UIA's Pharmacy Interview | Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Bismillah.
Such a sudden comeback eh. Sebab semalam waktu nak konon-konon 'prepare' untuk interview hari ni tapi susah gila nak cari information psl iv tu, so hari ni dengan berbesar hatinya saya ingin berkongsi pengalaman sendiri interview UIA ni. Khas buat sahabat sahabat dan adik adik xP ceewah. For intro, kat UIA ni asasi dia dah spesifik. Contohnya untuk medical sciences memang dia dah asingkan siap-siap asasi farmasi, medic, dentistry, allied health, nursing etc etc. Jadi waktu last sem ni, sebelum dapat masuk main camp, UIA dengan murah hatinya buat interview untuk assess students yang bakal graduate from CFS. Haha kita sendiri pon tak faham nape la rajin sangat nak interview kitorang ni en. Tapi akur jelah kehendak uni kan.
Dalam kalangan students Pharmacy yang kena interview hari ni, kitorang 7 orang je budak 1st year aka budak 1 year programme. Yang lain 100 lebih semua students second year. Hahaha mcm awkward jugak lah dengan senior senior ni yang bakal jadi batchmate kat kuliah nanti en, insyaAllah. Pastu ada dalam 5 orang budak allied 1 year programme yg dpt invitation utk course pharmacy. This year syarat dia loose sikit, pointer 3.6 and above dh boleh dapat pharmacy. Tapi kalau pointer kat border line 3.5, memang takleh proceed interview Pharmacy and automatik kena amik interview Allied >.<
Awal awal tu macam konon nervous la jugak en. Tapi sebab nama 2nd last dalam list, so memang tunggu lama gila dan nervous pun dah hilang. Hahaha. Ada 5 panel, setiap panel tu 2 org lecturers from UIA yg jd interviewer. Setiap student masuk interview tu sorang-sorang. Muahaha. And yes, IIUM kan, so interview fully in English. Interview start pukul 9 pagi, and my turn as the 21st person in the list, waktu tu dah pukul 1.55 petang camtu la. Each student about 10-15 minutes but it actually depends on the interviewers. Ada panel yg 5 minit je, ada yg lama sampai 15 minit setiap pelajar.
Alrite so yang paling students curious nak tahu adalah, apa soalan yang diorang tanya en. Kalau kat my panel, which is panel 4, soalan dia berubah ubah from time to time. Waktu awal awal tu, the questions are quite academic and factual. Haha pandai-pandai la goreng mana yang tk tahu en. Ada soalan dia tnya, "What is the name of the bond between carboxyl and hydroxyl group?" Hahaha sekali soalan organic en dia tanya. Antara soalan yang favorite is of course "Why do you want to become a pharmacist?". Haha standard la tu kan. Sebab tujuan interview ni pon sebab nak tgk sejauh mana interest kita dalam course pharmacy ni. Memang kita betul betul nak ke, atau mak ayah yang suruh, atau main pilih je dlm upu tu.
As for my personal experience, mula mula terkejut jugak sebab dia tanya pasal CGPA haha. Pastu dia tanya camne cara belajar, carry mark sekarang ok ke tak, pastu apa expected CGPA for this last sem. Of course nak 4 flat kan! Haha. Then dia ada la tanya pasal pharmacy ni first choice ke, kenapa taknak jadi doktor instead, apa jobscope pharmacy, and which field of pharmacy that we prefer. Then dia ada tanya such a random question, "What is one mistake that you've done in your life and you regret it until now?" Hahaha hm pastu bila kita open up our story, ktorg sembang sembang la sikit psl tu. Pastu dia tnya jgk psl family, co curricular activities, how do you usually spend your weekend and also they're interested to know about your social skills. How do you interact with your friends. Contohnya dia ada tanya , "Have any of your friends ever asked you to tutor them in any subjects?" pastu "Rate yourself from 1-10 on how would your communicating skills will be when interacting with patients" and other things like that.
Overall, alhamdulillah the interview was okay. Awal awal tu maybe dia mcm formal sikit but if you're among the last persons in the list, best sikit lah sebab dia lagi santai. Maybe sebab dia dah bosan tanya soalan cliche en, so diorang start tanya random questions je. Haha. Memang rileks jugak la, boleh je gelak-gelak sambil cite hehe xD
So that's all about my experience today. Yang penting, tunjuk yang kita betul betul nak course tu, and just be confident with yourself. Jangan nervous sangat. Relax je. Dan rasanya proficiency in English is really important, so that you can express yourself well. All in all, it's a really fun experience! Alhamdulillah :)
