What kinds of questions should you ask during a college interview?

Question

I have a college interview next week and i was thinking about the kinds of things I wanted to ask about. How many questions should I have prepared? What sort of questions are appropriate? What sorts of questions are inappropriate?What kinds of questions do you think I will be asked?

Answer 1

you should have 10 questions or so prepared, because some of them will be answered in the interview, and you don't want to be left without any. you don't need to ask that many.

The school has a lot of people that are qualified on paper applying to them, what they are looking for is a personality that will fit their college campus. let them know what you are interested in...what kind of clubs or organizations do you like...and find out what they have. Know what area of study you want to go into...if you don't know, pick one for the interview and ask about it and that major. (most colleges won't let you declare your major for at least a year, so it doesn't matter what you pick, just choose something you can talk on with some authority) Try to get a feel for the college...is it community oriented, etc.?

Bring a paper and a pen with you, take a few notes, even if you don't need to. Sit forward in your chair, don't fidget, don't chew gum or suck on candy. DON"T umm and err. a well placed pause while you think of a response is soooooo much better than uuuuuhhhh. be clean and neat, but not so much so that it looks as if your mom dressed you. if you have longer hair, make sure its out of your face. Financial aid questions are good ones...but stay general....there's a different office that will have better answers. the interviewer wants to get an idea of who you are and how you'll fit into the community and be an asset to their school.

inappropriate questions would be those that venture into partying, racial/economical issues (what sort of ppl go here? is not a question that should be asked)

Answer 2

Things like:- What do you hope to achieve in following this course? Where do you see yourself in 10 years from now? Are you receptive to constructive criticism? How do you feel you interact with others in the workplace? How would you deal with fellow classmates/workers who are obviously antagonistic towards others? What interests do you have outside of classroom/work? Do you consider yourself to be over-ambitious? Your CV will obviously record previous history, but you could be asked questions about some of it's content. These are just a general few - depends very much on the person carrying out the interview - all different.

Answer 3

hi in order to prepare list of question to follow, this kind of interview we called strucure interview
these question you have to create

may be related to the personality, if you searching for some special traits like self confedence, helpful or what so ever
or
concerning past experience related special information

* the way to conduct interview as a professional Interviewer
put the candidate as ease
stablish rapport with the interwiee
avoid interruptions during the interview
don't ask question that could answered with yes or no
Listen carefully
you have to manage the interview in the way you decide
after finishing the interview note the candidate weak and strong points before conducting another interwiew


any way i suggest some question i hope it could help you


1) ask the candidate to interduce him self
2) the reason for conducting the colleage
3) ask for his or her career planning
4) ask question concerning general knowledge in order to assess
the candidate searching or awarness
5) ask questions related to practices in the career field



closing

There are several important steps in the closing process. The interviewer will want to summarize all that has been said so far, and then give the candidate the opportunity to ask questions.

i hope these info could helps you, wish you good luck
if it's the first time to conduct interview, i will be glad to tell me the
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thanx and Beat Regards
Shrek

Answer 4

A few good questions:

1. How many students go there?
2. What's the male to female ratio?
3. Is the school located near a town or city? How big is the town or city?
4. If you know what you want to major in, ask if they have that major or any related majors.
5. Do they require freshmen to live on campus?
6. Does the college offer internships in your major, and are they paid?
7. How much does it cost, and what is the average financial aid package like?
8. Do they give merit-based scholarships?
9. If you're interested in playing a sport, do they have a team? Do they offer scholarships for that sport?
10. What are the average SAT/ACT scores of kids who get accepted?
11. If your SAT scores and/or your GPA are a little low, how can you compensate for it?
12. Do they require an interview?
13. Do they allow freshmen to have cars?
14. What's the crime rate on campus?