The interview is intended to be as relaxed as possible, but preparation and practice is key. Before your interview you should:
- Review all information about the Australia Awards Scholarships provided on the website. If you have specific questions, contact the Aus4Skills team.
- Prepare a list of points that you would like to highlight about yourself, to make sure the interviewers get a good understanding of who you are, your work experience, and your personal and career aspirations.
- Review your application, as the interviews usually include a question to clarify or expand something you have written in your application.
- Make sure you are familiar with your chosen field of study and chosen university, and are able to justify why you have chosen them.
- Think about your career goals and how studying in Australia would be useful for you to achieve those goals.
- Make sure you are prepared to discuss with the interview panel how you intend to use the knowledge gained from Australia to make a contribution to your community, organisation or Vietnam as a whole.
- Try to prepare for possible questions that you think might be asked at the interview, and examples of your own experiences that you think will be relevant to reference in the interview. Questions are normally open ended and require much more than yes, no or maybe answers. It would be good to prepare and practice responses to such questions. Even if the questions you are asked in the interview are different from the ones you prepared for, practicing will make you more confident and familiar with how to answer questions.
- Find a friend or colleague to roleplay an interview with you. You should also take a turn to roleplay the interviewer so you are familiar with what it feels like to ask questions as well as answer them.
Note:
If you have a disability and require adjustments at the interview, we encourage you to inform one of our staff ahead of time.
