This interview summarizes conversations with two candidates for part-time jobs at Mydin. The first candidate, Sis 1, is a second-year law student from Kelantan who works at Mydin for extra income. The second candidate, S2, is a first-year law student from Narathiwat, Thailand who works at Mydin in Masjid India to improve her English and gain work experience interacting with customers. S2 earns RM8.70 per hour and works between 3-9pm, enjoying interacting with customers but sometimes finding it stressful without customers.

1. This interview is about part time job and here we have two candidates who have been working at
mydin,
I: sister, please introduce yourself
Sis 1: ok, first of all, im em..iium student inform kuliyyah of law,was in my second
year,oh..ok..um..well..uh..20 years old
I:where are you from sister
S1:um im from the east coast which is Kelantan
I:which part
S1:um..in the middle of kelantan,the center, not the capital of city but the center which is machang
I:you don’t sound like machang
S1:oh..you to change according to situations..anymore
I: how’s about your job, how it’s have been
S1:its have been depend on the whether,somethime feel so interesting sometime feel so bored until
you want to kill yourself
I heard that you got your first salary today
No its, actually second
its The second salary
Ya..the salary is not quiet, not lot but this time is quiet lot and I have spent half of it to buy raya clothes
and you also will neccess that thing emm from part time job is good as long as it doesn’t infact effect
your study and give you extra job income and not burden your parents, I think that’s all
Ok let leave, interview
the Second respondent I guess
speak in English please
names please
ok please introduce yourself
s2: ass..my name manaya binti salleh, I come from Thailand.um. im first year from law student

2. ok where are you from sister
um im from Thailand
um hem which part,hait yai
no no I came from narathiwat
narathiwat..um ..how long have yoy been learning English
two year
two years
yes..ept..
ooo are you in celpad now
no.. now I already exit
ok so you are going to enter kuliyyah soon
yes, and then now I took part time job at mydin,k first of all why I want to do part time job because I
want to get the need..the.. new experience about..a.. communicate with others people how to..how to
communicate with other people and then now I know how to communicate with ither people and can
improve my English and then can improve my life to communicate with others people, oo..people
outside the university
ok, which mydin
masjid india mydin
so hows it have been, it is fun or stressful or
for me a.. sometime so stress because don’t have costumer but now so happy because more costumer
and then got shopping and then we have got extra like a.. I got the sale..um..the sale and then have
the some kueh from my manager
some kue..
hum..yes
so what actually you do at mydin, I mean you rearrange clothes or what, you fold cloth, so you have to,
you work as sales assistant
yes i..like..um..as..um..sale assistant,a..i just have..aa..like rearrange cloth and then anything.. anything
else
so what type of clothes that mydin sell

3. ooo..i just..woo
ladies department
no no I just stay level ladies department but the maydin have a lot of thing then have a lot of clothes
but I know about the ladies clothes only
oo..ok its all baju kurung only
ye..no no no like baju kurung, baya, um..selendang..
shawl..
scarf like that
so, how do you go to work ,by
I’ll go by bus sometime its so late I must to take the lrt
Lrt
Yes..
So you go to work at what time
Sometime twelfe sometime twelve thirty, and then sometime 3 o’clock and then come back sometime 8
o’clock or 9 o’clock
How much do mydin pay
Um.. 1 hour have a..21. 1 ours have
1 hour not ours
Have um..thirty fift ringgit
Five
One day
Not one day, one hour
One hour..ok
But one day I do work five hour
Ooo..
So how much already you got pay, how much all the salary

4. Ok now I got um..eighty seven hundred ringgit
Eight hundred and seventy ringgit
Who is the leader in mydin
Leader from my level
No.. al the mydin
you mean the manager
Yes I mean manager
oo..my manager mr raja and then misses norhayati
madam
tell me about more abot mr raja
mr raja
quit handsome guy
not sort handsome guy
not tot handsome guy
kind hearted, kind
he kind hearted and today he give me some kue
cookies
yes cookies ,the name of cookies
mama
mama yes mama
marble
marble sorry stand for marble
I heard your family come,um.. your family came to KL
Yes my family came to KL but sometime make me challenge myself to spend about my time because
sometime I must to spend my time for my family and sometime must to spend um..for my work
Ok..what did you do last weekend with you family, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.during holiday

5. Ok.. I back my country wit my parent and then on Monday I go back, I mean I come to Malaysia again to
do work, to continue my work, and then this week, my parent come again to visit me and then I also
must spend some time to visit her.. to visit them in my sister house
Where is your sister house
My sister house in putrajaya ,so last day, yesterday I go, I went to putrajaya to visit my familt and then
satay in putrajaya wit my parent and then my sister
Do you think learning English is hard or easy
I think if not hard then it not easy
Half half
Because for me I like to learn more than one language , so I think the language is not easy and then its
not hard to learn and to know
Um..do you know how to speak malay..
Of course I know how to speak malay because even im from Thailand but my village can speak malay
also,can speak malayu
So you speak Thailand malay and English
Yes but my malay, some word very different in mlaysia because the language malay in Thailand follow
the Thailand word, so so different
How do you learn English, by reading books?
For me how I learn English , I learn by communicate with others people and then sometime I practice
with other people and then sometime if I have mistake about the grammar so if I want to know about
the grammar , must to read more and sometime I must go to meet the lecturer, so that one make me
improve my English and then improve my life
Ok.. tell me the differences between malay thailand and English language
The pronoun of course
Firstly pronounciation and then second
Can you tell me example of pronunciation like apa khabar Thailand malay and English
Apa khabar..ok..firstly, apa khabar in Thailand sabaidimai, bahasa melayu apa khabar ,in English, how
are you,so different but the meaning the same