Interviewing Questions and Answers | Exchange programs | FLEX, YES, CBYE
Summary
TLDRIn this video, Monica, an exchange student in the United States, shares essential tips for aspiring exchange students preparing for interviews. She covers common questions, the qualities exchange programs seek, and how to showcase them. Monica advises on answering personal, situational, and goal-oriented questions, emphasizing the importance of being flexible, open-minded, communicative, curious, and positive. Her insights aim to help viewers ace their interviews and prepare for a rewarding exchange experience.
Takeaways
- 📢 Be prepared to answer questions about yourself, focusing on positive traits and experiences.
- 🌟 Highlight your personal goals for going on exchange, such as language improvement or cultural exploration.
- 🎓 Emphasize what you hope to achieve as an exchange student, including making a difference upon returning home.
- 🏆 Reflect on your biggest personal achievement and be ready to explain why it's significant to you.
- 🤔 Anticipate situational questions about host family scenarios and show your problem-solving skills.
- 👨👩👧👦 Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability, as you'll be living with new people and experiencing different routines.
- 🌐 Show open-mindedness and a willingness to embrace diversity in your host country.
- 🗣️ Use your communicative nature to make friends and build international relationships.
- 🔍 Exhibit curiosity about the program and the world, showing a desire to explore and learn.
- 😃 Maintain a positive attitude throughout the interview and your exchange experience, focusing on the benefits and opportunities.
Q & A
What is the first question typically asked in an exchange student interview?
-The first question after greeting is usually 'Tell me a little bit about yourself', which is important as it may lead to further questions based on the candidate's response.
Why is the question 'Tell me a little bit about yourself' significant?
-This question is significant because it sets the tone for the interview and can generate follow-up questions based on the candidate's initial self-description.
What should a candidate highlight when asked why they are interested in going on exchange?
-A candidate should highlight key points or personal goals such as improving language skills, exploring the world, experiencing other cultures, traditions, and nationalities.
How should a candidate answer the question about what they want to achieve as an exchange student?
-A candidate should focus on personal goals like improving language skills, making a difference in their home country by learning how things work in other countries, and returning with innovative solutions.
What does the question 'What do you consider your biggest achievement?' aim to reveal about a candidate?
-This question aims to reveal personal pride points and significant accomplishments from the candidate's past, which they consider as major achievements.
Why are situational questions about host family scenarios important in an exchange student interview?
-Situational questions about host family scenarios are important to assess how a candidate would handle real-life situations, showcasing their adaptability, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities.
What qualities does an exchange program look for in candidates, according to Monica?
-Exchange programs look for qualities such as flexibility, adoptability, open-mindedness, communicative nature, curiosity, and positivity in candidates.
Why is flexibility important for an exchange student?
-Flexibility is important because students need to adapt to new environments, routines, and customs quickly when living with host families they have never met before.
How does being open-minded help an exchange student in their experience?
-Being open-minded helps an exchange student by preventing them from judging others and allows them to embrace diversity, which is crucial for a positive and enriching cultural exchange experience.
What role does a candidate's communicative nature play during their exchange?
-A communicative nature is essential for making friends, creating international relations, and having a fulfilling exchange experience, as it encourages the student to take initiative in social interactions.
Why should an exchange student be curious about their host country?
-An exchange student should be curious to explore the world, experience new cultures, and make the most of their limited time abroad, ensuring they gain valuable experiences and insights.
How can a candidate demonstrate positivity during their interview?
-A candidate can demonstrate positivity by smiling, showing enthusiasm, and focusing on the positive aspects of their experiences and goals, even when discussing potential challenges.
Outlines
🌐 Introduction to Exchange Student Interview Tips
The paragraph introduces the video's focus on helping viewers prepare for interviews to become exchange students. Monica, an exchange student herself, assures that despite different programs like FLEX, the core qualities sought and interview questions are similar. She emphasizes the importance of the 'tell me about yourself' question, as it can lead to further inquiries about personal interests or experiences. Monica advises to be specific, positive, and to prepare well for this question to create a good first impression.
🗣️ Discussing Personal Goals and Achievements
This section delves into how to answer questions about personal goals for the exchange, suggesting to highlight key objectives like language improvement and cultural exploration. Monica shares that questions might also inquire about what one hopes to achieve or their greatest personal achievement. She uses her own experience as an example, mentioning being a finalist in a competitive school program as a point of personal pride. The advice is to reflect on personal successes and present them convincingly.
🤔 Handling Situational Questions
The paragraph discusses preparing for situational questions that might arise during the interview, particularly those related to host family interactions. Monica advises on how to respond if ignored by a host sibling or if a host sibling damages personal items, emphasizing maintaining calm and understanding. She stresses the importance of showing respect for others' feelings and property, even in challenging scenarios.
🌟 Desired Qualities in Exchange Students
Monica outlines the qualities that exchange programs look for in candidates: flexibility, adoptability, open-mindedness, communicative nature, curiosity, and positivity. She explains the rationale behind each quality, such as the need to adapt to new environments and cultures, to be open to new experiences, and to actively engage with others. Monica also shares tips on how to demonstrate these qualities during the interview process.
📢 Final Tips and Encouragement
In the concluding part, Monica offers final tips for the interview, focusing on displaying positivity and being open to new experiences. She encourages viewers to take every opportunity to explore and learn, even if it's outside their comfort zone. Monica invites viewers to ask questions in the comments and thanks them for watching, expressing hope that the video will aid in their interview preparation.
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Keywords
💡Exchange Student
💡Interview Questions
💡Personal Goals
💡Achievements
💡Situational Questions
💡Flexibility
💡Adoptability
💡Open-mindedness
💡Communicative Nature
💡Curiosity
💡Positivity
Highlights
Introduction to the video's purpose: helping viewers become exchange students.
Importance of the 'Tell me about yourself' question and its potential to generate follow-up questions.
Advice to be specific and only mention positive aspects when introducing oneself.
The significance of expressing personal goals when discussing interest in exchange programs.
Suggestions to highlight language improvement and cultural exploration as reasons for wanting to be an exchange student.
Guidance on how to answer 'What do you want to achieve as an exchange student?' by connecting personal goals with the exchange experience.
The personal reflection required to answer 'What do you consider your biggest achievement?'
Example of how to discuss a significant personal achievement in a way that impresses interviewers.
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Explanation of situational questions and how they relate to host family scenarios.
Advice on demonstrating a communicative nature when faced with hypothetical host family conflicts.
Emphasis on the importance of being understanding and calm when dealing with host family issues.
Discussion on the qualities exchange programs look for, starting with flexibility and adoptability.
The necessity of being open-minded and not judging others based on differences.
Importance of a communicative nature for making friends and international connections.
Encouragement to be curious and explore new experiences to get the most out of the exchange program.
Stress on the value of positivity and how it affects the exchange experience and interviewer's impression.
Conclusion and call to action for viewers to ask questions in the comment section.
Transcripts
if you are watching this video
congratulations you are one step closer
to making your dream come true and i
will try to bring you even closer of
becoming an exchange student because
today in this video i'm not only going
to talk about common interviewing
questions and give you some answers but
also i'm going to tell you about what
qualities exchange programs look for and
what you should show them
hey my name is monica and i'm an
exchange student in the united states
my program is flex
but if your program is different don't
worry about that because mainly all the
programs are looking for the same
qualities and they would ask you mostly
the same questions keep watching because
this video is going to be helpful even
if you're applying for another exchange
program let's get going the first
question they are going to ask after
greeting and asking how are you doing
today is going to be
tell me a little bit about yourself
and this question is really very
important because it may generate a
bunch of other questions like if you are
telling them about yourself and you're
mentioning that you love reading books
or watching movies they would most
probably ask what is your favorite book
or movie or if you are telling them that
you are a video blogger they may ask you
how and why did you decided
uh to become a video blogger or maybe
you're mentioning that you love
traveling and they will ask you what is
your favorite country you have been so
far or that kind of questions so this is
a kind of question that you should
really think about before answering
because this would make general
impression about yourself and you want
it to be as positive as you can so be
very specific in your answer and only
mention positive things the second
question may be why are you interested
in going on exchange the best way to
answer this question is highlighting the
key points or personal goals why do you
want to become an exchange student it
may be improving my english language or
if you are going to study
outside of the united states in europe i
don't know you can say that i want to
learn german that's why i'm interested
in doing my exchange year in german or
stuff so the first thing should be about
language next it can be about exploring
the world experiencing others culture
traditions nationality and tests this
kind of stuff so you just need to think
about your personal goals why really
think about why do you want to go to do
your exchange year you should you should
have some reason to leave your home
right
so just think about that and answer it
honestly another question that you would
be asked for sure is what do you want to
achieve as an exchange student you can
once again highlight improving your
language skill abilities you can say
that you want to make difference in your
country that's why you need to see the
things how they work in the other
countries and when coming back you would
be able to solve them in modern or i
don't know in innovative ways those are
just few examples that comes to my mind
right now but i'm sure if you think
about your personal goals you would come
up with more and more and more answers
speaking about achievements the next
question may be what do you consider
your biggest achievement this is
something personal that you really need
to think about your past life and what
did you do that really made you proud
but i would bring my personal example so
you can understand how i answered that
question so i said that i was a finalist
in uwc i don't know if you have heard
about that or no it's a united world
colleges it's a school that offers ib
diploma and when they ask why do you
consider it as a huge achievement i said
that each year more than 700 people
apply for the national committee in
armenia and only 50 of them are being
selected as finalists and i was one of
them and they were like oh wow right i
mean you do not have to be uwc finalist
in order to bring some example it may be
something smaller or maybe bigger it may
be
like winning a startup program or
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opening uh some kind of charity for
someone it may be something small but if
you present it in the right way they
would believe that it's a huge
achievement
and they wouldn't really check it
didn't say that
name here three strengths and three
weaknesses
i'm not going to talk about this
question right now because in the end of
the video i would name
the qualities that exchange programs are
looking for and when you watch that part
you would understand how you want and
how you should answer this question for
right now let's move to the next part
because uh when they are analyzing you
your personality they are going to ask
you situational questions
for example one of those questions may
be
what would you do if your host brother
ignores you
in this situation we are using our
communicative nature and we are doing
the first step if this is the case you
should say that i would go and reach him
uh and ask to talk about these uh try to
find out the reasons why he keeps
ignoring me and try to solve that
problem by
just talking to him oh by the way these
situational questions most of the time
are connected uh with your host family
because in my program we are living with
host families and if you are applying
for a school exchange program you would
most probably say it was families too
because you would be under 18 so this is
the safest way and this is the most
common way
to do exchange programs anyway i just
wanted to explain why i would keep
saying your host mother husband or
sister or host family in general
and the next question that you might be
asked is what would you do if your
little host sister breaks your laptop or
your phone
so uh the best way to answer this
question is saying that
technology is replaceable and you
wouldn't do anything
and
because the human relationships are the
most important blah blah blah blah blah
and you would just
uh
talk to them and explain that it's not
okay to do so but you wouldn't commit
any kind of vandalism you're not saying
that i would kill my host sister if she
does that or i don't know that kind of
answers no unacceptable you are
introducing yourself as a calm and
understanding and a good person so just
say that um things might happen what can
i do i would just buy me another one so
another question maybe what would you do
if your host grandmother gives you a
sweater that you do not really like you
might say that i would wear it at home
so she would see that i am not ignoring
her gift but i wouldn't wear it to go
outside and meet my friends because i do
not like it that's it you are just
saying that you are showing respect to
your gift even though you do not like it
so you may be asked tons of different
these kind of questions situational ones
but most importantly you need to stay
calm and show your best qualities that
i'm going to talk about right now it's
time to talk about what qualities they
are looking in you
and the first ones are flexibility and
adoptability
okay
why are those important
because you are moving far far away from
your home
from your family and friends and you
need to be very flexible and you should
also be adoptable because you're going
to live with people you have never met
and you need to
adapt to their uh routines to their
customs and everything they are doing
you should become a part of it because
exchange students aren't considered as
guests they are considered as family
members so you should really
adopt
and be one of them that's why this is
important the next quality is
open-mindedness you should also be very
open-minded and you shouldn't judge
others that do not look like you because
here everyone does whatever they want
and no one cares about others opinion
and actually no one judges them just be
prepared that the things aren't the same
in your country and you would meet
people having different traditions
nationalities orientation religions and
everything different different different
different there is nothing similar so
you just need to keep your open mindless
otherwise you would be bullied by others
for not being open-minded and for
judging others for being different
another quality that needs to be
highlighted is communicative nature the
things may be perfect with your host
family but in order to have full
experience you need friends this is
going to be really very hard why
because you are the new one you are the
one who came from the other edge of the
world and who needs new people in his or
her life and you should be the one who
does the first steps because they do not
really need you and because i mean they
all know each other for years and they
are they are all friends for decades and
if you do not do the first step they
wouldn't do it even if they come and ask
you some questions uh about your country
and they would be like oh wow that's so
cool and stuff
if if you are not drinking anything to
keep them they would just go away the
next day so just use your communicative
nature to gain new friends and created
international relations
another
quality that they are looking for is
curiosity you need to be very interested
in the program in exploring the world
exploring new culture having the
experience because if you are not
curious and you are coming to the united
states and just
chilling out in your room the whole day
but what is the point of doing it i mean
you could have just stayed in your room
in your country but if you're going to
the living room asking your host family
some questions about i don't know some
random stuff they might take you to that
places in order to see your eyes or if
you're going out with your friends and
experiencing some kind of teenager
lifestyle in the united states that's
awesome i mean you need to be very
curious to explore this because you are
here for one or two semesters and you
would be back the next year and you do
not have like a lot of time to have this
experience so just be curious to explore
and the more experience the
the last and one of the most important
qualities i want to mention is
positivity
first of all show your positivity to the
interviewers by smiling
and
not giving that negativity because if
they feel the negative wipe from you
during the interview they would be like
oh no this isn't good candidate and why
is this important to be positive because
while you are here in the united states
you should be positive about everything
you are doing because if no it's going
to be very hard if you concentrate on
negative beings
there are a lot of negative things but
you should really concentrate on the
positive ones in order to
be happy and in order not to be homesick
and in order not to
be stressed out so here is one example
even if you are not super religious
person
and your host family is and
they want you to go to church with them
just go with them and be positive that
you are going to experience american
churches because everyone knows that
american charges are very different i'm
not super religious person myself and i
haven't been to an american church yet
but i wanted to go in order to
experience this because i know that my
other exchange friends who went there
they are like
that's not what we have in our countries
and just for that just to see what's
going on in those charges i want to be
there at least once so just be positive
about everything and consider them as an
american experience that you wanted to
have
these were my tips for today i really
hope that this video is going to help
you to pass your interview and be more
prepared for your exchange year if you
have anything to ask leave them in the
comment section below i would answer
them and for now thanks for watching
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