I recently received an interview offer for Baulko (Today) and I wanted to get a good headstart on the interview prep. Basically I know all the basic question but I'm looking for more curveball questions and good ways to answer them.
What will assist me greatly is that I am under the impression that my interviewer will cater the questions towards my application (which is right beside him/her) meaning that the questions should play into most my strengths. This is how I would approach a specific question:
How would you aim to maintain you extra-curriculars whilst balancing your academics?
Here for example, I do lots of extra-curriculars, per week usually 6 hours Robotics, 10-12 hours Tennis and they really do put me in a time-crunch. But I would answer this by saying that;
Such a busy schedule allows me to plan my week better. For Instance; I find people who tend to be lackluster regarding co-curricular activities usually face these issues such as "procrastination" because when assignments are due they think in terms of "I can just do it tomorrow" and it never gets achieved. Therefore an organised schedule enables me to finish my assignments in allotted free time slots and plan for these activities, to ensure I am getting everything done on time to high standards. And this should reflect in most my marks.....
I really think they would stay away from the "why do we want you" type things, however I am still preparing for them, but looking at other sources it seems like questions are usually dependent on your application so if feel like I should pick out different strengths and weaknesses from my application.
However, external input is appreciated.
What will assist me greatly is that I am under the impression that my interviewer will cater the questions towards my application (which is right beside him/her) meaning that the questions should play into most my strengths. This is how I would approach a specific question:
How would you aim to maintain you extra-curriculars whilst balancing your academics?
Here for example, I do lots of extra-curriculars, per week usually 6 hours Robotics, 10-12 hours Tennis and they really do put me in a time-crunch. But I would answer this by saying that;
Such a busy schedule allows me to plan my week better. For Instance; I find people who tend to be lackluster regarding co-curricular activities usually face these issues such as "procrastination" because when assignments are due they think in terms of "I can just do it tomorrow" and it never gets achieved. Therefore an organised schedule enables me to finish my assignments in allotted free time slots and plan for these activities, to ensure I am getting everything done on time to high standards. And this should reflect in most my marks.....
I really think they would stay away from the "why do we want you" type things, however I am still preparing for them, but looking at other sources it seems like questions are usually dependent on your application so if feel like I should pick out different strengths and weaknesses from my application.
However, external input is appreciated.
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