2017年美国本科面试总结

面试方式：

面试大约分为AO[1]面试,校友面试,助理面试这样几个大类.又可以分为广泛面试,选择性面试, FINAL LIST面试, CONFIRMATION面试. (有时一个面试的性质是连面试官本人都不清楚的,全凭你的材料在ADMISSION OFFICE里产生了什么作用以及AO们怎么看待你的面试,所以不用太计较这后面的分类)

目前看来AO在RD[2] 期间是不太会来做面试的.所以后两种占大多数,而后两种无本质区别。

助理面试是校友或者大学的招生办授权(由于地区分布或者各种客观原因)进行的校友面试性质的面试.

AO面试是件大事,它在录取中有很大的主观影响作用.象有些宣传活动中有AO的面试,这样子的面试是可以较大程度上影响面试官对于你的印象的.AO面试一般有非正式和正式之分,非正式的如宣传会性质的,不排除你会在日后仍有校友的面试.

校友面试一般意义是指从该校毕业的校友,但是在大多数慎重的的面试中,校友的定义是指经过ADMISSION OFFICE的一定培训和授权被指定的地区面试负责人.根据学校对面试的看待不同有不同的作用.有的是SELECTIVE性质并且以CONFIRM为主的面试(对录取决定积极影响不大).有纯粹是更好地了解APPLICANT的面试(对于录取决定有较大积极影响).有纯粹最后用面试来确定要不要你的...(所谓积极影响就是你做得好得不的了对你最后的录取结果的影响,可是要是你表现得极其恶劣,那坏的影响简直是一定的.)

面试前准备工作：

面试之前最好先浏览一下这个学校的网页，了解一下这个学校的教学环境，氛围及提供的课程。尽量多准备几种答案，灵活的运用。面试官如果是主动和你联系的时候，你最好问一句需要你带些什么材料.即使他们说什么都不要,你也不要真的什么都不带.如果是电话面试的话提前预约通话的时间段，尽量选在大家头脑都比较清醒的时候（注意中美的时差）。

建议准备提供给面试官的相关资料（仅供参考），贵精不贵多，切忌花里胡哨。

1.简历(RESUME),时间,地点,人物,事情,按照新闻学中的五个 W [3] 的要素来写,越简单越好,在简历的开始写清楚你的个人基本信息,例如姓名......

2.ACADEMIC HONOR, EC和WORK EXPERIENCE的COMMON APPLICATION的表格请做在一张纸头上(从COMMON里面复制即可)

3.请带好选课情况和考试成绩?

面试过程中要注意的小细节：

面试时间一般为1到2小时，因人而异。

1.着装：最好是商务休闲装，也就是no jeans。上身最好是有领子的衣服，颜色深沉一点为妙。女孩子需要稍微打扮打扮，让人觉得有气质。

2.发音：不要过多的重视语法，词汇什么的，发音上最好让对方听得比较清楚，比较舒服。

3.态度：要自然，谈到兴奋得问题当然可以显得兴奋，如果刚开始紧张就说有一点点紧张，如果自己的意见和面试官的有异议可以不卑不亢的表达，语速不要太快，不要以为讲得快就代表你英语好，要让人家听明白你在说英语。

4.至少要在心里对某一项话题又非常充分的底！如果你喜欢音乐，也不要是单纯的喜欢，为什么喜欢，喜欢哪种类型，你对音乐的品味和了解等等，让人家了解你在至少某一方面的强项。

5.如果内容不是你很感兴趣的，至少要表明你是一个很好的听众，而且可以从中找到自己感兴趣的内容来继续发挥。

6.有时候话题是非常随意的，当你坐到面试的桌前就不是在考察你的过去了，只是在考察你随机应变得能力和你对自己到底了解多少的问题。

7.你与人交流的习惯,注视对方的眼睛，不要有太多小动作，晚上睡好了千万不要打哈气，等等.

8.最后要准备一些必要的问题问面试官，最好问一些对方的感受经历什么的。

面试的问题：

基本上都围绕着学习的课程，专业兴趣，平时的活动，课外交流，家庭背景，学校环境等，甚至会提到你在申请活动中填写到你参加某某个大赛怎么怎么获得奖，或者你当学生会主席组织过某某大型活动，因此一定要熟悉这些内容。

常问到的一些问题有：

1. What can you bring to this college/university? (ie: what are your personal assets?)

2. What have been your major accomplishments throughout high school?

3. What is your best and worst characteristic?

4. Why do you feel that you deserve acceptance/a scholarship to this college/university?

5. What are your future goals, both personally and career-wise?

6. What types of activities do you plan on being involved with during your college years?

7. Tell me about three people in your life that inspire you and how did they do so?

8. So how did you hear about (college) and why are you interested?

9. What has been or will be the hardest part of the whole college application process?

10. If you were going through high school again, what is something that you would get involved in that you haven't yet?

11. What is the biggest problem facing your high school, and how would you change it?

12. How would you rate your overall high school experience?

13. What would your ideal college be like?

14. What are your most fearful things regard to going off to college?

15. If I had to change one thing about yourself what would it be/why?

16. How would you describe your hometown?

17. How would you describe your high school?

18. What prompted you to apply here? 

19.What are you most nervous about when it comes to going to college? What are you most excited about?

20. What is your favorite class that you are taking now?

21. How do you think your high school has prepared you for college?

22. What is it about the field you intend to major in that interests you?

23. How would your favorite teacher describe you?

24. How wuld your friends describe you?

25. How would you describe yourself? 

26. What other schools are you applying to?

27. What is something new you want to explore during college?

28. Do you get along well with your siblings and parents?

29.Are there any trips you've been on or experiences you've had that have really influenced you or caused you to make change in your life?

30. What did you do last summer?

Be prepared for a weird question now and then. Something like, If you were a tree, what kind would you be and why? It might seem like a silly questions, but don't take offense or get flustered. Try to come up with an imaginative answer that tells something about your personality.

你向面试者提出的问题：

应该知道这是一个让你很好地了解这所大学的机会，因此你要好好把握面试过程中最后由你发问的机会。面试者都希望被面试的人能提出一些有意义的问题，表现出他们对这所大学是真的向往。因此你必须好好准备你要问的问题，不要问一些可以随便在学校介绍里找得到答案的肤浅问题。这样会让面试你的人觉得你没有做好功课。

1. What kind of off-campus study programs are available?

2. How many students stay on-campus during the weekends?

3. Are there career planning services available?

4. What is the town where the college is located like?

5. Tell me about freshman orientation.

6. Will I have an academic advisor?

?7. What are the current housing options?

8. Will I have any graduate assistants teaching my classes?

9. Are there any academic support services available?

10.What does your college have to offer in terms of finding a job after graduation?

11.Do you have a program that helps you find internships?

12.What is your internship program like? What percentage of students participate in an internship? 

13.What is the admissions decision process at your school?

14.Is admission need-blind?

15.Do you have IBM or Macintosh computers?

16.Do all students get e-mail addresses? Do all students have Internet access?

17.What happens on a typical day at your school?

18.Do employers come on campus and conduct interviews? Do these employers represent your field(s) of interest?

19. Are freshman allowed to have cars on campus?

最后一步也是让面试者对你再次留有印象的关键一步是，无论是普通的面试还是电话面试，面试完后都要写一封感谢信给面试你的人，表达出你非常感谢他/她抽时间来面试你，还有你对面试结果非常的期待。如果被录取了，别忘了再写一封感谢信去通知面试你的人，即使她已经知道。