Top Ten Questions in International School Interviews

Can you Introduce yourself?

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Answer explanation

Keep This short and sweet. A little about you and your life. What you enjoy doing and some outside of school activities.You can also mention why you like the school you are applying for as well.

What are your strengths? What are you good at?

2 min audio

Answer explanation

This is what i call buzzword bingo! You can tell them how great a communicator you are, how you tackle problems head on and in with a creative approach, how you are helpful in school with classmates and teacher. However, these may be buzzwords but have examples to talk about as well. Anyone can say they are amazing, but they may ask you to prove it as well!!

What are your weaknesses? What are you not good at?

2 min audio

Answer explanation

I really dislike this question, its outdated and in my opinion a waste of time. However it is still asked. Whatever element you chose to highlight as a potential weakness the aim is to turn it round into something you are working on and getting better at. For example: “I have in the past found that I sometimes am not 100% participating in class, however i recognise this and have set myself some tasks to build my confidence and interact more. “

What do you like to do when you are not in school?

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Answer explanation

Don’t blurt out that you love playing PUBG or whatever. With this question choose something that has elements of community, creativity or physicality. If you help out or are a scout or guide etc, or if you play a sport or instrument here is the time to mention it.

What is your favourite subject?

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Answer explanation

Easiest question you will get in a international school Interview. Whatever your subject is fine, unless you are on for a maths scholarship or something! Just, very important, make sure you have 2 or three reasons on why that subject is your favourite.

What subject do you not enjoy?

2 min audio

Answer explanation

Another question i dislike and will almost certainly be asked. Answer it the same way as your weakness one, make sure you say you are working to improve and find new ways to motivate you as the subject is important etc.

What is your favourite thing about your school.

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Answer explanation

You can highlight something about your current school and explain how it helped you. Could be a room, resource or teacher. However make sure to mention something good about the school you are interviewing at as well, and that you can have similar here in your new school.

What are you looking forward to if you come to our school?

2 min audio

Answer explanation

Your interviewers want to know how much you have researched their school. So make sure you have done so. ( see our notes above!) Have one or two things you like about the new school and mentioned them here.

What will you bring to our school?

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Answer explanation

THis may be worded a few ways but they all are asking the same thing. What kind of student are you how will you help the school, and what can you tell us to prove that. If you have been a prefect, a reading buddy, a Sport team member or anything similar mention it here!

Why did you choose our school.

2 min audio

Answer explanation

THis is your chance to show why this school is a good fit for you. So if they have a robots program and you like that , say it, if they have a school band say it, if you play basketball and they have a team say it!You get the idea