Interviews. A word that makes lot of people scared. “What kind of answers will I give?”, “what questions
will they make?”, “should I talk a lot?”, “how do I breathe?”, probably those are some questions you
have on your mind when you're about to have an interview to apply for a school or university, but calm
down! Here are the most used questions on this type of situations and the best way you can answer
them, making your life a lot easier. You are welcome.
“Tell me about yourself”. It looks like an easy question, right? But no, it's not. You have to be mentally
prepared for this question, because it is constantly used, and why? Because interviewers know what
they want to hear. They don't want stuff like “I'm friendly, responsible, …show more content…
“Why do you want to attend this school?”. This seems like a pretty obvious question, but you have to go
a little deeper to answer it. If you're thinking in possible options like “your college is prestigious”, “my
friends are going to your college”, “it is close to home” or “I'll have a great job with a degree from your
college”, you better forget about them, interviewers already consider the school you are applying for as
“prestigious”. To give a good answer, first of all, you must do some previous research to know the
system of the school and what kind of students and characteristics they are looking for; as soon as you
get all the information, think about the qualities you have that matches the college. When the interview
takes place, talk about yourself and those things that can make you happy at this college, this will make
them see a genuine interest.
“Who is/are your hero/s?”. The question can be structured in many different ways, for example “who
has most influenced you?” or “who is your role model?”, but the objective is the same: they want you to
talk about who you admire. When interviewers ask this question, it's often because they want to
will they make?”, “should I talk a lot?”, “how do I breathe?”, probably those are some questions you
have on your mind when you're about to have an interview to apply for a school or university, but calm
down! Here are the most used questions on this type of situations and the best way you can answer
them, making your life a lot easier. You are welcome.
“Tell me about yourself”. It looks like an easy question, right? But no, it's not. You have to be mentally
prepared for this question, because it is constantly used, and why? Because interviewers know what
they want to hear. They don't want stuff like “I'm friendly, responsible, …show more content…
“Why do you want to attend this school?”. This seems like a pretty obvious question, but you have to go
a little deeper to answer it. If you're thinking in possible options like “your college is prestigious”, “my
friends are going to your college”, “it is close to home” or “I'll have a great job with a degree from your
college”, you better forget about them, interviewers already consider the school you are applying for as
“prestigious”. To give a good answer, first of all, you must do some previous research to know the
system of the school and what kind of students and characteristics they are looking for; as soon as you
get all the information, think about the qualities you have that matches the college. When the interview
takes place, talk about yourself and those things that can make you happy at this college, this will make
them see a genuine interest.
“Who is/are your hero/s?”. The question can be structured in many different ways, for example “who
has most influenced you?” or “who is your role model?”, but the objective is the same: they want you to
talk about who you admire. When interviewers ask this question, it's often because they want to