APM 4, Japan
Unofficial Job offer from
NOMURA SECURITIES CO., LTD.
| “In my first year at APU we decided to make
a group where students could get together in a relaxed and friendlyenvironment.
Apparently some people think that all we do is drink but this isn't
true. I approached the leaders of other clubs and students who
were very pro-active in participating in activities on campus.
I think that the experiences I have had as a part of this group,
coupled with my experiences as an exchange student in China have
played a key part in re-evaluating some of my personal values.
There are good people, and bad people. I want to become a person
who understands many different kinds of feelings. Born in Yokohama,
and raised in the big city, I am now spending my university life
in the country, Oita. Having lived in both places, I think this
is something I would not have been able to experience in the big
city. What attracted me to Nomura Securities was the energy and
positive attitude of the people I met during a Nomura Securities
company seminar. I decided then that I wanted to be employed at
a company where I could work with people like this. The interview
I had with this company was also very unique. I was asked “what
would you do if you didn't like curry and your boss invited you
to go to a curry restaurant?” A lot of different things went through
my mind. ‘What are they really asking me?’ and ‘What are they trying
to find out about me?’ I answered that ‘I would go to the curry
restaurant and I would order curry’. I don't know if what I said
was right or wrong but the question certainly caught me off guard.” |
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APS 4, Nepal
Unofficial Job offer from
FUJITSU LIMITED.
“I couldn't speak much Japanese when I first
came to APU, so I started learning from the guidebook, and in half
a year I could get by in most conversations. After taking computer
courses, and discovering how much fun creating systems can be,
I decided that I wanted to find a job in the Information Technology
field. My future dream is to become a systems engineer involved
with the development of medical software. In addition to strengthening
my technical skills, I think that working in a job I enjoy will
help me build up good team work skills.
As well as learning Japanese at APU, I also put a lot of effort
into making friends. I wanted people to understand me; everybody
feels the same way. In order to do this I would always try and listen
carefully to what others had to say and talk about things that they
were interested in, always with a smile on my face.
Of course I made a lot of mistakes while I was job hunting, but
job hunting is a part of life and so is making mistakes. In order
to not make the same mistake twice I thought very hard about what
I had done wrong and why. I believe that it isn't making the mistake
that is wrong, it is neglecting it and doing nothing about it that
is.” |
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