Saturday, 3 March 2012

Reflective writing 1


On Sunday, the 19th of February, we were asked to perform mock interviews by Mr. Hedley, our teacher for this course. The interviewers include a team of three, including Mr. Hedley himself, along with Hammam and Saleh. At the moment, it is exactly 9:18 am and the interviewee is my classmate, Ahmed.  As I have been observing both Hammam and Saleh mostly, I noticed they seem to have some sort of experience in interviewing, either through work or through personal/ academic training. Saleh’s English is excellent, whereas Hammam’s posture and questions carry more…..what are the right words….experience and charisma.

Mr. Hedley is a very interesting interviewer; he doesn’t make the interviewee feel uneasy or nervous, but rather, brings out confidence whilst still maintaining that stern vibe. I’ve noticed that due to the language barrier and multiple English levels in this class, many of my classmates seem to  lack either speech, expression, grammar, vocabulary or a mixture of it all; due to this barrier, it’s quite difficult for them to express exactly what they want to say.

However, my words should not be misunderstood, what I have mentioned above does not deny the fact that ambition, effort and aspiration is an integral part of everyone here.
My interview was rather interesting; Mr. Hedley was a rather comforting and amusing interviewer, but obviously one who observes your body language, english speaking skills and ability to converse effectively in an interview. The other two interviewers, my classmates, whom I am still not familiar with, had good ideas as to what they should ask and im confident I was able to answer all questions without struggling.
It was a very interesting assessment.

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