Yahhhh...
beautiful_river and
llentimes, I tink I had the same interviewer as both of u!!! My grp failed miserably too, with only 4 goin thru, the grp of guys b4 us was even worse, none made it thru!! They are definitely very strict wz pple who tried b4 lor!! They didnt even bother to get us to elab on our background, and was so quick in their decisions, i bet they didnt even flip thru our resumes. Suddenly my mind juz went blank halfway thru my ans. But I followed up wif a confident endin, and got a 'Good' from the chinese guy, u noe! But in e end, i still got kicked out. Now I know why, so its cos I have tried alot of times b4. Isnt it unfair to deprive pple of e chance? So wat if a person tried n tried but still failed, doesnt mean that he/she dun hv wat it takes ah, cos there are pple who got in at their 7th or 10th try, not everybody gets in on their 1st try, so tis only means that its an unfair system based alot on who they got as their interviewers.
Haiz! Anyway
beautiful_river , do not fret, if u really hv e passion, so wat if u gotta depend on ur luck to get in? With ur degree, when Lady Luck comes knockin on ur door, Im sure u'll be able to breeze thru it, cos they are lookin for eloquent pple who speaks good english. Just do and speak what you deemed best, so long as u feel that u had put ur best foot forward, its all that matters. The rest is up to fate to decide. I myself, like you, used to be very confident abt 1st round, cos I hv a pretty strong customer service background and I can speak a foreign lang. Even their website publicise tt these will be an advantage, but look at wat happened to mi? I was rejected 3 times in round 1, once there was tis malaysian gal, wz no degree n broken eng got in, n i was 1 of the 2 who got kicked out!! Can u imagine the shock that I got?
U must come to terms wz the fact that there are no certainties in life, at least definitely not in SIA. Maybe u wld like to try my method of self-deceivin.

When faced wz a failure, I always give excuses to make myself feel better. Like, 'they must hv written down the wrong name', 'they must have left my name out', 'they must have missed reading my name', 'perhaps those who got thru had fantastic resume' etc etc... Blame anythin but urself, n u'll feel less sore abt it. Hope it helps. Tis is my 6th try, n im still not ready to gif up. Kym Ng never gave up even on her 11th try, y cant u? Hang on ya?