About this Event
DSA Interview Skills Workshop with Siew Ling Hwang
Prepare for DSA interviews with confidence, clarity and your own voice.
Siew Ling Hwang, an experienced Interview Coach, has coached students for DSA interviews since 2019. Drawing on her work across schools and talent areas, and insights from past DSA interview questions, she helps children express their interests, share what drives them and bring their experiences to life in their own words.
With a maximum of five students, this practical workshop combines interview strategies, guided exercises and mock interview practice with personalised feedback.
Siew Ling’s DSA Coaching Experience
Students Siew Ling has coached have received confirmed DSA offers from schools including:
Raffles Institution, Raffles Girls’ School, Hwa Chong Institution, Nanyang Girls’ High School, Methodist Girls’ School, Singapore Chinese Girls’ School, Nan Hua High School, NUS High School, Dunman High School, SOTA, National Junior College, Victoria School, Catholic High School and Singapore Sports School, among others.
Her DSA coaching experience includes (not limited to):
- Leadership: Leadership and Community Youth Leadership
- Academic talents: English, Bilingualism, Science, Mathematics, STEM and Humanities
- Sports: Track & Field, Tennis, Table Tennis, Badminton, Shooting, Sailing, Swimming, Taekwondo and Rugby
- Performing, Visual and Literary Arts: Choir, Band, Chinese Orchestra, Dance, Chinese Dance, Visual Art and Literary Art
- Other areas: Infocomm, Girl Guides, Scouts
Siew Ling is an Interview and Career Coach, a Certified Advanced Behavioural & Career Consultant and a Certified Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
View Siew Ling’s profile
Interview Skills for Life
Siew Ling approaches interview preparation as an opportunity to build a life skill. Her focus is on helping students understand themselves, recognise their strengths and express their thoughts with clarity and confidence.
While a DSA offer is a meaningful outcome, the broader aim is for each child to find their own voice and develop skills they can carry into future interviews and everyday conversations.
What Your Child Will Learn
Through guided exercises and practice, participants will learn how to:
- Understand what to expect in DSA interviews, including different interview formats and past questions
- Explain their interests, experiences and strengths authentically
- Respond to both general and talent-specific questions
- Recognise how posture, body language and tone affect the impression they make
- Build rapport and engage confidently with interviewers
- Continue preparing independently using practical self-practice techniques
Small-Group Practice and Personalised Feedback
With a maximum of five students, each participant will have the opportunity to put the skills into practice through a mock interview and receive personalised feedback.
Feedback will cover their responses, body language, reactions, use of language and rapport-building, with specific recommendations to guide further preparation.
Workshop Details
For: Primary 5 and Primary 6 students
Duration: Four hours
Group size: Maximum five students
Date and time: Choose from one of the following dates:
- 16 March 2027 Tuesday
- 8 June 2027 Tuesday
- 10 June 2027 Thursday
- 16 June 2027 Wednesday
- 18 June 2027 Friday
Venue: 190 Clemenceau Avenue, 6th Floor, Singapore Shopping Center
Before the Workshop
We will invite parents to share information about their child's DSA talent area so that Siew Ling can make the workshop more relevant to each participant. This information will be kept confidential, and providing it is optional.
After the Workshop
Each participant will receive:
- Reference slides for continued preparation
- An individualised report with Siew Ling’s observations and recommendations
REVIEWS FROM PARTICIPANTS
C. Kho: I can learn about the types of questions the interviewer might ask and i can practice how to answer the questions and get feedback to improve. The trainer was engaging and made the workshop fun to attend
A. Ong: The best part was the group interview at the end because we got to learn from each other's mistakes and learn how to improve on our own mistakes
A. Karthik: The best part was the feedback given at the end as I now know my weaknesses and how to improve them
REVIEWS FROM PARENTS
W.L. Goh: Siew Ling provided fantastic guidance and interview tips to my son. This enabled him to perform with a lot of confidence during his interview with Raffles Institution for Math DSA Domain. He was given a Confirmed Offer by the school!
D. Tan: Siew Ling is an experienced coach. She is skilled in imparting important and useful interview skills to my daughter. Due to her relevant coaching and useful tips, my daughter managed to secure a placing at a secondary school of her choice via DSA. :
M. Ong: A has been offered a confirmed offer with St Nicholas. Thank you for the tips during the workshop
S. Xien: We’ve engaged Coach Siew Ling to train our daughter for DSA interviews. Our daughter has full of praises for Coach Siew Ling, as she feels that she learnt alot of special techniques and advice from her. She can click so well with coach. We noted that the trainings helps build up her confidence levels and also helps in her oral performance. We planned to engage Coach Siew Ling in future as my daughter promote into her secondary school levels. We’ll definitely recommend Coach Siew Ling to our Friends .:). Thanks Coach
Other reviews from our past clients can be found on our website homepage www.discoveringpotential.com.sg
FEES
$380 per participant. Workshop fees are not refundable but may be transferred to another participant. Only the registered participant may attend. Parents and guardians are not permitted in the workshop.
T&Cs
Parents/Guardians to note: This workshop may involve audio and visual recording of the participants. By signing up for the workshop, you have provided your consent for your child/ward to be recorded.
In the event the event cannot take place due to unforeseen circumstances, Discovering Potential reserves the right to cancel the event and refund all tickets fully.
Agenda provided is for reference and may be amended without compromising the workshop objectives
For any inquiries, please email Discovering Potential at [email protected] or WhatsApp at 92341380
Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Let's dive in
Info: What to expect at your interview, the different interview variations and formats, important body language and non verbal behaviours
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:30 AM
The objective
Info: Using our own D.S.A method, learn how to present your own personal stories, aspirations, and strengths in a clear, structured and yet natural manner.
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
The questions
Info: Learn general interview questions and talent-specific interview questions, be exposed to the key types of questions, learn from past DSA questions, understand the interviewer's objectives.
🕑: 11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Playing to win
Info: Common issues faced by students - I don't know what to say, I don't understand the question etc. We will discuss real issues faced by students and provide tips on how to overcome them.
🕑: 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Mock interview
Info: Practice, practice, practice. All students will undergo a mock interview, with constructive feedback from peers and from the coach. Questions used are a mix of general and talent area specific questions, personalised based on the student's chosen talent areas. Questions are carefully curated to expose all participants to a wide variety of question types.
Event venue & nearby stays
Singapore Shopping Centre, 6th Floor (150m from Dhoby Ghaut MRT), 190 Clemenceau Avenue, Singapore, Singapore
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