interview101

just last April 11-15, the second year social work students underwent their Battery Exam (a do-or-die examination) which would dictate if they will eventually graduate with a Social Work degree or not). well, since i am one of the sophomore students taking up social work, i also took the examination which bears 40% of the total score with the 50% coming from the GWA or general weighted average for the last four semesters and the 10% from the panel interview with all the faculty members (ideally) sitting as interviewers.

i decided to write a post not about the battery examination but about the panel interview. for some reasons, i think that my answers to some of the questions were insufficient thus making this post the addendum for the panel interview. i know this will not bear anything meaning it cannot change my score in the panel interview but i still decided to post with respect to my self-fulfillment and freedom of self expression. nyahaha. :P

well, the question and answer plus commenting of the faculty consumed 20 minutes i think. after the interview, i feel that they just spent the longest time interviewing me compared to any another interviewees for that day. pero tapos na yun. kaya eto na. umpisahan ko na ng matapos na. ang mga mababasa niyo sa ibaba ay ang aking mga karagdagang kasagutan o kung hindi naman ay ang mga ideyang tumatakbo sa isip ko habang nagaganap ang interview kaharap ang aking ginagalang na mga miyembro ng fakulti.

1. hindi po. hindi ko po napanood yung interview ni jessica soho sa summa cum laude na graduate ng upd dahil wala akong tv sa boarding house pero meron pala. maliit nga lang na black and white pero pwede na. pero kung tatanungin nyo po ako about sa 4Ps, RH bill at Kaso ni Willie, may aabangan kayong sagot.
2. no question po about sa academic performance ko? hm. thank you po. pero feeling ko po ay dapat tinanong niyo kung pano ko mapagsasabay-sabay ang Academics at HWA at BlueFeatherSociety. sayang, kung natanong niyo po yun, tiyak hindi ko alam ang sagot. hahaha.
3. maintenance po ng performance ang possible problem? haha. wag po kayong mag-alala. ganyan din po ang tingin ko. apir! pero of course, i'm optimistic that i can and i will maintain whatever i have.
4. dedication to the profession po? hm. meron ako niyan. dedication. sabi ko nga po, it's just like doing what you want to do which is to help which happens to be your job also.
5. reaction no intimate boy-girl/boy-boy/girl-girl relationship policy? it's okay po and i understand it's purpose pero feeling ko kung sakaling inlove man ako sa kapwa ko social work student ay hindi yun okay at labag yun sa constitution of the Philippines. good thing, may payo po si mama na wag daw magggirlfriend ng parehas social work dahil mahirap na daw. nyahaha.
6. what if ako po ang habulin ng babae? hmm. feeling ko it feels good pero kung magpapahabol naman ako na wala naman palang pag-asa yung girl, kawawa naman siya. i'll stick na lang with my answer, to say to the girl that perhaps this is not the right time, the right place and the right situation. hehe.
7. fields of social work after graduation and board po? hmm. ganun pa rin, community organization, forensic social welfare, international social welfare pero hindi ko po nasabi na gusto ko ding ma-try ang academe. kahit hindi sa college, kahit sa high school lang, i want to teach ever for a short period of time and i'm serious. i want to teach and touch the life of my students. furthermore, i am standing with my answer that i definitely don't have plan for anything yet. i am not really sure if i will take law after ang mahalaga, i am enjoying where i am today.

yan lang ata ang natanong nila sa akin. sabi ko nga ay bakit parang puro commenting ang nagaganap pero ganun pa man. may mga idadagdag pa ako...

1. thank you po sa puno ng buhay na pagtanggap sa akin dala marahil ng pagka-shock sa aking suot na smart casual na halatang hindi niyo inaasahan pero dahil nag-usap kami nina melvin na mag-ayos ng itsura para sa interview ay yun nga ang nangyari. salamat po sa aking sponsor, thanks Dan Baldoza.
2. wala po ba kayong tanong tungkol sa aking personal na buhay lalo na sa lovelife?
3. eh sa plano ko po sa HWA?
4. eh sa personal na aspeto talaga?
5. eh sa lovelife?
6. eh sa apple of the eye tuloy?
7. eh sa kaso ni willie?
8. eh sa plano sa buhay?
9. eh about sa anything under the sun?
10. nga po pala, binabawi ko po ang good study habits na pinagmayabang ko. nabigla lang ako. na-out-of-words kumbaga kaya nasabi ko yun. haha. lagot!

hmm. feeling ko nagiging makulit na ako. pero sayang. nabitin ako sa interview. dapat tinanong na ako ng faculty ng kahit na ano. game pa naman ako ng mga panahong iyon. haha. well, next time naman. hanggang sa susunod na interview. baka sa ayala young leaders na yun. lagot!