【Career Development Centre of Student Affairs Office】Further Study Insider (9): How to Answer Common Admission Interview Questions?
【學生事務部 生涯發展中心】升學情報（九）：如何回答常見的入學面試問題？
How to Answer Common Admission Interview Questions?
An admission interview is your chance to convince the selection committee that you are the candidate they are looking for. The following questions are always asked at an admissions interview, and here is some advice on how to organise your answers:
- Mention the attractiveness of the programme from your point of view, e.g. how the curriculum meets your expectations, strong faculties, etc.
- Focus on the programme itself rather than location or cost of living.
- Show your interest in that major of study.
- Link the major of study to your career goals.
- Discuss the reading that is relevant to the programme that you are applying for.
- Share a book that you have enjoyed, which may help to show your personality, your potential in a particular area, and your passion for the major of study.
- It is an opportunity to talk about your personality.
- Say something that will impress the interviewers, and support your sayings with examples.
- Share something you are proud of, it could be an academic or non-academic achievement.
- Mention a recent achievement and talk about how it has positively affected you.
- Talk about an active hobby that you do often.
- Explain your opinion of the hobby and try to mention the skills you have learnt from it that you will use at university.
- When selling yourself, it can be tempting to exaggerate, but not overdo it.
- Mention activities you have participated in, this can show your contribution to the community.
- Strength: Say something which is thoughtful and support it with examples.
- Weakness: Discuss a weakness that you have already taken steps to improve and explain how you will continue to work on it.
如何回答常見的入學面試問題？
入學面試是一個讓你說服招生委員會，相信你就是他們尋找的候選人的機會。以下問題經常出現在入學面試中，我們有一些建議助你組織答案：
- 談及課程吸引你的原因，例如課程設置如何滿足你的期望、優良的師資等。
- 聚焦在課程本身，而非學校位置或生活費用。
- 表明你對該專業的興趣。
- 將學習的專業與你的生涯目標聯繫起來。
- 討論與你申請的課程有關的閱讀材料。
- 分享一本你喜愛的書，這可能有助展現你的個性、在某些領域的潛力，以及對學習專業的熱愛。
- 這是一個談及你個性的機會。
- 說出一些能夠給面試官留下深刻印象的說話，並且用例子去支持你的說法。
- 分享一些讓你感到自豪的事情，可以是學術上的，也可以是非學術上的成就。
- 提及最近發生的一項成就，並講述它如何對你產生正面的影響。
- 談談一個你經常積極發展的愛好。
- 闡明你對這個愛好的看法，並嘗試提及你從中學到的、而且有機會在大學裡運用的技能。
- 你可以在這時推銷自己，適當誇耀自己是可以的，但不要誇大其詞。
- 談及你參加過的活動，以顯示出你對社區的貢獻。
- 優點︰認真思考一些優點，並用例子去說明。
- 缺點︰講述一些你正在努力克服的缺點，並且解釋你打算如何繼續努力改善。
