Preparing for your college interviews can make a big difference.

Although every college interview is unique, you can expect to hear certain questions at each one. Here are some of the most common.

1. Tell me about yourself.
2. Why do you want to attend our college?
3. What can you contribute to our college campus?
4. What do you plan to major in? Why?
5. What do you think is the most important thing to consider when deciding where to attend college?
6. What are you hoping to get out of your college experience?
7. Are you looking at other schools as well? Which ones?
8. What 3 adjectives (words) best describe you?
9. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
10. What subject was the hardest for you in high school?
11. What activities do you find most rewarding?
12. What skills have you developed to help you succeed in college?
13. Describe an experience or project you worked on in high school that you enjoyed.
14. What do you want to do after graduating from college?
15. What type of student are you?
16. What academic skills do you feel you can improve on?
17. What are some of your interests outside of school?
18. What extracurricular activities are you involved in?
19. What’s your favorite book?
20. What are you reading at the moment?
21. Where do you see yourself in five years?
22. What would your ideal job be?
23. What have you read recently that has changed how you see the world?
24. Describe a time when you worked as part of a team.
25. Do you like working as part of a team?
26. If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money?
27. Who do you consider a role model in your personal life?
28. If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would you choose?
29. What makes you different from other students?
30. What achievement are you most proud of?
31. What is your biggest regret?
32. Describe a time when you stepped up as a leader.
33. What would you say are the qualities of a leader?
34. Would you say you have leadership skills? Which ones?
35. Tell us about a tough decision you’ve had to make.
36. What does being successful mean to you?
37. Describe a challenge that you overcame.
38. What do you do for fun?
39. Tell us three things that aren’t on your college application.
40. How will you spend this summer?