Preparing for an interview may be a difficult task for some
students. The easiest way to prepare for an interview is to
have one or two ‘mock’ interviews. A mock interview
consists of having someone (i.e. teacher, counselor, parent)
pretend to be the interviewer and ask you several interview
questions.
The mock interviewer should be able to critique your answers,
appearance, presentation, etc. This feedback will help identify
your strengths and weaknesses. Ask the mock interviewer a
few questions about your answers, what can you do better,
how do you look and sound, etc. You do not want to appear
unorganized or unprepared during the interview. You should
be able to provide a confident answer to each question asked
by the interviewer or scholarship committee.
The day before the interview, you should review information
about the organization, the scholarship’s purpose and
guidelines, and your entire scholarship application package
and supporting documents that you submitted to the scholarship
provider. It is important that you remember what you submitted
to the scholarship provider. Also, take a copy of your scholarship
application package to the interview for your records. You
may not need it, but on the other hand you may be glad to
have it.
Interview Track Form
Download a FREE copy of the Interview
Track Form. This track form will help you prepare for
the scholarship interview and keep track of your interview
date, location, and time. Use this form for each scholarship
interview. This material is excerpted from a book entitled
The
Scholarship Workbook, which is available
for sale.
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