standard deviation ke normal distribution entah.
Ada jugak pasal equation of a gradient.
Ada jugak satu soalan suruh factorise.
Simple je factorisation dalam soalan tu, tapi tu lah, aku dah lupa macam mana nak factorise x tu guna calculator wakaka.
Overall, ada 40 soalan simple math and aku dapat 38/40.
Simple math pun takleh dapat full marks, kahkah.
Ohye, bila kau dah submit answer, tak leh 'go back' atau check balik dah. So kalau kau ada careless mistake, mereput la kau dgn careless mistake kau tu.
So gunakan lah calculator sehabis baik walaupun soalannya cuma tanya 1+1
Briefing for Parents
Masa kita tengah busy buat Maths test tu, parents akan diberi briefing oleh UiTM.
Aku kan datang tanpa ibu bapa, and adik aku je teman,
so memang tak laaaa budak tu nak gi dengor briefing tu ~_~
Namun begitu, aku ada juga dapat info sikit-sikit pasal briefing tersebut daripada Makcik Cat tadi masa kitorang tunggu teksi bersama-sama selepas berakhirnya interview.
Menurut beliau, kos CAT ni dipindahkan ke INTEC untuk diprivatekan sebab nak student concentrate untuk paper CAT sahaja. Kalau under UiTM, nanti dorang kena ambik paper-paper lain yang wajib diambil sebagai student UiTM. Tapi, kalau under private centre, just those 9 papers only.
Selain itu (amboi penanda wacana kau), semua student yang menghadiri interview pada hari ini/itu, eligible untuk dapat scholarship Peneraju. (Oh menatang ni la Peneraju yang budak tu cerita kat aku pagi tadi!). Kalau pass semua paper without repeat, dengan markah more than 65%, tak perlu bayar balik sebab jadi biasiswa. Kalau tak, nanti kena bayar balik 20%
Aku tak sure aku boleh apply ke tak sebab aku bukan lepasan SPM 2014 T__________T
Soalan Interview (2.00 - 5.00pm) - In English
Tapi ada je soalan seketul tentang standard deviation ke normal distribution entah.
Ada jugak pasal equation of a gradient.
Ada jugak satu soalan suruh factorise.
Simple je factorisation dalam soalan tu, tapi tu lah, aku dah lupa macam mana nak factorise x tu guna calculator wakaka.
Overall, ada 40 soalan simple math and aku dapat 38/40.
Simple math pun takleh dapat full marks, kahkah.
Ohye, bila kau dah submit answer, tak leh 'go back' atau check balik dah. So kalau kau ada careless mistake, mereput la kau dgn careless mistake kau tu.
So gunakan lah calculator sehabis baik walaupun soalannya cuma tanya 1+1
Briefing for Parents
Masa kita tengah busy buat Maths test tu, parents akan diberi briefing oleh UiTM.
Aku kan datang tanpa ibu bapa, and adik aku je teman,
so memang tak laaaa budak tu nak gi dengor briefing tu ~_~
Namun begitu, aku ada juga dapat info sikit-sikit pasal briefing tersebut daripada Makcik Cat tadi masa kitorang tunggu teksi bersama-sama selepas berakhirnya interview.
Menurut beliau, kos CAT ni dipindahkan ke INTEC untuk diprivatekan sebab nak student concentrate untuk paper CAT sahaja. Kalau under UiTM, nanti dorang kena ambik paper-paper lain yang wajib diambil sebagai student UiTM. Tapi, kalau under private centre, just those 9 papers only.
Selain itu (amboi penanda wacana kau), semua student yang menghadiri interview pada hari ini/itu, eligible untuk dapat scholarship Peneraju. (Oh menatang ni la Peneraju yang budak tu cerita kat aku pagi tadi!). Kalau pass semua paper without repeat, dengan markah more than 65%, tak perlu bayar balik sebab jadi biasiswa. Kalau tak, nanti kena bayar balik 20%
Aku tak sure aku boleh apply ke tak sebab aku bukan lepasan SPM 2014 T__________T
Soalan Interview (2.00 - 5.00pm) - In English
So bila dah pukul 1.40pm, aku pun naik tingkat 14 untuk ke bilik interview.
Mengikut bancian yang dikutip dari mulut ke mulut, panel 6 yg bakal interview aku ni, dorang akan tanya soalan sepert berikut:
1) Introduce yourself (Soalan wajib)
2) Family background
3) Kokurikulum
4) Why choose CAT
5) What is accounting
6) What if you failed in CAT? what would you do?
7) Why do you love accounting? Tau la kau minat akaun, tapi apa yg menyebabkan kau minat akaun? cemtu haa
8) How do you see yourself in the next 10 years
9) What does an accountant do?
Bagi menambahkan efek saspen, interviewer tu akan provoke kau and tanya soalan macam..
"Hang tau dak CAT ni susah??"
"Cemana hang nak buat kalau hang failed??"
"Kalau failed lagi cemana?? Haa haaa"
Okay. Tak ada lah bunyi BM Kedah macam tu. Interviewer tu speak in English la of course.
Tak tahu lah kot kot sebenarnye interviewer tu cool je, tapi saja bebudak ni buat gaya macam interviewer tu garang sangat kan. Tapi ada jugak kemungkinan interviewer tu memang nak psycho sikit-sikit. Entah.
Tips untuk taknak nampak cuak bila di-provoke, kau senyum je.
Kalau boleh sepetkan mata, kau sepetkan sikit bagi nampak macam mesra alam.
Automatik nampak macam kau seorang yang kool.
Kool macam sape? Macam aku. Kahkah
Interview orang lain, ada yang 10 min je, and ada yang 20 minit punya lama.
Depends mood interviewer tu nak tanya apa, soalan simple atau soalan provoke.
Untuk panel 6, interviewer ada 4 orang, manakala interviewee hanyalah seorang. Untuk panel lain, Makcik Cat cakap, ada orang dapat masuk 2 orang sekali gus untuk di-interview.
Menurut sumber lain yang boleh dipercayai, panel dari bilik lain hanyalah bertanyakan soalan-soalan senang seperti introduce yourself dan family background, dan juga kokurikulum, pastu dah, habis.
Yang paling tak boleh blah, ada sorang candidate bagitau cemni,
"Weh seronok ah interview tadi, best giler!"
Untung laa best -_-
Hm. Maybe Panel 6 ni je kot yang macam semangat membara utk tanya soalan yg betul-betul berilmiyah.
So bila dah sampai turn aku untuk interview, aku merupakan candidate terakhir.
CANDIDATE TERAKHIR!
Untuk menagih simpati korang, aku nak bagitau yang interview aku adalah pada pukul 4.45pm.
Dan, dalam surat tulis bagitahu yg interview akan habis pada pukul 5.00pm
Hm. Maybe Panel 6 ni je kot yang macam semangat membara utk tanya soalan yg betul-betul berilmiyah.
So bila dah sampai turn aku untuk interview, aku merupakan candidate terakhir.
CANDIDATE TERAKHIR!
Untuk menagih simpati korang, aku nak bagitau yang interview aku adalah pada pukul 4.45pm.
Dan, dalam surat tulis bagitahu yg interview akan habis pada pukul 5.00pm
Nak lagi kesian? Pintu panel lain semua dah kunci.
Ruang menunggu dah pun kosong serupa bilik berhantu.
Tapi takpe, aku okay.
So aku pun masuk bagi salam senyum pesemua,
Then dia suruh duduk,
Tapi takpe, aku okay.
So aku pun masuk bagi salam senyum pesemua,
Then dia suruh duduk,
and dia pun tanya la how are you cambese,
aku pun jawap 'Greatt, thank youu. How are you doing? :)'
Ha nampak tak nada excited aku tu macam mana?
Aku sebenarnye dah prepare untuk jawap soalan wajib 'introduce yourself'. Aku siap google and youtube kot pasal killing question introduce yourself ni..
..tapi lain pulak jadinya. Aku duduk je terus interviewer tanya soalan ni direct tanpa intro.
"Regarding your application, we are concern about your age and your SPM which was from 2009, can we know what did you do after SPM up until now?"
aku pun jawap 'Greatt, thank youu. How are you doing? :)'
Ha nampak tak nada excited aku tu macam mana?
Aku sebenarnye dah prepare untuk jawap soalan wajib 'introduce yourself'. Aku siap google and youtube kot pasal killing question introduce yourself ni..
..tapi lain pulak jadinya. Aku duduk je terus interviewer tanya soalan ni direct tanpa intro.
"Regarding your application, we are concern about your age and your SPM which was from 2009, can we know what did you do after SPM up until now?"
By the way, soalan lepas-lepas ni, aku akan taip tanpa mengikut turutan sebenar ketika interview.
Why do you wanna take CAT?
- Shortest programme to get ACCA. I've made comparison between diploma, degree and CAT. Since CAT will only take 1 or 1 1/2 yrs while the other 2 will take 3-4 years, I think CAT is the best for me since I don't want to wait for another solid 3-4 years for a degree or diploma. Besides, my dad used to say,"Kakak, if you want to get into bussiness world, aim for the professional certificate, not just a degree"
So does that mean you just wanna take CAT and not ACCA?
- Nope, I'm not going to stop until CAT. I'm going to take ACCA, but my plan is, after CAT, I have 2 options, either full-time ACCA, or part-time ACCA. It will depend on the situation later.
What does an accountant do?
- manage the finance of the company and give advice of what is good and bad for the company's finance
Why did you stop taking microbiology although you still have another one more year to go? Why not try to finish your degree first, at least you can have a degree...?
- I don't want to be a microbiologist. That is not the life that I want. I wanna be an accountant.
Why did you stop taking your degree?
- Actually it was because of my poor academic performance and that's because of a few reasons like study technique and no interest in that course.
How poor was your academic performance?
- I failed a few subjects
So you were saying that you are passionate in accounting, why is that?
- Actually my interest is calculation. There are many study fields that use calculations, like physics, mathematics, computers and accounting. Eventhough I'm good in physics, I don't like the subject, but I'm actually quite good at it. I actually hated biology since I was form 4, and love accounting since I took the subject from the tuition outside the school. I actually started taking accounting a bit late during form 4, but I love it very much.
(Untuk soalan ni, mulut aku memang nak sembur "Money. Because I love money." sebab aku memang nak ambik akaun sebab suka duit pon Tapi aku fikir nanti mesti dia ingat aku ni perempuan durjana drama melayu kaki perampas bercirikan materialistik dan pisau cukur, so aku pun cancel. Tapi bila fikir balik, alasan 'money' tu adalah alasan terbaik yang aku dapat fikir untuk sesiapa yang nak jadi akauntan. Aku pulang dalam keadaan menyesal.)
When did you come back?
I came back last November
So what did you do after coming back since November?
I learn how to sew jubah and dresses.
When did you find out that you're interested in accounting and decided to take accounting? Is is quite recently?
Yes, it's quite recent that I'm very sure and decided that I wanna take this accountancy as my course. I think it was early this year if I'm not mistaken.
(Aku ingat nak cerita pasal aku baca buku Rich Dad Poor Dad, tapi lupa)
(Aku ingat nak cerita pasal aku baca buku Rich Dad Poor Dad, tapi lupa)
What is your father's job?
He works at the bank
Your mother?
She's a housewife.
Are you the first child? Do you have any siblings?
Yes, I'm the first child. I have 4 brothers and 1 sister.
Why did you.......? (Aku tak ingat soalan apa tapi aku jawap macam ni.)
Actually, after my SPM, I'm not quite sure of what course I wanna take, either science or accounting. My dad preferred accounting while my mom preferred science. She said that my characters suit more with science, so that is why I chose science instead of accounting
(Interviewers gelak kot kat aku time tu, takde la gelak banyak, just gelak sikit je lah. Nak buat cane, tipikal budak lepasan SPM memang begitu pemikirannya.)
So how's your family react with your decision?
They are very supportive! My mom used to say that I'm much more suitable with science but now she supports my decision. If I decide by my own, I shall be responsible for my decision, compare to following my parents' decision. If we followed other people's decision, then if something happened, we might not want to take the responsibility and blame it on other people. So if this is my own decision, I will be responsible for everything that happens.
How are you going to finance your study?
- PTPTPN
Oh, ptptp wont cover the fees for CAT programme.
- Oh really? (Serious muka aku terkejut gila dan tak cover langsung terkejut tu. Kalau boleh sebut 'Biar betik?' memang aku dah sebut dah)
Yes, so how are you going to pay?
- Hm perhaps with my saving because I have my own saving account. I have a little bit of saving so, yeah.
Hmm we do have scholarships. Did you go to the briefing? Ehh ohh yes that one was for the parents. We've informed the info about the scholarship during the briefing.
- My parents didn't come here. I'm coming with my sister and she wasn't there when the briefing was held.
It's okay, you can get the information from the department and maybe from *aku tak ingat siapa tapi dia ada mention nama Mala*
Let say if you have no interest in certain subjects, I mean, there would be a range of subjects tought in CAT, and there will also be certain subjects that will not interest you. How would you overcome that?
- Yes yes of course there would be certain subjects that would give me less interest, but I'll try my best and maybe ask for some tips from my seniors
(Aku ulang sekali lagi, turutan soalan interview adalah bergelimpangan, so sequence dia maybe macam tak masuk akal sikit sebab tak ikut turutan sebenar. Dan kemungkinan juga ada soalan yang aku dah lupa wakaka.)
- PTPTPN
Oh, ptptp wont cover the fees for CAT programme.
- Oh really? (Serious muka aku terkejut gila dan tak cover langsung terkejut tu. Kalau boleh sebut 'Biar betik?' memang aku dah sebut dah)
Yes, so how are you going to pay?
- Hm perhaps with my saving because I have my own saving account. I have a little bit of saving so, yeah.
Hmm we do have scholarships. Did you go to the briefing? Ehh ohh yes that one was for the parents. We've informed the info about the scholarship during the briefing.
- My parents didn't come here. I'm coming with my sister and she wasn't there when the briefing was held.
It's okay, you can get the information from the department and maybe from *aku tak ingat siapa tapi dia ada mention nama Mala*
Let say if you have no interest in certain subjects, I mean, there would be a range of subjects tought in CAT, and there will also be certain subjects that will not interest you. How would you overcome that?
- Yes yes of course there would be certain subjects that would give me less interest, but I'll try my best and maybe ask for some tips from my seniors
(Aku ulang sekali lagi, turutan soalan interview adalah bergelimpangan, so sequence dia maybe macam tak masuk akal sikit sebab tak ikut turutan sebenar. Dan kemungkinan juga ada soalan yang aku dah lupa wakaka.)
That's all for today, thank you very much.
(Then aku tunggu kot kot depa nak tanya 'Do you have any questions?' Tapi since depa tak tanya pun, aku pun dengan selambanya tanya...)
Em can I ask a few questions?
-Yesss yess of course you can.
(dan seriously lepastu aku terus keluarkan notebook aku dari poket utk aku tanya soalan kat dorang. 4 soalan aku tanya to be exact. Sebab tu aku guna notebook sebab aku takut aku lupa. Bila balik rumah pun baru teringat ada lagi beberapa soalan nak tanya T_T)
Soalan Aku untuk Interviewer
1) What is the course structure for the CAT programme? I have visited the website and it says we need to take 9 papers. But I'm just wondering do we need to take any other additional papers as well, like Bahasa Kebangsaan, Komunikasi something like that? Because I couldn't find it on the website. If you have the paper of the list of the course structure right now with you, can I have it? (Tudia dah la panjang kemain soalan, demanding pulak tu nak kertas tu sekarang hahaha)
- I'm not quite sure with the structure, if I'm not mistaken, there will be 1 or 2 MQA papers that you need to take besides CAT papers. I'll email the course structure to you later, and if we forgot to email you, please email us.
Then, aku jawap...
"...Awesome, that would be great!" (Aku siap tunjuk thumbs up lagi. Bukan apa, aku dah terbiasa buat macam tu masa degree dulu. So terlupa lah yg interview ni formal wakaka. Kira okay la aku tak sebut 'cool / sweet' sebagai pengganti perkataan 'okay', gila tak professional kahkah)
Then, aku jawap...
"...Awesome, that would be great!" (Aku siap tunjuk thumbs up lagi. Bukan apa, aku dah terbiasa buat macam tu masa degree dulu. So terlupa lah yg interview ni formal wakaka. Kira okay la aku tak sebut 'cool / sweet' sebagai pengganti perkataan 'okay', gila tak professional kahkah)
2) I've been told that INTEC will take over the management starting this year. So does that mean the lecturer will be from INTEC, or still from UiTM?
The lecturers will be from UiTM, and we also hire new lecturers for the programme, so our plan is we will be moving the UiTM lecturers to INTEC phase by phase, and within 3 years all the lecturers will be completely moved to INTEC.
3) About the fees, I've visited the UiTM website and it says, for semester 1, we need to pay RM 400+ and semester 2 RM 600+ (aku terbalik info masa cakap ni, patutnya sem 1 yang RM 600+)...
3) About the fees, I've visited the UiTM website and it says, for semester 1, we need to pay RM 400+ and semester 2 RM 600+ (aku terbalik info masa cakap ni, patutnya sem 1 yang RM 600+)...
- There will be a slight change for the fees as we are moving to INTEC, so the management will be different (Aku tak ingat dah dia cakap apa lagi dah haha)
4) If I got the exemption for CAT paper, I don't have to take the exam, right? But can I take the classes but not taking the exam, because I need to refresh back my memories
- I am not quite sure if you could get the exemption because your SPM was dated from 2009. And I think it's quite recent that they allowed the exemption, maybe since 2011, or....? I'm not quite sure but you can email them yourself and ask.
Ohh okay. Hm if, just in case, if I could get the exemption, can I take the classes without taking the exam?
- Yes, that can be arranged later, don't worry about that
Hmm I guess that's all
-Okayy. Do you have any other question?
Nope, that's all :) Thank you very much
- Thank you / You're welcome (Tak ingat dorang jawap yg mana satu haha)
Assalamualaikum :)
-Waalaikumussalam :)
Take careeee :D (Menyengih la sikit aku time ni haha)
- Yeaa take careeee
Aku taktau kenapa dorang tak ambik aku punya photocopies yg aku dah bawak. Fail aku yg aku bawak tu memang aku letak atas riba je, dorang tak mintak pon. Ke sebab dorang memang nak reject aku awal-awal lagi so dorang malas nak mintak sijil aku? T_T
Interview aku maybe berlainan sikit soalan dia, compare dengan candidate lepasan SPM yg lain.
Nope, that's all :) Thank you very much
- Thank you / You're welcome (Tak ingat dorang jawap yg mana satu haha)
Assalamualaikum :)
-Waalaikumussalam :)
Take careeee :D (Menyengih la sikit aku time ni haha)
- Yeaa take careeee
Aku taktau kenapa dorang tak ambik aku punya photocopies yg aku dah bawak. Fail aku yg aku bawak tu memang aku letak atas riba je, dorang tak mintak pon. Ke sebab dorang memang nak reject aku awal-awal lagi so dorang malas nak mintak sijil aku? T_T
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Interview aku maybe berlainan sikit soalan dia, compare dengan candidate lepasan SPM yg lain.
Yelah, budak umur 20 lebih apply sama-sama dengan budak lepasan SPM.
So maybe soalan untuk aku ni advance sikit lah kot.
So maybe soalan untuk aku ni advance sikit lah kot.
Tapi tak ada lah lain mana sangat pun, ada je soalan yang sama macam soalan tentang accounting. Harap-harap membantu lah sikit walau tak banyak.
Dapat ke tak dapat, itu belakang cerita, yang penting, I had experience and fun during the interview :)
***extra info***
Aku terserempak dgn Hajah Aluyah, kaunselor INTEC dulu, now dah pindah balik ke UiTM main campus.
Beliau pesan supaya maintainkan cgpa 3.5 ke atas, not below than 3.0.
Menurut beliau lagi, memang aspek activities and akhlak tu penting selain daripada cgpa, tapi beliau cakap, di Malaysia, employers tengok academic performance yang paling atas sekali, dan academic performance tu cgpa lah.
Ada employer yg akan cakap "Sorry your cgpa is below 3.00, we are not going to hire/interview you, you may go back."
Bukan nak meng-down-kan, tapi itu adalah realiti hari ini ketika job interview, bak kata Hajah Aluyah.
Dapat ke tak dapat, itu belakang cerita, yang penting, I had experience and fun during the interview :)
***extra info***
Aku terserempak dgn Hajah Aluyah, kaunselor INTEC dulu, now dah pindah balik ke UiTM main campus.
Beliau pesan supaya maintainkan cgpa 3.5 ke atas, not below than 3.0.
Menurut beliau lagi, memang aspek activities and akhlak tu penting selain daripada cgpa, tapi beliau cakap, di Malaysia, employers tengok academic performance yang paling atas sekali, dan academic performance tu cgpa lah.
Ada employer yg akan cakap "Sorry your cgpa is below 3.00, we are not going to hire/interview you, you may go back."
Bukan nak meng-down-kan, tapi itu adalah realiti hari ini ketika job interview, bak kata Hajah Aluyah.
Amacam? Cuak tak? Wahaha
Wish you all best of luck, future interviewees.
p/s : Aku ada buat entry di mana aku combine nearly all FAQs yg orang selalu tanya tak kira lah kat email ke komen ke. So aku rasa sangat berbesar hati kalau korang baca entry-entry ni dulu FAQ CAT ACCA (pasal course ni), FAQ CAT ACCA KPTM (pasal KPTM), Tuition Fees Mahal Teruk (pasal fees and kolej/uni apa yg offer course ni). And you may email me if you still have doubt even though you have read these entries beforehand at cardiganmerah@gmail.com
Cheers
Wish you all best of luck, future interviewees.
p/s : Aku ada buat entry di mana aku combine nearly all FAQs yg orang selalu tanya tak kira lah kat email ke komen ke. So aku rasa sangat berbesar hati kalau korang baca entry-entry ni dulu FAQ CAT ACCA (pasal course ni), FAQ CAT ACCA KPTM (pasal KPTM), Tuition Fees Mahal Teruk (pasal fees and kolej/uni apa yg offer course ni). And you may email me if you still have doubt even though you have read these entries beforehand at cardiganmerah@gmail.com
Cheers
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