Gooood afternoon my muffins! This is Vee speaking, and I'm here with my mom!
For a mid-term exam, we had to interview someone successful. And I thought, why not my mom!
Because, she's the most successful person I know. Also because I'm an introvert and I know nobody else.
Anyways, let's get right to it!
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This is my mom, Elisa Ratnawardani. She's the best person I have in my life and today, I'd like to
interview her for my mid-terms exam!
Following will be a list of questions as well as answers from my mom! My mom's words will be written in purple :)
1. What is your job and what
do you do there?
"I'm a banker in a syariah
bank and my responsibility is to grow the bank's assets by giving loans to
corporate clients. The corporate clients means the big companies that have
either turn over or own assets of beyond one trillion rupiah. And the size of
the loan is above 50 billion rupiah."
2. Why did you choose to
have that job?
"Because my education
background is accounting and finance, and I like doing the analysis of financial
statements of big companies. Those are the skills required to apply as a banker, especially in corporate banking."
3. How long have you had
that job?
"I have worked as a
banker for over 20 years in 4 different banks."
3.5. Can you mention the
places you've worked at?
"Bank Finconesia, DBS Bank,
HSBC, and CIMB Niaga. In the last two institutions, I engaged in the corporate syariah financing."
4. What are the challenges
of your job?
"The most challenging
part of my job is to make my clients understand the syariah concept and to
make them believe that the syariah financing is better than the conventional
financing. Another challenge is that not all my clients are Muslim, while the
syariah finance is a universal product that can be used by everyone, even if
they're not Muslim."
5. Do you already feel
successful at your job?
"Yes, I feel successful
because I'm leading a team in CIMB syariah. We have a solid and good teamwork
in managing syariah corporate business. Being a senior vice president in CIMB Niaga
means that I am part of the management team of the bank."
6. Are you happy with your
job?
"Yes, I am. Especially
because my job aligns with my belief and the location of my office is close to my house so I can share my time
between my career and my family. I consider CIMB Niaga as one of the best
places to work. Apart from my work life balance, It has a friendly environment and a good remuneration too."
7. What would you say to encourage people?
"First, when you work
in a bank, you need to keep your integrity at the top. Integrity is the quality
of being honest and having strong moral principles. Secondly, you need to be a
fast learner and to be able to work as a team. Last but not least, you need to
be discipline, organized, a problem solver, work smartly, and have good
communication skill."
So yeah, that was my interview with my mom!
I hope you got something useful from it, have a great day, bye!
