INTERVIEW BNM ~ 'The Secrets Revealed'

Assalamualaikum…

I would like to say CONGRATULATIONS to those who have applied for BNM and have been contacted by the BNM Human Resource Department… the department who is in charged of scholarships and those kinds of stuffs…

As I am a Bank Negara Malaysia Scholar, I felt compelled to write this post…
Therefore, to my friends, especially the BNM applicants, happy reading!!!

ME:
“Kak Wani, saya nak melawat Bank Negara esok (hari khamis minggu lepas) boleh x?? Kak Wani bz x?? Kak Rafidah & Kak Zeha bz x??? Because I would like to discuss a little bit regarding my claim for the US application fees and the university that most probably I will be pursuing my studies there.”

KAK WANI:
“Owh, boleh jer nak melawat, Cuma… we are a little bit bz this week, kitorang conduct interview tuk junior2 korang la this week and next week… but Kak Rafidah mungkin x berape bz…so boleh lah kalau nak datang..”

Sememangnya,
orang2 kat department HRD (Human Resources) BNM memang baik2… friendly and amicable…

and memandangkan kak wani yg jaga welfare kitorang ckp dorang sedang conduct interview...

nak lah reveal ape yg kitorang lalui semasa interview BNM tahun lepas...

but sebelum itu....

Di sini nak perkenalkan org2 yang korang mungkin akan jumpa time interview nanti…Panggil Cik/Puan/Ms.. but biler dah jadi scholars nnti boleh la panggil kak, sebab dorang lebih mesra dengan panggilan tuh… Mane nama laki2 ek??

Pn. Liz (Manager) a.k.b.t.s.a (as known by the scholars as) Kak Liz

Pn. Rafidah a.k.b.t.s.a Kak Rafidah

Pn. Ros a.k.b.t.s.a Kak Ros

(Yang nih jaga bhgian kewangan… kalu duit elaun x masuk lagi..jumper dier)

Pn. Zeha a.k.b.t.s.a Kak Zeha

(Yang nih yang biasanya akan telepon korang tuk invite korang tuk gi interview or tuk maklumkan kepada korang yang korang dpt scholarship bank Negara nih…!!!)

Cik Syazwani a.k.b.t.s.a Kak Wani

(Yang nih baru gak la join HRD nih… memang baik and manis orang nyer J)

Nak reveal pe nih sebenarnyer??

Hehehe… X ape rahsia pun..dekat post2 laen kat blog2 laen atau kengkawan2 laen or your seniors (yg pergi BNM punyer interview) might have mentioned this

must-know F4 (Fantastic Four) Elements untuk Bank Negara Malaysia punyer interview...

usually dalam sehari...dier akan panggil dlm 12 orang and akan dipecahkan kepada 2 kumpulan.. 6 org dlm setiap kumpulan…

The F4 are as follows:

1. INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION

Macam presentation2 biasa kat sekolah korang dulu...x perlu takut…

Dier akan kasi briefing dulu psl BNM punyer scholarship then dier akan kasi satu kertas yg tertera di atasnya problem yang korang kena solve…dier akan provide marker pens, kertas mahjung for you for the presentation...

And paling penting dier kasi 30-45 mins or tuk lengkapkan assignment tuh...

Problem yg kena solve mungkin varies from group to group… anway yang saya kena tahun lepas macam nih..

Something like this la..x berapa ingat…

There was a terrible flood in a nearby hometown and many buildings were destroyed by it. It is known that there are still some survivors left in their houses. The roads are impassable due to the flood.

You are the leader of a group of volunteers that consist of 10+ members. Some are experienced volunteers for Red Cross, First Aid, Firemen, etc and others (dier state number sebenarnyer) are fresh volunteers with no experience. Divide your team adequately, give their roles accordingly and state and explain the roles of the volunteers sufficiently.

Please include things that you should bring, action plan during the two-day rescue mission, backup plan or if things do not go as planned or unpredictable things happen…

Macam tu lah lebih kurang soklan dier.. Juz remember that you have a limited amount of time to design your plan…

You have to present this, during my time, in front of two evaluators.. dier akan tengok presentation korang and tanya soklan2 cepu emas mcm “What happen if the boat suddenly brake down??” or “What happen if you suddenly the walkie-talkie connection faded and you as the leader lose communication with the rest of the volunteers??” or “What will you do if the survivors are more than you expected and the spaces of the boat is limited”…


2. GROUP PRESENTATION

Yang nih mungkin rilex sket sebab korang keje as group.. but team work is really important and they are evaluating you based on your participation in the group and how you present...

Yang ni pulak dier bagi masalah lagi… and mcm tadi dier provide marker pens and kertas mahjung skali lagi...

Korang nak pasarkan produk/service yang boleh dipilih dari tiga produk/service yg akan diberi...

During my time,
Health Product : minuman health yg boleh merampingkan kalu x silap
PDA or Handphone
Gym Service

Macam nih la lebih kurang...
Choose only one product/service that will produce the most profit and the money that is designated for your company to produce this service/product is …(certain amount)

Give a name for your product/service and fill in the posts given, each of you have to play your roles accordingly…work as a team and plan the flow of how you and your team members will develop this product/service…

Manager:
Finance:
2 for Marketing and Advertisement:
2 for Product Design and Implementation

Hmm…janganlah nak berebut sgt untuk jadi Manager, x semestinya yang jadi Manager tuh dpt scholarship BNM nih..dier depends your performance..how do you elaborate your role and how do you work in a team…

And satu lagi time nak pilih service or product tuh..korang kena wujudkan persepakatan...mesti ader yg x puas hati dengan decision yg dibuat oleh member yg laen... so fikir and bincang and cepat2 pilih satu product or service...jgn terlampau buang byk masa kat sini..masa yang diberikan agak limited!!!

During my time, ader 2 orang Indian, 3 orang Chinese, and I am the only Malay.

I just aquired the Product Design and Implementation post..ader sorang Indian nih yang beriya sgt jadi Manager… bila aku contact dorang..aku dengar2 yang members in my group yg lain x dpt..Alhamdulillah aku dpt..

Do you best!! That’s the trick!!! Pray to ALLAH!!! We have ALLAH with us…


3. INTERVIEW 3 TO 1

Yang nih lebih kurang interview2 laen mcm interview MARA..but yang nih ramai sket la 3 to 1…
Tuk guide kepada interview nih korang mungkin boleh baca my previous post psl ‘Sebuah Perkongsian ::. INTERVIEW .:: yg berkenaan interview MARA and aplikasikan dlm INTERVIEW BNM..

Basically,

1. Do lah some research on BNM… mission and vision, objective, what is actually Bank Negara Malaysia role...They are your soon-to-be sponsor…you must know them…at least a little bit..
How are you going to contribute to BNM???

2. Do lah some research on your course… Bank Negara x offer pure engineering.. (dulu ader offer).. so mungkin korang pilih course yg korang kurang minat or korang kurang jelas..
So,at least baca lah psl course yg korang letak.. untuk course second choice pun korang kena baca sket2 sebab ader kemungkinan dier tanya.. “why do you choose this course for you second choice”

Tengok jugak tempat tuh.. why do you choose US not UK?? Or why do you choose Australia not UK??

Bagi yg apply financial engineering.. check course nih betul2..
Dier byk cmner kiter nak apply finance dlm engineering..byk finance
Not really a pure engineering course…

3. Elaborate articulately about your extra-curricular achievements…and kalu boleh relate kan dengan course yang korang pilih…

Mcm during my time I applied for IT in the US, and I gave an example of my National Robotics Competition and relate it with IT… I mentioned that I was the head of the team and was in charged of programming the robot…the word ‘programming’ do have connection with the course IT, hmm try to find one for your course…

*Note for those who applied for IT: *
Kalu mcm IT kat UK tuh..memang ader Bachelor of Science in IT…
Tapi kalu IT kat US..dier x der course nama IT..but nama course dier Computer Science and yang lebih menarik and baik hati Bank Negara nih..ialah korang yang apply IT boleh amek ape2 yang ader Computer dlm course tuh...

So, that is why I choose Computer Engineering…(which byk belajar bout hardware rather that software)..byk engineering la…

4. Tanya soklan di akhir interview… Jangan lepaskan peluang untuk tanya soklan2 relevan. “Malu bertanya sesat jalan”..


4. ESSAY…

Ingatkan korang dah terlepas dari menulis essei selepas menjawab soklan SPM BM kertas 1 and soklan essay English…hehehe..NOPE, korang kena buat SATU ESSAY BM and ONE ESSAY IN ENGLISH…

Ader beberape topic utk dipilih..so jgn risau lah..mcm kalu x silap tuk ESSAY BM ader 5 choices of questions and ESSAY BI pun sama…

The topic yg I have chosen is:

For BM,
Mat Rempit (soklan dier sebenarnye agak panjang but saya x berapa ingat la)

For ENGLISH,
Lebih kurang tajuk nih… Illegal Investment in the Internet World. (soklan dier panjang lagi)

Byk tajuk pilihan dier yang berkaitan dengan perbankan gak..depends la…
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That’s all… Yang ni jer lah yang saya mampu bagitau… Any soklan letak lah kat ruangan comment and saya akan cuba jawab sedaya mungkin..

Specifically for my brother, Anas, yang interview Bank Negara esok… GUD LUCK and DO YOUR BEST!!!

To the REST of the selected APPLICANTS,
I WISH YOU ALL GUD LUCK & ALL THE BEST!!!
NANTI JUMPA KAT BANK NEGARA NANTI!!! (for those who dapat la :)