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Interview Techniques

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INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES

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Inlingua
HOW TO PREPARE?
Do your research
• Learn about the institution’s background, mission/agenda, values and goals
• Review the scholarship requirements
• Questions asked during the interview

Ask for help/questions


• Contact someone with first-hand experience
• Join a community of the scholarship/PhD hunter
• Compile questions
• Experience of the interview: who are the interviewers, how many
interviewers, how the interview is set up, how long the interview is, in what
language, etc.
HOW TO PREPARE?

Practice, practice, and practice


 Formulate your answers in words
 Link the scholarship essay/SOP/ PhD motivation letter
(if there is one)
 Practice saying the answers out loud
 Practice with someone
HOW TO ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS? Give direct and concise answers when possible
Elaborate using the STAR method
1. Situation: Detail the background. Provide a context.
Where? When?
2. Task: Describe the expectations. What needed to be done?
Why?
3. Action: Elaborate your specific action. What did you do?
How? What tools did you use?
4. Result: Explain the results: accomplishments, recognition,
savings, etc. Quantify.
GENERAL
GUIDELINES
• Dress smartly
• Confidence is key: be enthusiastic and positive
• Be yourself
• Relax
• Give clear and concise answers
• Plan for the day: arrive early
• Remember your interviewers’ names and find the opportunity to
address them by their names
• Ask questions
COMMON INTERVIEW
QUESTIONS
Motivation
1. Why do you want to further your study?
2. Why did you decide to apply for this program/
major/research topic?
3. Why did you decide to apply for this
scholarship?
4. Why do you want to study abroad?
5. Why do you choose to study in this
university/country?
6. What are your criteria in choosing
a university/
study program?
Scholarship Interview Questions
1.Kontribusimu dari dulu sampai sekarang apa? 6.Bagaimana rencana tesismu? Masalah apa yang akan
diteliti? Bagaimana metode penelitian yang kamu gunakan
2.Rencanamu setelah selesai studi? nanti?

3.Kenapa memilih kampus ini dan jurusan ini? 7. Kenapa kamu buat judul tesis seperti ini? Tidak mau
ganti judul saja?
3.Apa motivasimu untuk melanjutkan studi
8. Pernahkah kamu bekerja sama dalam sebuah tim? Apa
S2/S3?
yang kamu lakukan?
4. Bisakah anda mengikuti proses pembelajaran 8. Bagaimana pengalamanmu dalam menyelesaikan
di kampus anda dengan maksimal? konflik dalam sebuah tim?

5.Bagaimana jika ada nilai mata kuliah yang 9.Pernah berada di posisi yang harus mengambil
anjlok di suatu semester? Apa yang akan kamu keputusan?
lakukan?
10. Pernah punya konflik dengan orang lain/ Bagaimana
cara mengatasinya?

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