不管是申請(qǐng)boarding school 還是day school，學(xué)校一般都要求面試。因?yàn)槊嬖嚰瓤梢钥疾鞂W(xué)生的英語聽說水平，從而判斷低齡學(xué)生是否可以在語言上適應(yīng)國(guó)外學(xué)習(xí)與生活；又可以考察學(xué)生的興趣愛好及個(gè)性，從而判斷低齡學(xué)生是否在性格方面具備適應(yīng)國(guó)外生活的能力。下面我將詳細(xì)介紹面試種類、操作流程、常見問題及注意事項(xiàng)等，讓大家對(duì)高中面試有全面了解。

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面試形式

Skype-校方直接通知學(xué)生，時(shí)間15-20分鐘

校方來中國(guó)親自面試學(xué)生，時(shí)間30分鐘左右

On-Campus (即赴美面試），時(shí)間30分鐘-1小時(shí)

學(xué)校委托第三方面試機(jī)構(gòu)面試，時(shí)間45分鐘

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面試操作流程

Skype面試和校方來中國(guó)，都是校方主動(dòng)聯(lián)系學(xué)生，所以只需要按照學(xué)校要求進(jìn)行操作就可以。

赴美面試流程

學(xué)校官網(wǎng)填寫InquiryForm

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電話/郵件預(yù)約面試

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確認(rèn)面試時(shí)間/地點(diǎn)

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機(jī)票/酒店預(yù)訂

第三方面試流程（國(guó)內(nèi)一般為維立克面試）

預(yù)約網(wǎng)站： http://students.vericant.com/

預(yù)約方法：網(wǎng)上預(yù)約+繳費(fèi)

面試結(jié)構(gòu)：面試+寫作

面試費(fèi)用：>2000RMB

面試地點(diǎn)：上海長(zhǎng)寧區(qū)

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面試前的準(zhǔn)備

軟件

問題設(shè)計(jì)：擇由老師會(huì)根據(jù)每個(gè)學(xué)生的特色涉及一套可以突出TA優(yōu)勢(shì)的問題

面試模擬：擇由老師與學(xué)生的多次培訓(xùn)與模擬

準(zhǔn)備才藝表演：如拉小提琴，唱歌，玩魔方等

了解學(xué)校：在擇由老師的幫助下網(wǎng)上搜索學(xué)校的信息，概括出學(xué)校的特色。

硬件

視頻設(shè)備：如果是SKYPE面試，需提前調(diào)試好電腦設(shè)備，確保面試過程順利。

禮物（針對(duì)face-to-face面試）：如中國(guó)結(jié)、瓷娃娃、扇子等中國(guó)文化物件。

服裝：正式著裝，參考學(xué)校dress code。

紙質(zhì)材料（證書，簡(jiǎn)歷，作品等）：準(zhǔn)備好以往的榮譽(yù)證書，流利的描述自己的成就及成就背后的故事。

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面試常見問題

基本信息篇

1）Introduce yourself please.

2）In which school are you studying now? In which grade? Briefly introduce your school.

3）How many students in your school? What do you rank in your school?

4）Whom do you live with?/ Tell me about your family. What are their jobs?

5）How many classes did you have and how much time do you study at night?

探知學(xué)生反思能力

1）What is your favorite subject? What subject do you not like? Why?

2）What do your friends or teachers call you usually? What do you think that your counselor would evaluate you? / How would your best friend describe you?/ What do your friends usually describe you?

3）What three adjectives would you use to describe yourself? /What would you describe yourself?

4）Are your grades an accurate reflection of your potential?

5）What kind of student are you?

探知學(xué)生價(jià)值導(dǎo)向和應(yīng)變壓力的能力

1）Whom do you admire most? /Who has influenced you most? Why?

2）What do you respect most?

3）What do you hope to learn in your school?

4）How do you manage your time? How well do you learn under pressure? Give some examples.

5）Would you say you were a follower or a leader? /What do you consider your strengths/ weaknesses? /have you ever had a position of responsibility? Give an example of a time when you showed initiative.

6）If you have to stay in a USA family, what will be the most difficult thing?

探知學(xué)生興趣愛好和過往活動(dòng)

1）Do you like reading/ singing/ dancing?/What you like to do in your spare time？

2）What is your favorite book/Song/dancing/XXXX? Why you like it?

3）Which of your activities is the most rewarding and why?

4）What is your biggest achievement/accomplishment/are you proud of?

5）How do you spend your summer vacations?How did you spend your last summer? Is it meaningful to you?

6）Have you traveled to other countries? What countries have you been to?

7）Tell me about what you have done today?Is that a busy day? / What’s your typical day at your school?

探知學(xué)生選校意圖

1）How did you know our school?

2）Why do you want to choose to study inUSA/ to apply our school?

3）Have you been to a boarding schoolbefore?

4）What do you think this school has tooffer that you are unable to get at your present school? / Why do you chooseour school as your expected school?

5）What do you hope to learn in my school? /What you think you can contribute to our school?

6）Are you looking forward to a private boarding/day school？

探尋學(xué)生自我規(guī)劃

1）What do you want to do after being admitted to our school? / What is your plan? What will you do after graduation?Why?

2）Which universities do you like best inNorth America?

3）（此題不太算規(guī)劃） What kind of host family do you wish to stay?

4）What kind of job will you do when yougrow up?

提問環(huán)節(jié)

面試的最后，往往招生官會(huì)問學(xué)生，你有什么問題要問學(xué)校，建議學(xué)生：

1）要從學(xué)生個(gè)人興趣出發(fā)，發(fā)出問題;

2）結(jié)合學(xué)生的個(gè)人目標(biāo)和學(xué)習(xí)需求，發(fā)出問題;

3）建議將問題帶到面試中去，這樣能將面試氣氛帶到一個(gè)新的高度, 將面試變成一次Chat.

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面試注意事項(xiàng)

言談舉止

1）eye contact

2）smile

3）手勢(shì)

4）坐姿

5）著裝

6）禮貌（比如主動(dòng)握手，主動(dòng)問候等)

7）說話時(shí)咬字要清楚，聲音盡量精神一點(diǎn)，響亮，讓面試官認(rèn)為你是一個(gè)積極的人 。

8）認(rèn)真聆聽，不要搶話。

9）談話接近結(jié)尾時(shí)，要再次表示對(duì)該學(xué)校很感興趣，感謝面試官。比如：I would love to study in your high school. Thanks for your time./Very nice to talk to you等等。

切忌

→把面試的節(jié)奏弄得像在擠牙膏。比如：很多問題只是回答Yes or No,沒有進(jìn)一步的具體展開。

→不懂裝懂

技巧：

1）問What do you mean?/Do you mean…?/ Would you please repeat? 等

2）實(shí)在回答不上來的問題，要保持淡定，告訴老師（I will think that later. Is it okay if I write you about this?），從而打破尷尬的局面。

→不認(rèn)真聽完面試?yán)蠋煹膯栴}

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面試后

郵件學(xué)校，表示感謝。

反思自己的面試表現(xiàn)，總結(jié)經(jīng)驗(yàn)，為后續(xù)其他學(xué)校面試做準(zhǔn)備。

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