Sunway Resort - 9am-9.45am --> registration
Although it was stated that the registration starts at 9, most of the candidates reached around 8.30am. There were around 18 students from HELP and 4 students from Taylor's. Since we arrived early, one of the GIC representatives, Kar Yee (not sure about the spelling, but the pronunciation is around there =x) started the briefing/ talk of the Global GIC Scholarship earlier.
9.20-10.10 --> GIC talk
Miss Kar Yee introduced about what GIC is all about, giving us more information compared to the one in the GIC website. After that, Miss Lily, who is in charge of the scholarship, told us some criterias that the GIC is searching for from the applicants. [analytical and quantitative skills, decision maker, teamwork and more...] Then, it's the time for Q&A session for the parents and us.
10.10-10.30 --> Light refreshments
10.30-12.00--> The 'Real Business'
Mr. Tan Kim Kwang, Ms. Lily and Ms. Kar Yee were the interviewers, while Ms. Caroline was the 'examinor'.
All of us started with a writing test, title 'Only he who does nothing makes a mistake' in a passage of less than 100 words within 5 minutes. Believe it or not, most of us (excluding me) started immediately when they received the paper. After that, Ms. Caroline separate us into 3 groups (interview and 2 tests groups).
Next, the Verbal test is somehow like an English test, that requires reading and understanding skills. There are 15 short passages, with 4 questions each with three choices (A.true B.false C. Can't tell) to be answered in 30 minutes time. According to Ms. Caroline, she said that it's common that the candidates do not have enough time to answer all of the questions.
Then, the Numerical test, it was actually the easiest test to me, although I didn't manage to complete it in 30 minutes. There are 33 questions with 16 choices each. Believe me, it is not that hard, the questions just required some time to digest/understand and solve it.
12.00-1.30 --> Lunch break
All of us went for a buffet lunch at the Sun and Surf cafe. I did not have the apetitite to eat actually until i 'discover' some desserts and food that are indeed quite delicious XD. There were 18 HELP students and 4 Taylor's students. So, we shared our experiences, chatting and make friends during lunch time ~
1.30-3.30 --> Continuation of the Tests and Interview
Coming up next to me, was the interview. To be honest, I didn't prepare much for the interview as i intend to be natural during the interview instead of preparing model answers that will show a FAKE 'me' in front of the interviewer. Compared to the other interviews that i did before, I was less nervous this time. I was called into the room by Mr. Tan around 2.15pm. To me, he spoke like a 'caring' father during the interview. He asked more questions based on my personalities, qualities that I possesed and my ambition based on the application form that i sent in. I answered his questions in a way that it's more to a 'formal friendly conversation' rather than a 'serious interview'. My interview ended after half an hour, without I knowing that time passes SO FAST! Few of my friends looked at me strangely, wondering why was my interview that long~~~~.
Lastly, my last test, the Abstract test. I found it difficult at first, without knowing what they want me to answer? After a while, it's just a normal Spot and Tell the Difference between Group A and B with 4 patterns attached to each group. I guessed it was too easy for my friends that they even handed in the answer script earlier before the exam time ends. This test consists of 115 questions with 3 choices each (Grouping the question into group A, group B or C-neither both groups)
3.30 --> Bye bye and thank you !!!~
Most of us ended the tests and interview around 3.30pm except a few, waiting for their turn into the interview room. We hanged out in the room/hall? till around 4pm.
In conclusion, I enjoy the whole interview and test, it's a good experience for me to improve my interview skills.
Although it was stated that the registration starts at 9, most of the candidates reached around 8.30am. There were around 18 students from HELP and 4 students from Taylor's. Since we arrived early, one of the GIC representatives, Kar Yee (not sure about the spelling, but the pronunciation is around there =x) started the briefing/ talk of the Global GIC Scholarship earlier.
9.20-10.10 --> GIC talk
Miss Kar Yee introduced about what GIC is all about, giving us more information compared to the one in the GIC website. After that, Miss Lily, who is in charge of the scholarship, told us some criterias that the GIC is searching for from the applicants. [analytical and quantitative skills, decision maker, teamwork and more...] Then, it's the time for Q&A session for the parents and us.
10.10-10.30 --> Light refreshments
10.30-12.00--> The 'Real Business'
Mr. Tan Kim Kwang, Ms. Lily and Ms. Kar Yee were the interviewers, while Ms. Caroline was the 'examinor'.
All of us started with a writing test, title 'Only he who does nothing makes a mistake' in a passage of less than 100 words within 5 minutes. Believe it or not, most of us (excluding me) started immediately when they received the paper. After that, Ms. Caroline separate us into 3 groups (interview and 2 tests groups).
Next, the Verbal test is somehow like an English test, that requires reading and understanding skills. There are 15 short passages, with 4 questions each with three choices (A.true B.false C. Can't tell) to be answered in 30 minutes time. According to Ms. Caroline, she said that it's common that the candidates do not have enough time to answer all of the questions.
Then, the Numerical test, it was actually the easiest test to me, although I didn't manage to complete it in 30 minutes. There are 33 questions with 16 choices each. Believe me, it is not that hard, the questions just required some time to digest/understand and solve it.
12.00-1.30 --> Lunch break
All of us went for a buffet lunch at the Sun and Surf cafe. I did not have the apetitite to eat actually until i 'discover' some desserts and food that are indeed quite delicious XD. There were 18 HELP students and 4 Taylor's students. So, we shared our experiences, chatting and make friends during lunch time ~
1.30-3.30 --> Continuation of the Tests and Interview
Coming up next to me, was the interview. To be honest, I didn't prepare much for the interview as i intend to be natural during the interview instead of preparing model answers that will show a FAKE 'me' in front of the interviewer. Compared to the other interviews that i did before, I was less nervous this time. I was called into the room by Mr. Tan around 2.15pm. To me, he spoke like a 'caring' father during the interview. He asked more questions based on my personalities, qualities that I possesed and my ambition based on the application form that i sent in. I answered his questions in a way that it's more to a 'formal friendly conversation' rather than a 'serious interview'. My interview ended after half an hour, without I knowing that time passes SO FAST! Few of my friends looked at me strangely, wondering why was my interview that long~~~~.
Lastly, my last test, the Abstract test. I found it difficult at first, without knowing what they want me to answer? After a while, it's just a normal Spot and Tell the Difference between Group A and B with 4 patterns attached to each group. I guessed it was too easy for my friends that they even handed in the answer script earlier before the exam time ends. This test consists of 115 questions with 3 choices each (Grouping the question into group A, group B or C-neither both groups)
3.30 --> Bye bye and thank you !!!~
Most of us ended the tests and interview around 3.30pm except a few, waiting for their turn into the interview room. We hanged out in the room/hall? till around 4pm.
In conclusion, I enjoy the whole interview and test, it's a good experience for me to improve my interview skills.
The Hall O.O
May god bless that i will be qualified for the interview at Singapore later on around October or November.
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