As some of you may know, I have gotten a chance to be interviewed at USM for a course in audiology. So I want to tell you guys my experience with the interview before all of this information devours into a black hole.
Firstly, I would like to talk about my journey to USM, Kubang Kerian. I live in Johor and I decided to ride a train to Kelantan with my family as it was the school holiday. So it took an average 17 to 18 hours so. But its an adventure worth taking.
I arrived at Kelantan a day early. My family and I planned to stay at Holiday Villa at Wakaf Che Yeh for easy access to food for breaking fast. It was nice and close by to many shops. It's well preferred.
On the day of the interview, my mother and I carpool a relative who lives near Tumpat which was close. It took some time to find the place to be interviewed, so you should ask one of the guards there. Or.. you will end up just like me, accidentally parked at the hospital.
At first, I of course registered myself to be interviewed. and they checked our eye sight if we are possibly colour blindness. They also checked the required paperwork and that's all. After that, they took us in a room and took us out 4 by 4. The audiology course interview was also situated with the speech pathology course (knowing they are almost similar). So they took out 2, who got the audiology interview and 2 from speech pathology.
It took almost forever until I finally got in. There were two lecturers from the audiology course and three lecturers from the speech pathology course. Here are the questions they asked us:
1. Introduce yourself. (The basics.)
2. Characteristic of being an audiologist or even speech pathologist.
3.Because there are limited seating, how would you as the interviewee convinced the interviewer to choose you?
4. A critical-thinking situation. (This question has to be answered in Malay.)
After having the interview, I was required to take a speech screening and sound screening. (This is really nothing much.) and that is probably it.
I went later that evening taking the train again and arrived home safely.
The interview was kind of rough but I did my best so let just make fate be my best.
I hope my experience can help anyone out there who is going to face an interview especially taking an audiology course interview at USM.
*Just remember that you are already lucky to be even chosen to be interviewed,
