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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Interview session with MH and AK - Part 1


What on bloody earth is MH and AK? Hiks! Jikalau u ols FEEEEELING nak jadik crew kan, kena lah tahu... MH stands for Malaysia Airlines, and AK stands for Air Asia. Hiks! Kalau dok fly as penumpang, takkan tak prasan those two, MH and AK? Hehehe unless, you never fly with MH or AK la kan... SQ ke? *sambil jeling kat Nasik... Oppss!

Anyways... dalam entry nih, mek akan menceritakan sedikit sebanyaks tentang itiew interview sessions yang mek dah lalui with MH and AK. Entry nih memang mek dah budget nak buat, tapi, sebenarnye mek terlupa nak include dalam the previous entry yang pasal "Sapa nak jadik airline crew!" itiew. Thanks to this Tany yang menginatkan mek!

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Posted by Tany @ 12/14/2005 02:07 AM PST   
Halo Lea, I nie kira frequent visitor kat u punya blog, suka sgt baca entry u esp yg involve ngan cabin crew. Ten q cuz buat entry advice nie pasal interview cabin crew.. mmg berguna. Tapi lagi best kalau u boleh cerita pasal pengalaman masa interview.. yelah, kalo ader yg nak gi interview MAS, nak tau jugak kan aper nak expect.. aper diorang tanya, aper u kena buat kat interview stage 1 sampai akhir... :D

So here we go - mek akan citerkan panglaman mek semasa mek went for MH crew punye interview; dan sebagai sessi tambahan (part 2), mek akan also citerkan panglaman mek waktu mek gi interview utk AK crew, lepas mek dosi habis contract dengan MH katanya.

Part 1 - MH Crew Interview

The day, Saturday. DATE? Wallahua'lam - mek dosi lupa katanya. Tapi, I recalled arriving dekat MAA (Malaysia Airlines Academy) KJ itiew, very early. Mek sampai depan gate tu, bebetul at 8.00am. Katanya interview tu will start bukak for registering by 9.00am. So, mek sampai 8.00am, kire awal la kan? YOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LAH! Nan ado awalnya! Sah² dah beratus dok menunggu kat sitiew. Katanya awal, ceh! Ade lagik awal dari mek. Ade yang mek dapat tau, sampai kat MAA itiew, 7.30am la... 7.00am la... (lagi awal dari tu, Wallahua'lam - tak tau la pulak mek. Maaana la tau kan kot² ado yang semangat waja, sampai sesudah subuh ke? Hiks! Jgn memain u ols. ADA tau! LOL!)

So anyways, sementara menunggu nak pi register itiew, mek isap² lah rokok ala² kat luar bangunan itiew, with some other candidates. Macam² gayo ado. Yang soft spoken ado, yang persis loud speaker pon ado. Yang malu ade, yang over ade, yang kekwat pun ade. Macam². Mrasalah mek menten biaso sajo, walaupun tetap ade aura kekwat katanya! LOL!

9.00am tiba - semua bergegas nihhh nak daftar. Waktu daftar, depa nak... Ingatkan balik. Ahhh yes. Depa nak Original and Certified copied of all education transcripts (yang wajib of course lah SPM kan), then apa² certs, mesti ade ori and certified copy, IC, gambar ukuran passport size (3 ke... or was it 5? hmmm...) - tu je kot? Yang tu jer mek ingat. So lepas dah daftar, diaorang suruh candidates berdiri dan depa ukur height katanya. Mrasalah ade dua tiga orang yang tak dapat teruskan perjuangan mereka hari tu, sebab tak cukup ketinggian katanya. So FS (flight stewards) - u need to be at least, 165cm kot. And for FSS (flight stewardesses) u ols must be at least 160cm. So once dah lepas amik ukuran tinggi, kiteorang proceed la ke waiting room (which was the ground floor cafe I think). Duduk pi duduk mai, sempat la mek buat kawan seorang dua. Zasttt ok, seorang tu LAWYER, sorang lagi manager petrol kiosk, sorang tu baru grad. Aiyoh. Mek gements. Yer la, mek also baru graduasi katanya, dinch lah ade panglaman as an accountant ke ape ke kan. So sembang pi sembang mai, tau² they called up semua, batch by batch. Satu batch dok ade dalam 5 ke 6 orang kot. Kalau guys, semua guys. Kalau girls, semua girls. Tak campur katanya! Hiks!

Then naik lah ke 1st floor, kena tunggu lagi. Tunggu la punya tunggu, tengok jam - laaaaaaaaa... dah noon!? Mrasalah depa (MAS people tu) suruh pi lunch pulak dah dulu. Katanya, lepas lunch sambung, BOLE? Hanjs tau. Turun la balik mek, ke cafe tu with my new friends tu semua, had lunch bagai. Lepas tu, by 2pm sambung balik tunggu luar bilik interview itiew. Then they finally called us in. Waktu tu sajo pon dah pukul beraps dah.

As we masuk the interview room, u ols jgn la tanya how was I feeling. THANK GOD I was wearing a seluar, yang mampu coverina lutut/ kaki mek yang shaky bagai nak gile. Tak tau kenape. Maybe because it was my 1st time interview kerje kot? And then, bermula la sessi interview itiew. Dalam that room, ade 2 orang sajo yang interview kiteorang in the 1st round ni. Seorang lelaks, by the name of Richard Goh rasenye, then Madam Theressa katanya. Hiks. Cantik sangat. Dua dua ex crew, now dah jadik management dah kot? Hmmm...

1st interview - so ape depa tanya mek? Well... depa suruh mek kasik a brief intro about myself. So mek pon, apo lagik, skipping Londong la. Skipping pi skipping mai (skipping = speaking!), then depa tanya a bonus q. Setiap orang dapat a bonus q, cuma berbeza la antara each candidate. Mrasalah each candidate dapat 2 soalan semuanya. 1 bonus q tu, 1 lagi standard q - "TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF" q. Hiks. So what was the bonus q?

"Would you choose to be smart or beautiful, but not both, which one would you choose and why?" LIKE, HELLO!? This is MAS interview not another Miss Universe q/a session! LOL! Ok ok! Seriously, mek ingat, this was the q...

"Do you mind cleaning toilets and picking up trashes on board?"

"An obligation is still an obligation. And cleaning toilets and picking up trashes, if that is part of the work, there's no 'Yes I would' or 'No I wouldn't'. So my answer would be, 'YES I WILL'..." sambil tersenyum katanya!

Hiks! Mek suke jawapan mek. Dinch propah ok. Sebab itu lah yang mek dah been getting myself ready for. And when mek nengok the interviewers buat muke slamber, mek macam CDH (carut dalam hati...) "MOTIF tak menunjukkan muka impressed ke? Tak tunjuk agreeing with me ke? Wasn't that answer a blast!? HAIYOH! Ke mek dah over?" - macam² u ols dalam kepala otak mek. Mek mengaku, sedikit worried that I wouldn't be able to continue in the next round. Mrasalah balik dengan muka bagai tempoyak basi!

Lepas dah habis, KENA TUNGGU LAGI katanya. Tunggu pi mai pi mai, ade lah dalam 15 minutes or so, a young guy came up to us (yang sama batch interviewed tadik tu la)... muka serious nih... mek dah cuak!

"First of all - thank you all for coming to this interview. For those yang tak berjaya, jgn putus asa. Cuba lagi ok. And for ******* (my name) and Fauzan (the Petrol Kiosk manager itiew), the two of you please proceed to room *** (room berape tah - mek dosi lupa); congratulations. You two have made it to the 2nd interview later."

AIYOH! Mek suke! Mek suke! Hiks! See, what I mean? LUCK plays an important role jugak. Mrasalah Lawyer tu, dah la candiew, badan sedap, English va va voom - tapi tetap dinch dapat, HOW? Mek bersyukur sangat waktu tu - terus called mommy nih cakap mek dapat 2nd round. Mrasalah my mom laser mek...

"Lerrr... menjerit macam dah dapat dah. Padahal baru lepas 1st round... apa laaa!"

Hhahahahahahaha kekwat nihhhh laser mek! LOL! Tak per tak per. Mek tarkik!

So again lah, as usual, kena tunggu lagi katanya. While waiting tu, dapat la kawan baru lagi katanya. Another 3 gus joined me and Fauzan for the 2nd interview. Sembang pi sembang mai, nahhh! Dah dipanggil masuk katanya. Mrasalah masuk also ke interview room itiew for 2nd round of interview, kali ni, 3 orang interviewers yang lain pulak. 2 cik perems, seors ciktan.

2nd interview nih, they started off by asking us the same q... "Tell us more about yourself - briefly please..."

So mek pon membebel lah itu ini itu ini - and then, dapat la soalan cepumas piuler.

"Why do you wanna join MAS? And please don't tell us silly grandmother stories like you wanna become ambassador for Malaysians la, or you wanna see the world as it is your childhood ambition la - tell us something more refreshing!"

MATI LA AKU! Soalan nih memang orang cakap famous la, memang akan ditanya kalau kena luck u ols dapat soalan itiew. So mek yang dah buat hommyworky, mek baru feeling nak bagi jawapan ini...

"The reason why I wanna join MAS is because I want to fulfill my childhood ambition, which is to be an air steward for Malaysia's national airline. And I also enjoy travelling very much, so by joining Malaysia Airlines, I get the chance to explore the world while I work and I also love to meet different types of people with different types of attitudes, cultures, background and etc."

TERUS TAK JADIK jawap cam tu katanya! LOL! Nak tahu apa jawapan mek?

"The one and only one reason why I wanna join MAS is simply because of the MONEY. I've heard that, not only it's glamorous when you become an air crew with MAS, but you will also get paid with good money..."

Hanjeng dak jawapan? LOL! Terus terang mek cakap, memang MONEY was like, one of THE MAIN reason. U ols tell me... mana nak carik keje, sebulan dua, gaji, RM2500++, with only SPM!? Mrasalah grads yang balik with Honors ke ape ke, SETAHUN KEJE pon tak tentu leh dapat RM2000 sebulan tau! Hiks!

Again - mek dapat feeling gementars siket. WHY? Tadik kan, 1st round, waktu mek confident jawap nih, depa buat muka toya, muka slamber kan? NOW, in round 2, mek nengok depa senyum, nodded and semua tu la - which mek automatically boleh agak "NAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! THAT'S IT! Habis la aku! Kalau depa buat muka slamber, MESTI mek dapat ke final round. Nih depa dok senyum sajo, AIYOH! HABIS LA AKU!"

Alih² - hiks! MEK DAPAT katanya ke finals! LOL! Betapa sukenye mek, dan mek dapat tau, dalam batch mek di second round tu, 3 orang dapat ke finals jugek. Tapi sayang Fauzan dinch dapat katanya. Dia dah tried for 4 times, and mrasalah tu percubaannye yang terakhir. Dia dah malas. Kesian...

OK so mek pulang dengan hati gumbira la jugek. They said they will call for the final interview (tu dulu punnyeee style. Sekarang mek dgr, all 3 rounds of interviews, SEMUA in ONE DAY! Bestnye!). So mek pun tunggu la (tunggu laaaaaaaaaaaagi katanya!) dan lepas seminggu, they called me up for the final interview. So mek pon ape lagi, beria² nih nak pi. And when the day finally arrived, MEK CUAK! MOTIF!? LOL!

So bile mek ke MAA hari tu for the finals, mek tgk, semua orang macam cuak semacam. So at least, mek tau, mek not the only one yang cuak. Hiks! So basically, bende yang sama jugak. Kena register nama (depa check la nama tu ado ke idak dalam listing depa) and kena bawak surat offer for the final interview katanya. Lepas tu, bende yang sama lagi. Tunggu laaaa dekat nak sparuh hari for the last round interview. And then, finally, the moment tiba. Kena panggil 3 orang sekali for the interview and this time, bercampur. Mek masuk dengan seorang perems melayu (cantiikkk sangattttt nak jadik crew katanya... hiks!) dan also seorang OC guy (orang Chinese - hiks!)

So masuk² saja, depa mintak tanggalkan kasut, bukak socks, pastu... tah? DEPA NAK TGK KAKI katanya. Haiyoh! Nak decide best legs ke? Keji kan. Yang penting madam tu tanya mek... "HOW COME YOU LEGS NO HAIR ONE?" E eh? Tak tau pulak requirements nye nak jadik air steward, kena ade bulu kaki lebat? Hanjs tau! LOL! Sampai now mek tak tau apa motif dia check kaki/ betis sampai ke lutut. Hari tu, MUJUR mek tak pakai sock hitam koyak mek tu. Kalau idak, naya ja malu! LOL!

And then, bermula la sessi interview itiew. Again this time, 3 orang yang interview. Katanya big bosses of many departments! Hiks! Mek seram sundel. 1st q, was the usual ice-breaking q... "Tell us more about yourself..." gittiew. Dan persis membaca script, mek pon potpetpotpet bende yang sama mek cakap waktu 1st round, and 2nd round - with additional scripts la here and there kan. Hiks. Pastu depa tanya the 1 soalan tambahan.

"Tell us one good reason why we should employ you?"

And mek jawab... with a smile yang mek rase sampai ke telinga dah... hiks!

"I have my heights, I have my looks, and I have my brains to go with it... "

And the guy yang tanya mek soalan tu suddenly jawab balik...

"Very arrogant answer! But I like it, and I like your attitude..."

AIYOH! Arrogant answer? Me being HONEST pon arrogant ke? Hiks! So which is which? Dia cakap dia LIKE my answer and my attitude tu, bebetul ke? Or saje je to make me feel condifent nak dapat position crew ni? Haiyoh! Mek cemas!

And so lepas tu - habis lah interview. Katanya these people will call me IF I dapat within 2 weeks. And KALAU no calls, mrasalah tak dapat! And baru jer mek nak bukak mulut tanya... dah dijawab segera...

"AND IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE OUR CALL WITHIN 2 WEEKS FROM TODAY, DON'T BOTHER TO CALL US..."

Cam mana itiew? Mana tau depa missed out my name ke? Buatnye mek sebenarnye dapat, tapi salah tang memana tah, depa missed out my name and didn't call, MRASALAH MELEPAS, tul tak? Hiks!

Tapi after one week sajo lepas final interview itiew, mek dosi dapat, BUKAN SKADAR the call, tapi also the offer letter!!! Mek suke mek suke! Syukkkuurrr Alhamdulillah katanya! Dan Mek lepas tu was required to attend the final stage, which was the medical check up. Usually kalau dah sampai ke Medical Check Up tu, you are like, 99% dah dapat the job. 1% tu ape? 1% tu kalau u ols TAK FIT to work as a crew lor - meaning, KANTOI la waktu medical check up itiew. Hiks! Again, Alhamdulillah, mek dosi lepas medical check up, and what's next? REPORTING FOR DUTY (training) lorrrr! HIKS!

Mrasalah nantikan my next entry (wallahua'lam la bile... hiks!) PART 2: Interview for AK Crew. It's basically the same - cuma, ade lah this and that yang berbeza siket if you wanna compare to MH punye interview. Hiks! Tak per, tu nanti mek citerkan nah? NOW mek dah habis entry nih, mek kepenatan menaip nih - SUDAHHHH!!! -n- LOL!!!



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Posted at 3:00:00 pm by Nurlea Laurielle Lai Lee Abdullah

aD
December 14, 2005   07:36 PM PST
 
really enjoy reading diz one ;)
Name
December 14, 2005   08:51 PM PST
 
just found ur blog.
i find it thoroughly entertaining.

xxx
Tany
December 15, 2005   01:27 AM PST
 
Eeeee I suke, I SUUUKKEEEE sgt baca entry nieh :D Thank u sbb penuhi request I :D Sekarang dah ada insight sikit lah aper yg berlaku kat interview crew nieh... tak sabor nak baca entry pasal AK lak... eeee suuukeeenyer :D :D *sengih sampai ke telinga*
sokd
December 15, 2005   02:43 AM PST
 
2 org jek yg lepas into second round? berape org yg interview?
babeparis
December 15, 2005   05:24 AM PST
 
arrogant katanya? sah2 lah depa tak kenai hang kan.. hahaha.. i don't think the answer was arrogant at all.. when it comes to interviews and all this q/a session (lol), it's all based on mind game..for instance, if u had to go with the initial answer you were prepared with, therefor they'd know straight away that your just another average candidate..probably not worth it, but by giving THAT fab answer hun, it probably got thru' their thick skull and made them think of how clever and brilliant u were at the time.. u said you had your brain to go with the two stuff u had mentioned earlier.. to me, that was well put and said! bravo b1tch! lol
no ordinary stranger
December 15, 2005   07:25 AM PST
 
congrats mek..nanti kalau kita naik kapal terbang yang ada mek dalam tuh, mek bagi le makanan lebih skit eh...tapi with this kind of confidence, mek bleh dapat kerja apa2 pun! wish i'm as confidence as u...grrrrr
shark
December 15, 2005   09:32 PM PST
 
ala ala mak hayam kapal terbang menurunkan petua2 gitew... seronok sgt baca...
aries
December 16, 2005   02:20 PM PST
 
thanks for sharing lea! great story!



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