MARA interview

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enough with your hey, kiddo! *throwing a big pillow*

ouchhh!! fine fine. I stop I stop.

what cha writing for today?

see the title, may ya?

yes, baby yeahhhhhh...

I went to the MARA scholarship interview. Uhh, I think that we're among the first group of interview as it was Sunday.

so, here it went. This year format is not the same as the yearS back.It is a NEW format.

My my, how was it? Tell us pleaseee.

Calm down people. I AM going to tell ya :)

We've been exposed to MARA interview that was singular person per interview and two panels. Yet, during my session, we had been grouped into 8 people per group - just mix with other courses. They didn't care about what course you're taking at all. And there were 3 panels.

You will be asked to do a task in group - making a bridge from 1kg of spaghetti between a gap of 2 tables in 30mins. The bridge must be strong enough as they will put a 500g sardine on it for 1min.

Alhamdulillah, my group did it successfully :)

After that, you'll be seated according to number. You already got your own number before the interview started and mine was number 1 -_______-

Hence, I was the first person to be asked.

Interviewer: Choose a number from 1 to 8.

So, I selected number 6. And one of them asked the question that they had prepared - same to all groups that being interviewed on that day. The questions were all based on the task you've done before.

Then, after all of us being asked 1 question each, the other interviewer said, "That's all for your session, you may go now, thank you."

All of us were quite blur, HAHA, since only one question being asked for one person.

The interviewer explained to us why the format is changed. He said, "We knew that all of you already have your own script in mind. Every year, the students who came for the interview memorized the answers as they knew the questions to be asked. We want to know the extraordinary you." *smile*

The other one added, "So, your junior next year and the years coming can't predict what are their tasks and what they are going to be asked".

oh, I understand now. Yet, thank God that the format is changed since I don't have any script in my head, seriously:)