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Abdulla Magdy

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Laura

16th June 2017

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Market Yourself

Electives

GSP 5203

Reflection

16th June 2017

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Contents .................................................................................................................................. 1

Introduction ................................................................................................................. 3

Component 1 ............................................................................................................... 3

Component 2 ............................................................................................................... 4

Component 3 ............................................................................................................... 5

Conclusion:- ................................................................................................................. 5

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Introduction There are many kinds of interviews, including, one to one interview, group interview,

behavioural meetings, telephone and video interviews, second interviews, and even

interviews held during dinner which is called business dinner. On the 20th of May, 2017 BAPCO

put a job advertisement in the Gulf Daily news about assistant manager training programme

for logistics and other majors. As a result, I made a C.V and a cover letter which are related to

the training programme and applied for the position. After one week I did my interview which

was held on 27th of May and the interviewer was MR Tom O’Rouke, he asked me different

questions about my major, skills, experience and my values.

Component 1 The different types of CVs available are functional, Chronological and combined. One the most

popular type of CV is the Chronological CV, it starts by listing the applicants experience or the

work history, with the recent lob listed first. This type of CV is considered to be the most

common type of resume structures, because it focuses on the recent work experience. More

over in this type of CVs a brief personal statement of the employee is included. This brief

personal statement sets out the strengths and skills of the employee. This type of CVs is

suitable for job seekers who have a strong working history. Another type of CVs is the

functional resume, this type of CVs focus on both the candidate skills and experience, rather

than stating the chronology work history. This type of CVs is suitable for employee who are

changing their career frequently and for fresh graduates, who have no working history. The

last type of CV is the combined CV, this type of CV starts with the functional CV and ends with

the organizations of work history by dates. During the class we practiced writing CVs and cover

letters with Ms. Laura, also during the program of Injaz, they showed the class some examples

of the previous CVs, and the mistakes that most employees do in their CV and cover letter.

The type of CV that I used is functional CV because it focus on the skills rather than the work

history, because I am still a student and I don’t have any previous work history.

During the previous classes, Ms. Laura gave us some examples of the major and popular

interview questions and also she listed some of the major mistakes that is typically done

during the interview. For example Ms. Laure advised us that, if the interviewer asked “what

are your weakness?” the right answer is to say “I am working on improving myself”. All this

information and advices from Ms. Laura helped me a lot during my interview. For example

during the interview, Mr. Tom asked me “how can you benefit BAPCO?” I answered him that

I have all the skills and qualifications that could help me to improve the quality of work at

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BAPCO. Due to the Ms. Laura instructions and advices during the class I was able to answer

this type of questions. There are many challenges that faced me before and during the

interview, first challenge the faced me before the interview that I couldn’t know which type

of CV will be suitable for me , but after doing some researches on the internet, I found that

the suitable CV for me is the functional CV , because I don’t have much work experience.

Moreover I wasn’t sure that my CV presents me well. On the other hand during the interview

I faced many challenges such as I was so nervous during the interview, because I was worried

I won’t be able to answer the interviewer questions. One of the mistakes that was made

during the interview, is when Mr. Tom asked “what is your weakness?” I said that I have some

issues in managing my time. However this wasn’t the correct or expected answer for this type

of questions. In addition in my CV I didn’t grade my skills for example I must mention in my

CV that I have excellent leadership skills, rather than writing I have the leadership skills. After

the interview, I asked the interviewer to give a feedback about my interview, he said that I

have a good eyes contact and I look confident. Moreover Mr. Tom mentioned that my CV is

well organized.

Component 2 In this section I will connect the simulated interview that was held at Bahrain polytechnic with

real events in my life. From one month ago I made an interview with BAS (Bahrain airport

services), the first question was asked to talk about myself, I gave a brief description about

myself , regarding my age , qualifications , skills, education level and my aim. Connected with

the interview held in polytechnic, the first Question that was asked is to talk about myself and

I answered the same to the both interviews. The second question that I was asked by the

interviewer of the BAS (Bahrain Airport Services), if I have all the skills and the qualifications

required for this job?, I mentioned all my skills regarding the communication skills, leader ship

skills etc. Compared with the interview held at Bahrain polytechnic, I was asked the same

question but I was having much time to answer it briefly. On the other hand one of the

mistakes that I made is during the Interview of the BAS company, the interviewer asked me if

I am still studying or not? I answered him that I will be able to manage my time between my

work and studies, then the interviewer of the BAS company said that in the advertisement

made for the job it was mentioned that we don’t prefer students for this type of jobs . As a

result I couldn’t get my job because I haven’t read the advertisement in detail. Compared to

the interview held at Bahrain polytechnic, I read the advertisement of the job carefully before

writing my CV and cover letter. There are some differences between the both interviews, in

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the interview held at Bahrain polytechnic By Mr. Tom, I was asked many questions and the

duration of the interview was long. Compared with the interview held at BAS company the

interview was short and specific questions was asked.

Component 3 During the classes Ms. Laura showed us a video in the class, regarding an employer, who made

many mistakes during his interview and as a result, he couldn’t get the job. This video points

out the difference between what was expected from David to response during the interview

and what he actually did during the interview. Connected to the video that was seen during

the class and my interview. For example in the video when the interviewer asked David “what

are your good qualities?” He said that “I am just a regular person, who lives very simple life

and in a small town”, related to my interview when I was asked a similar question, I told Mr.

Tom that I totally confident that I will be the best and suitable candidate for this job. On the

other hand there are two similarities between the interview and video. For example in the

video, when David was asked by the interviewer “what is your weakness?” he said all his

weakness. Compared with my interview at Bahrain polytechnic, I said my weakness without

mentioning that I am working on improving them.

Conclusion:- To conclude I gained many experiences from the interview and writing CVs and cover letters.

First of all during the class time I have watched many videos, that points out the mistakes

that happen during the interview. Moreover I practiced writing CVs and cover letters in

professional way with Ms. Laura. I learned many new things about myself for example

during the interview held at Bahrain polytechnic, Mr. Tom mentioned that I have a good eye

contact and I look confident. The things that I have learned during the course that I must

know how to present my skills and qualifications in a professional way. In future if I applied

for a job I must choose the suitable format for the CV. More over the qualifications and skills

mentioned in the CV must be similar to qualifications mentioned in the advertisement of the

job. Also by connecting the interview with the events happened in my life helped me a lot to

observe and compare the mistakes and improvements that was done in the both interviews.

All the skills and experiences gained from the course Market your self will help me a lot in

the future career.