College Interview Questions
If you’re worried about college interviews, try practicing your answers to these common college interview questions.
Personal Background & Motivation
- Tell me about yourself.
- Why do you want to go to college?
- What are your biggest strengths and weaknesses?
- What are your long-term goals?
- What motivates you?
- How would your friends describe you?
- Who has had the biggest impact on your life and why?
- What do you do for fun?
- What’s a challenge you’ve faced, and how did you handle it?
- If you could change one thing about your high school experience, what would it be?
Academic Interests & Achievements
- What’s your favorite subject in school and why?
- What’s your least favorite subject and why?
- What’s a project or paper you’re especially proud of?
- How do you handle academic pressure or failure?
- What kind of learner are you?
- Have you ever taken a leadership role in class or on a team project?
Extracurricular Activities
- What extracurricular activities are you involved in?
- What do you enjoy most outside of academics?
- Have you had a job, internship, or volunteer experience? What did you learn?
- What’s a hobby or passion you pursue seriously?
Interest in the College
- Why do you want to attend this college?
- How did you learn about this school?
- What can you contribute to our campus community?
- Have you visited the campus or spoken with students here? What impressed you?
- What other colleges are you applying to, and how does this one compare?
- What do you hope to get out of your college experience?
- What major are you considering and why?
- If you couldn’t attend this school, what would you do?
Creative Questions
- If you could meet any person, living or dead, who would it be and why?
- If you had a year off to do anything you wanted, how would you spend it?