interview

hello. it's time again for another ranting session (which i did quite frequent lately. lol maybe i'm having too much of free time of being unemployed)

so yesterday, i had an interview for a job - a dental assistant to be exact. and that was like.. my very first time of attending to a job interview - a virtual interview via Google Meet. yep, at the age of 25. what an achievement, i know.

attending an interview - makes me realized a lot. i figured, i actually have been avoiding 'adulting' stuffs a lot, includes how i actually would want my future to be. there's a few step that i need to get it done prior to the interview. i have sent my resume and cover letter through Indeed.com, and i was asked to fill in a questionnaire via Google Form specifically for that company. commonly-expected questions asked, but they took me a good an hour to actually reflect myself and give my best-honest-but-simple answers. some of the questions that got me pondering:

• why do you want to work at our company?  

i don't know man, i just need a job. pft. but on a serious note, it got me thinking - why do i actually want to work in the first place? money of course. but just in the meantime before i get to do my compulsory service, i need to gain some experiences and lots of new knowledge regarding my job - in a private sector specifically. and that's a solid reason to work. 

and why that place - because it is within my reach and.. good reputation with a wide range of treatments provided. 

mm-hm. solid justification.

• what are your life values? 

dang. do i even have one? okay jokes aside, i really need to think deeply to come out with answers for this one. i don't really put into words what do i value in life. that's why i find it hard to even describe one. 

i put in one cliche answer, but i really mean it - i am committed to my job. and i always try my best to come out with the best product - suit to my capabilities. 

• how do you see yourself in 5 years? what have you accomplished by then? 

5 years.. whew that's too much. i don't even see what i'm going to do next year. but seriously, this is the question that i have been avoiding the most. to actually describe about my future planning. i mean, i do have something in mind - but i could not solidify it enough to make it pronounced to anyone. 

here is the answer that i wrote, (which i think i would like to see this again in the next five years)

'In five years, i would see myself as an experienced general practitioner with different field/specialty covered, actively joining seminars to improve my skills and knowledge from time to time, before establishing my own private practice.'

quite ambitious. but necessary, i thought.

then i was invited to have a phone interview for 20 minutes. quite an awkward one. the perks of being an introvert who hates phone calls. lol. some of the questions asked (which i can recall)..

• introduce briefly about yourself
• why do you want to join our company?
• what do you know about our company?
• would the distance be a problem to you since you live in different area?
• what is your quality that you have that can help contributing to our company?
• can you explain about your activities and involvement in university?

i did a pretty decent job by answering the questions. but i bet there's lot more to improve. then before we hang up, i was invited to a virtual interview with the owner of the clinic. here's some:

• can you explain a bit about your background, family and any working experiences if there's any.
• what do you involved in during university? any program and activities?
• what is the most difficult thing that happened to you during clinical years? and how do you handle it?
• what is the specialty you're interested the most?

hmm i can't recall any further questions. but mostly were just regarding my clinical sessions during undergraduate years. in which - i also get to discover myself a lot along the questions asked. i just realized that i like certain things here and there, and there's pretty much a lot of significant things that happened during my study that i would rather overlooked just because i think it would not be interesting enough to be told. but the truth is, they meant something to me.

ah, what a good reflective session. even if i wouldn't be able to get that job, i'm glad that i attended the interview. it opened my eyes to a different new perspective.  

i am now looking forward for more. hopefully, things will turn out well.