Nowadays it’s a trend of the interview in school, colleges, and universities as well. Many of the colleges tend to take the entry test before the interview. The students who successfully scored according to the requirements get called for the interview.
In some cases, they just check the score, grade, or GPA of tons of the students, and those who are eligible are called for an interview.
Congratulations! If you’ve got the call from the institute. Don’t worry about the interview here are some of the tips that will help you out in your interview and I’m sure you will be selected.
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College Interview Tips
Know the interview timing:
Don’t get panic the first thing that you have to do is to confirm the exact date, location, and timing of the interview. You may call directly to your institute to schedule the timing for you. This will show you more responsible.
Research on the institute:
Take out your laptop and visit your school website and open up the page of the programs they are offering. Learn about the professors who are going to teach you and the extracurricular activities. Make sure you research deep on the courses available on their site and know your interest that in which course you want to get admission.
Get prepared for the questions they may ask:
During the interview the questions that may be asked you have to be prepared for them in advance, this way you’ll get less confused in front of the interviewer. The questions that may be asked could be related to your studies, your interest, or your extracurricular activities. Some major questions are asked in every college interview i.e.
- Why you specifically selected this college for admission?
- What kinds of courses excite you the most?
- In which course you want to get selected and why/
- Which thing about this college attracted you the most?
- Which subject do you like the most?
- How would you describe yourself?
These are some basic questions that interviewers normally ask.
Prepare your questions:
If you want to ask any question related to your subject or your professor you may note it down on a page and ask them after they finish their talk so that the interviewer doesn’t get disturbed. And you gave the impression that you’re a bit more excited and interested in their college.
Dress Properly:
Before going to the interview make sure you dress properly. Take shower, you’ll feel much confident, cut your nails, iron your clothes, polish your shoes and properly comb your hair. A neat and obedient impression will draw towards them.
Be Early:
It’s true if you’re not on time, you’re not considering a responsible person. To make a perfect impression on them, you have to arrive early for your interview. This way, you won’t get late and you’ll get extra time to calm down and some deep breaths to relax. If you do not arrive on time, you won’t be able to answer any of the questions being asked properly. There is a high chance to get stressed and messing up your interview.
Practice before going:
Not taking your interview seriously can throw your impression wrong towards the interviewer. The main key to having a successful interview is to be calm and confident. So it’s a better idea to practice before you go. You can ask any of your friends or a family member to help you rehearse. Ask them to repeat the questions and you just answer them. If nobody is there to help you just stand straight right in front of the mirror and ask a question to yourself and answer them. This way you will be able to notice your body language as well.
Smile:
The main key for the interview is to seem friendly. Put a smile on your face you seem a bit friendly and confident person. They also note the behavior of the candidate so make sure you sit comfortably in the proper manner and answer them confidently.
Don’t get stress:
Before you start your interview just throw all of your worries and tensions in the bin and then you enter the room for the interview. Before entering sit on a bench have a couple of deep breaths, just know that everything is going to be fine and your main goal is to impress them and clearing your interview. Just be confident otherwise you going to make a huge blunder inside the room.
Don’t look at your watch:
When you’re giving the interview it’s important to focus on the interviewer and the question he is asking too, that way you can’t properly answer them. Don’t look at your watch during the interview, it’ll leave an impression on the interviewer that you’re in hurry and want to end the process as soon as possible. Plus you’ll seem a bit unfocused and less interested.
So for having a smooth conversation turn your phone off so no one can distract you and stop looking on the watch. Pay full attention to your interviewer.
A thank you note:
When your interview ends, send a handwritten thank-you note to them and add some of the remember-able conversations of yours to note. This way your interviewer will recall you after all they take interviews with tons of students and it’s impossible to remember everyone. This will leave a cute impression on them. I hope you rock your interview. Best of luck!
