Because of the uncertainty of interview questions, many students are uneasy about it, and some of them can't play their normal level because of nervousness, which is a pity in the end. In this Tiandao study abroad interview, we invited Mr. Xiao Lei to tell you about the matters needing attention in the American study abroad interview, hoping to help you! This article was originally written by Xiao Lei, a senior consultant of Tiandao. Please indicate the source and author, and offenders will be prosecuted! Teacher Xiao Lei's profile: The main direction is devoted to the application consultant profile of famous universities in Europe and America, and he is a senior study consultant. Graduated from Tsinghua University, engaged in securities market analysis and research for a long time before joining Tiandao, and worked as a senior analyst in the research department of TEDA ABN Amro. He has a deep understanding of European and American literature and business applications and has won the admission of hundreds of applicants to the top 50 universities in the United States. In 2009, he helped many students enter top universities, such as Princeton, Yale, MIT, Columbia, Duke and Cambridge. Q: Do all American universities arrange interviews for applicants? Through our experience in Tiandao, can you list some American universities with strict interview requirements? In fact, whether an interview is needed varies according to the specialty and project. Undergraduate admission and MBA admission basically require interviews, and master's degrees in general business schools often need interviews. Some doctors and research masters also have interviews. Behavioral interviews are mostly used for undergraduate and business school interviews, and many doctoral and graduate programs require technical interviews. The admission interviews in the United States are basically very strict, especially the Ivy League schools with fierce competition and prestigious schools with superior geographical location. Interview is a very important part of brushing people. Q: From the example, what problems are most likely to occur when China students are interviewed by American universities, which leads to unsuccessful interviews? Judging from our past cases, China students often have problems in the following aspects: language barriers, preparation barriers, communication barriers and etiquette barriers. Language, as its name implies, is whether you can express yourself freely and understand each other's questions when you interview in English. Many students in China failed in basic English listening and speaking. Practical problems are not difficult, but they cannot be expressed freely in English. Everyone should pay attention when they are ready to close. Some students are not fully prepared for the interview and rush into battle. The result of the interview can be imagined. There are still some students who have not mastered the preparation methods for the interview and have gone astray. Although they spent a lot of time and energy, their performance in the interview was not satisfactory. Communication usually depends on usual accumulation. Whether we can express our ideas fluently, foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, and show an active and high-quality candidate image to the interviewer depends on our classmates' communication skills. Finally, the interview must also pay attention to basic etiquette, greetings to the interviewer and thanks at the end, the writing of thank-you letters, the answers to some sensitive questions and so on. Q: Do we have any interview guidance services for these questions that will appear in the interview? What is the direction of counseling? Tiandao has rich experience in studying abroad. Every year, thousands of students get satisfactory admission results through the interview counseling of Tiandao. Our interview counseling is divided into interview data collection, question-answering counseling, simulation training, etc., which has exercised the basic quality and interview skills of candidates in many aspects. It can help them face the admission interview of the school more confidently. Q: Can you give us an example from your many interview applications? Prove the importance of study abroad interview for application with examples. We once got an interview for a student on the waiting list of MIT's financial project. After learning this news, we immediately gave students a comprehensive counseling, shared with him the interview ideas and real questions of MIT for many years, and analyzed the background of the interviewer and the possible impact of the interview stage. The school finally conducted a surprise interview with the students without prior notice. On a Sunday morning, he was interviewed by an MIT alumnus who worked in an investment bank in Hong Kong. After a tense but pleasant interview for half an hour, he was finally admitted to MIT. It can be said that many interviews have played an important role in the application process. Q: If the applicant fails in the first interview or has problems, does it mean that the applicant has no chance to pursue this institution at all? What our classmates should pay attention to is that the interview is a very important review link in the application, and it is also the easiest link to compare with other applicants in all links. If we don't play well enough or are inferior to other applicants, it may affect the final admission result.