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The interview was rather nerve-wracking. I would say I was taken aback by some of the questions, especially from one of the interviewers who I will not name. I guess they're just really straightforward and you cannot take things personally if not you'll be offended. I could tell that that particular person didn't really want to hire me... and I guess I eventually got the job because they needed someone urgently. On the other hand, HR was really nice it was obvious that she liked me, she even said she would love to offer me the position during the interview itself!

My role was as a video subtitling intern. We work in-office at One North on Mondays and Fridays, and work from home the rest of the days. So on a day to day basis, this is what I do from 10am to 7pm:

10am: Standup

10.30am: Go through video errors from previous days

11.00am: Edit videos (Facebook, Douyin, IGTV)

4pm: Scheduling of videos onto Facebook, Douyin, IGTV (on Fridays)

6pm: Cross-checking

So basically our role as a video subtitling intern is to assign the videos out to be translated into different languages via this in-house app or Final Cut Pro X. Once the translations are done, we take them and edit them into the videos. At the end of each week, we will publish these videos on 14 different Facebook pages.

That's a very, very brief summary of the job. We do lots of other work such as reviewing videos and tons of problem-solving too. Problems pop up every day and every minute of the day and this stresses me out LOL. Sometimes the internet is slow, sometimes the server is down, sometimes there are technical issues. There are just issues every day.

The nature of the work is also cumulative, so if you don't finish your work today, you'll have to finish them tomorrow on top of the new incoming translations. It's incredibly stressful because the work never ends! We're constantly rushing against the clock.

Another very stressful part of this job is the amount of meticulousness and focus it requires. After editing each video, be it a one-minute or three-minute one, we had to watch each of these videos at normal speed to look out for any mistakes. If there is a mistake, you'll have to redo the video and download it and rewatch it. Being careful is important because we are the last line of defence before these videos go out to millions of Nas Daily followers, and that is a big burden to bear.

I enjoyed a few things from this internship, and here are four of them.

I learned a lot during this internship, like a lot. I learned how to use Final Cut Pro X, Creator Studio, create content and problem solve. I also got to put my other skills to good use, such as copywriting and design. I was even asked to write short articles and design a YouTube badge for the Nas Daily YouTube - things that were out of my job scope. Of course, it can be stressful having to complete these tasks on top of the usual responsibilities assigned to me, but it's nice doing something new for a change.