snapshot no.1408

here or there

i was actually quite surprised when ntu sociology department called me up earlier this week to schedule for an interview. well, i didn't think that i would stand a chance but i just applied anyway.

took a day off on friday to go for the interview. it was a written test cum interview and i assumed that it would be an open-ended essay for the written test. turned out to be a comprehension passage with two questions that i had to answer. the article was mainly about social influence in our daily lives. it was quite okay. i misheard the instructions, thought that the time allocation for the test was 15 minutes when it was actually 50 minutes. oops.

the interview went fairly well too, impression-wise. but it remains to be seen, i wouldn't speak too soon yet. it is an option for me i guess, next to pursuing my comms degree in melbourne.

speaking of interviews, i read somewhere (i forgot where) about this true account of an interview which i found to be very interesting.

it went like this...

interviewer: have a seat. before we start, i would like to tell you about 2 important traits of an employee that our company emphasizes a lot on. the first of which is cleaniness, may i ask if you had clean your shoes on the floor mat outside my office before you walked in?

interviewee (eager to impress): yes yes, i sure did.

interviewer: well okay, if that's the case i'll go on to the next trait, which is honesty. and i'd just like to tell you that i do not have a floor mat outside my office.


needless to say, the interviewee did not get the job.

some food for thought.

posted by ANDY NG @ 11:14 PM