After reading writings from my friends regarding their experiences, I am interested to share mine as well. What do you think I'll talk about? Friendship? Love? Studies? (Ahhh too lazy to think about it especially in this holiday). Ahhhaaa .. It's on SCHOLARSHIP !
Well, I know that a lot of us depend on this very much. The same thing goes to me. 3 years ago, I wished that I would be one of the scholars for any organization or company. What was in my mind? Maybe JPA (well it is the most popular, right?) Shell had never crossed on my mind because it was one of the famous oil and gas company. Until 1 day, I surfed late at night just for sight-seeing. Then, I found a link on SHELL SCHOLARSHIP 2011. I started to think, am I capable for them? Would they choose me if I apply for the scholarship? Sometimes, a very long thought is not gonna help you just like in this case. So, I just made an account through Shell's website after reading the scholarship's criteria. It was 2 weeks before its dateline. After that, I started to view all its need to complete the application. This was the first time I wrote a resume. From the website, a resume was not called "resume", but "curriculum vitae". I did not even know how to write it properly (its format, what details to put in). Fortunately, my brother was on his holiday with my family, so I asked him. Then, he showed me some samples on resumes and finally I managed to write it as simple as much (1-page-resume) since logically, they had millions applications to be reviewed. So, a long resume would not gonna help me to get the scholarship. After that, I would need to write a short essay on my STRENGTH. Ouchhh ,, What was my expertise? With my grammatical errors, how can I write it? But, I did not want to give up. At least, gave it a try. I asked my English teacher to check for any grammatical error in my essay and at last, I had written a good one (I think .. Hehehe)
They were not just ask for an essay on that, but on INTEREST IN WHICH FIELD AT SHELL. Once again, I blurrr ... I checked on their website and searched in details on what they did, etc and matched them with my interest. When I reached on the COURSE SECTION in the application form, I did not know what to put in. Is it education that I am interested in? Or engineering? I just randomly put in Electrical Engineering. And guess what? Now I am studying in Electronic Engineering (which I think not so far from what I have planned) Okay, back to application process ... the other things to be filled up, just a normal and general procedures (maybe I'll write it in the next entry). After almost 2 weeks, I completed the application and submitted it online to them.
Even it was just an interview notification, I was really happy. Soon after that, a new email surprised me (this was because I was on my holiday and I never thought that I was gonna be interviewed on such period) Guys, I prepared myself for the interview with my 2-year-niece. It was funny. I was searching on interview's tips while she was on me (playing with her stuff - doll). You better look up on daily issues, social networking, and the MOST IMPORTANT is, you know what your sponsorship-to-be- body are doing.
The day came:
I was scheduled to be phone-interviewed on 11 a.m. and it was a one-hour conversation. I was not too nervous because the interviewer was a lady. With her soft voice, I felt quickly comfortable to deal with.
There were 3 sections.
The first one was on my personal details. They would ask a lot of things and make sure you answer all of them confidently. Most of the questions were relating to what you had filled in the application form. I hardly remembered what the questions were like. But do not worry, they will just accept what your answer is.
The second part was on our experience at school. What did you do instead of studying? Have you cooperate with the people whom you do not know, with the people at different ages? How did you persuade people to agree with you? - at this moment, they asked me on how long did I take to persuade people (based on my experience).
The last part was the hardest for me. They gave me 5 topics to talk on. If I was not mistaken, I had chosen the 3rd topic, which were "What was the disadvantages on educational institution?" I surprised with the topic. How can an educational institution had disadvantages? Because I did not want to waste time with "errr .. errr .. errr .." I spoke on what had crossed in my mind. Seriously, I did not know what I talked about the topic. I just talked and talked until she satisfied with my elaboration and stopped me. That was the final of the interview.
* I did not confident either I passed the interview or not. The last part quite frustrated since I was not be able to answer it confidently.
TETAPI, KATA ORANG ...
"JIKA REZEKI KITA, PASTI TIDAK KE MANA ..." Syukur alhamdulillah,
Offer & Award Invitation from Shell Scholarship 2011
West-Malaysia Shell Scholar's Recipients 2011
It was a great moment to me. I am hopeful to be with Shell until my graduation. In shaa Allah.
A gentle words to those who are planning to apply for any scholarship. Do not think of too many "if". if that ... if this ... bla bla bla ... Just apply and give it a try. SIMPLE, isn't it? (Hahaha~~~ I got this from someone).
p/s: I wonder if you know which one was me on the picture. Well, I was the one on the wheelchair. And I proud to be one of them.
I am sorry for any grammatical errors. I still try to improve my English. Thanks for your time. Wassalam ...
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Salam Ramadhan al-Mubarak 1434H
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