{"id":9426,"date":"2021-08-27T10:31:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T05:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/?p=9426"},"modified":"2021-12-28T12:57:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T07:27:02","slug":"preparation-time-6-tips-to-ace-the-college-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/preparation-time-6-tips-to-ace-the-college-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparation Time: 6 Tips to Ace the College Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be prepared is half the victory\u201d &#8211; Miguel de Cervantes<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s the time of the year when you start applying for colleges and prepare for your college interview. College admission interviews can be a stressful process. A lot of students suffer from anxiety despite a pretty rocking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/5-elements-that-will-make-your-college-application-stand-out\/\">profile<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To ace college interview, you need to understand the essentials of an interview at a much deeper level. While preparing for your college interview, there are many questions that you can prepare for the way ahead. Questions about your extra-curricular activities in school, your scores and your career goals may be some questions you might be asked during your interview. You can prepare yourself by practising your answers to the possible questions that may be asked during the interview.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are a high schooler wanting to ace college interviews, we have the best of tips in a ready reckoner format for you, right here!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>6 Tips To Ace Your College Interview<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3>Doing the basic groundwork right<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To set a positive mood for the interviewers, you must get the below questions right. These questions can be practised by making a rough outline and keeping the answer short, crisp and interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prepare for frequently asked questions like:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>College-related questions:<\/strong> What is the reason for the college\u2019s reputation? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the courses that interest you? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How did you become aware of this college?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Questions related to personality: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tell us about yourself. What are your professional goals and how will the course of your choice help in it?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Instance-based questions: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tell us about a challenging scenario in your high school that you overcame.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Achievement based questions: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tell us about any extra-curricular activity that you have notable achievements in. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b style=\"color: #111111; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px;\">Nail The First Impression<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a college interview, you must focus on creating an immaculate first impression. It takes up to 30 seconds to create an impression. Remember, you do not get a second chance to make a first impression.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facial expressions are the key to making a positive first impression:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appear for the interview in a calm and confident attitude.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Address the interviewer with their name, preferably first name.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smile genuinely.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create a confident vibe by maintaining a pleasant and relaxed body posture.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Smarten Up Your Soft Skills<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maintain confidence and positive body language and gesture. On the contrary to creating a first impression with eye contact and a glance, body language and gesture practices are important during an interview:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Express your zeal. Interviewers are interested in candidates who exhibit a passion for their careers. Give your 100%.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Practice good communication skills. Try to keep answers concise and clear. Do not beat around the bush. Have a mock interview with a friend and ask them to give you feedback.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your appearance must be clean and you must wear a formal outfit. Try sticking to solid neutral coloured attire.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maintain eye contact during the conversation. Address the panel evenly.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is best to smile and accept your lack of knowledge for a particular topic rather than cooking up stuff. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b style=\"color: #111111; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px;\">Strike Up a Dialogue<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is usually a panel of interviewers in a college interview. Instead of making the interview sound like a one-way street, try to strike conversations between questions. Analyze the common interests between you and the interviewers to have a brief and lite conversation about those common interests to avoid monotony.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try asking about college alumni and discuss any if you know about them already.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share instances to emphasize your point.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talk about current affairs, they\u2019re good ice-breakers in a conversation. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b style=\"color: #111111; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px;\">Dodge Tricky Questions Subtly<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are questions in interviews that are specifically posed to rule out unprepared candidates, these questions might seem very irrelevant to you. Such questions are posed to test your wit. You might not always know what to answer in such situations. Nevertheless, you can sugar-coat your unfamiliarity with the question:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have never come across this so far. However, I\u2019d be happy to learn about it and get back to you if given a chance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I strongly wish I could answer this question right now. However, I have limited knowledge in this topic. I\u2019m keen to learn more about it.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Get professional help<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes even the most thorough preparation is not enough. If you need any external vetting of your prepared answers or a mock interview, get help from a professional without second thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An expert career counsellor can help you in many ways. Like<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practising mock interviews to take away the anxiety and build<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Structuring your answers to standard questions in a succinct, impressive way<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tailoring your answers according to a certain college\u2019s interviewing pattern<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/products.univariety.com\/product\/book-a-session\/\"><strong>Get expert advice for our counsellors today!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTo be prepared is half the victory\u201d &#8211; Miguel de Cervantes It\u2019s the time of the year when you start applying for colleges and prepare for your college interview. 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