不管是申请boarding school 还是day school，学校一般都要求面试。因为面试既可以考察学生的英语听说水平，从而判断低龄学生是否可以在语言上适应国外学习与生活；又可以考察学生的兴趣爱好及个性，从而判断低龄学生是否在性格方面具备适应国外生活的能力。下面我将详细介绍面试种类、操作流程、常见问题及注意事项等，让大家对高中面试有全面了解。

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面试形式

Skype-校方直接通知学生，时间15-20分钟

校方来中国亲自面试学生，时间30分钟左右

On-Campus (即赴美面试），时间30分钟-1小时

学校委托第三方面试机构面试，时间45分钟

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面试操作流程

Skype面试和校方来中国，都是校方主动联系学生，所以只需要按照学校要求进行操作就可以。

赴美面试流程

学校官网填写InquiryForm

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电话/邮件预约面试

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确认面试时间/地点

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机票/酒店预订

第三方面试流程（国内一般为维立克面试）

预约网站： http://students.vericant.com/

预约方法：网上预约+缴费

面试结构：面试+写作

面试费用：>2000RMB

面试地点：上海长宁区

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面试前的准备

软件

问题设计：择由老师会根据每个学生的特色涉及一套可以突出TA优势的问题

面试模拟：择由老师与学生的多次培训与模拟

准备才艺表演：如拉小提琴，唱歌，玩魔方等

了解学校：在择由老师的帮助下网上搜索学校的信息，概括出学校的特色。

硬件

视频设备：如果是SKYPE面试，需提前调试好电脑设备，确保面试过程顺利。

礼物（针对face-to-face面试）：如中国结、瓷娃娃、扇子等中国文化物件。

服装：正式着装，参考学校dress code。

纸质材料（证书，简历，作品等）：准备好以往的荣誉证书，流利的描述自己的成就及成就背后的故事。

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面试常见问题

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?

探知学生反思能力

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?

探知学生价值导向和应变压力的能力

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?

探知学生兴趣爱好和过往活动

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?

探知学生选校意图

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？

探寻学生自我规划

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）（此题不太算规划） What kind of host family do you wish to stay?

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

提问环节

面试的最后，往往招生官会问学生，你有什么问题要问学校，建议学生：

1）要从学生个人兴趣出发，发出问题;

2）结合学生的个人目标和学习需求，发出问题;

3）建议将问题带到面试中去，这样能将面试气氛带到一个新的高度, 将面试变成一次Chat.

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面试注意事项

言谈举止

1）eye contact

2）smile

3）手势

4）坐姿

5）着装

6）礼貌（比如主动握手，主动问候等)

7）说话时咬字要清楚，声音尽量精神一点，响亮，让面试官认为你是一个积极的人 。

8）认真聆听，不要抢话。

9）谈话接近结尾时，要再次表示对该学校很感兴趣，感谢面试官。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

→把面试的节奏弄得像在挤牙膏。比如：很多问题只是回答Yes or No,没有进一步的具体展开。

→不懂装懂

技巧：

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

2）实在回答不上来的问题，要保持淡定，告诉老师（I will think that later. Is it okay if I write you about this?），从而打破尴尬的局面。

→不认真听完面试老师的问题

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面试后

邮件学校，表示感谢。

反思自己的面试表现，总结经验，为后续其他学校面试做准备。

回忆总结Q& A