If you are invited to attend the scholarship interview, it means that you are qualified and one step closer to achieve the scholarship. And your goal is to leave a strong and lasting impression throughout the interview. So, you should grab the chance and prepare beforehand to ace the scholarship interview. In this post, there are some guides for you based on my personal experience and I hope that it can help!
1. Can you please tell us more about yourself?/ Please walk me through your resume.
- Greeting with a smile (Good morning/ Hi)
- Name, graduated from?
- What you applied for in the interview? (course/ university)
- What is your passion? Link with events that you joined before.
- What is your direction according to your passion?
Example:
- someone who is passionate about helping people - always do volunteering jobs. In my high school, I was a member of St. John Ambulans.... / I was the committee of blood donation campaign in my school. - leverage that passion of helping people to study medicine - so that I can gain enough knowledge to help people in my future.
- someone who likes robotic a lot - joined robotic club - have made robots that help people to ....../ joined a lot of international competitions - hope that can ease the life of people in the future - keen on persuing my studies in mechatronic and robotic engineering
- passionate about accounting, marketing, management -always curious how it works to make a company grows - like to be a leader that work in a team to guide the teammates together and achieve a goal - wanted to be a successful entrepreneur since I were young - first have to a obtain a degree in business management
2. Please tell me about your family background.
- Introduce family members.
- Bring up why you need the scholarship indirectly (Father retiring, mother is a housewife, other siblings studying as well)
- Link to personality that you can apply on if you get the scholarship
- Exp: responsibility/ tenacity/ good time management
- Elaborate with real-life examples
Example:
- good time management - plan before act - always complete the task before deadline - same applies to my studies - despite busy schedule - able to stay connected with family and friends - workout to keep fit ...
- good problem solving skills - willing to listen to the opinions of every members - find the best solution after concluding all - clearly shows when I was preparing for the school camp - time clash with other clubs - how to solve it?
4. What is your greatest weakness?
- Don't afraid to admit your weakness (But don't say something which clashes with your strength, for example, good time management & procrastination)
- Link to something you will put effort to change it
- How you change it
Example:
- easily get frustrated - can't achieve my expectations or out of planning - learn to accept the changes and move on - decided to train my patience - adopt new hobby - baking/ cooking/ drawing - hobbies that can't act when I get frustrated easily
5. What are the co-curricular activities that you joined?- afraid to speak out in class- realised that this is an essential skill in the future -keep on practice - by looking at the mirror - get help from teacher's comments - joined public speaking/ competitions - gain my confidence - still working on it to be better
- Show your leadership qualities
- Do not just brag about your high position in clubs
- Talk about something that changes you to become a better leader/ person
Example:
- secretary in student body - learnt how to deal with documents and keep things organised - became a more-detailed person - reduce in making mistakes
- joined canteen day as committee - realised that it cannot easily done unless everybody put effort together - give ideas - conflicts happened - how do I solved problems - finally a huge success - raised fund ...
6. What is the biggest personal achievement of you?
- Talk about what you struggled with, can be in academic or other aspects
Example:
- won in debate competition - may be small achievement to the others but it is the biggest personal achievement for me who used to have stage fright - phobia of speaking in front of the audience - persistent training - gained confidence slowly
7. Course-related Questions
- Interviewers want to test you about how much you know about your course and how much knowledge you have
- Make sure you revised the course.
- Personal experience examples (medical-related course): What do you think you can do after completing the course other than working in a hospital?/ What are the examples of recent products produced by using recombinant DNA technology? / If a father has O-type blood and a mother has B-type blood, what are the possibilities of blood type of their offspring?
8. Why do you want to study at our university?
- Survey thoroughly (check their websites) before attending the interview
- Link your passion to the course
- What attracts you to choose the university?
Example:
- the only university that offer this course/ the degree is validated by XXX University as well/ internationally recognised - internship provided - sufficient resources provided - can learn more by hands-on - equiped me to study master or PhD levels in the future
9. Why do you think we should give you this scholarship?/ Why do you deserve the scholarship?
- Do not brag about your high CGPA
- Can link back to the greatest strength
- Find out what is the most unique qualities that make you stand out among other candidates
Example:
- tenacity - no matter how hard it is, will keep on to put effort and never give up until I achieve my goals - believe that with this characteristics - able to utilise the scholarship to help me to pursue my dream - exp: busy schedule in form 6 - trip and fall - but at last still able to achieve good results - feel satisfied as my hard work paid off - believe that I can do the same in university
- Don't just say "no". (It simply shows that you do not plan ahead and prepare)
- Ask questions that you are curious about (minimum pointer to maintain the scholarship, any bonds with the organisation/ how long it takes ...)
- If you really have no questions, remember to take the opportunity to thank the interviewers for taking their time and effort to interview you.
- What did u do during the MCO?
- How this pandemic affects your daily life?
- The moment you received the invitation letter/ email from the organisation, please reply to the email formally and politely. (Do not just simply say noted, it will ruin the first impression of the interviewer on you)
- Be bright, humble, and confident.
- Always put on a bright smile.
- Formal attire, with tidy hair, apply some light makeup
- Off or silent the phone during the interview (show that you focus and take the interview seriously).
- If you do not understand the questions, please ask the interviewers to repeat the question politely.
- I'm sorry. I am not quite sure if I understand you correctly. Do you mean?/ Pardon, can you please repeat the question?
- For online interview:
- Find a place with no distraction (a closed area with no people walking by), good lighting, preferably white background.
- Connect to the video conferencing 3 to 5 minutes earlier (It's better that you wait for the interviewers and not they waiting for you).
- Look into the camera when replying to the questions.
- This is just a guide for you to prepare for the scholarship interview. Do not copy exactly (or else everyone's response will be the same and you will not stand out among the other candidates) but relate to your own experience. Be honest while making it interesting.
没有评论:
发表评论