A New Perspective: My First Time as an Interviewer

Today, I want to share something new. Something that I never did in my life before. It's about my first time interviewing people for a job.

I've been working in the corporate world for more than 10 years now and never had a chance to interview people as I'm not in that position. This time I have a chance so I'm excited and nervous at the same time. Even though I'm not the candidate this time I feel so nervous 🤣🤣

Since this is my first time interviewing people for a job, I don't really know how the interview session should go..I mean from the interviewer's perspective, so  I just prepared the questions I wanted to ask but I don't ask all my questions because I don't know how to menyelit or jump in, I just don't know the right timing to do so.🤣🤣

The good thing I joined this interview session today is I've learned something that I can use for myself as well and I can experience the other side of the interview session.

Here are the lessons I learned from the interviewing candidates:

1. Be Confident!

I know, this sounds so obvious right? 

But, I can see the candidate having such a hard time when sharing about their work background and work experience. I learned that, no matter what, you feel nervous, feel blur or whatever feeling you had, just be confident! 

Have fun telling people about yourself and your work. The interviewers don't really know in details on what you're doing in a previous job but if you can confidently relate your experience and skills with the job description provided, that will be great!

2. Have a good foundation or knowledge in your field

For example, I'm in the software testing field so I should know the foundation of it and I should really understand how software testing.

3. Just be calm

When it comes to interviews, I know it's easy to get really nervous until you forget everything, I have experienced that too. But, when I joined the interview session, wow, it really opened my mind, no need to feel so nervous actually, just be calm and confident with what you experienced. Just be confident to share what you can bring to the table or what can I contribute to the team and company.

Confident itu penting! Tak pasti, jalan saja, use your common sense! Never say I don't know, I'm not sure, or negative kind of answers!

4. Be passionate

Please be bersemangat!!! or dalam Bahasa Inggeris, be passionate!

Conclusion

I'm thankful I got to experience the other side of an interview. Before this, I was the one that got interviewed and I never had a perspective on the other side. Now, I have it and I will use this experience as my guide for the future.

Thank you to my Test Lead, Manager, and my Lead for inviting me for the interview session. I will do my best in the next session ☺️