<p>I'm a junior and I'm really bad at expressing myself. I have around a year to prepare for interviews. </p>
<p>Does anyone have tips to practise for a successful interview?</p>
<p>Whoa whoa, you’re a junior. You shouldn’t be worrying about interviews yet. Just know why you want to go to the school you’re interviewing for and have lots of questions.</p>
<p>I was pretty nervous about my college interviews too. However, there was no point to be.</p>
<p>The alumni interviews are mainly geared towards increasing the applicant’s interest in the university. Most of the interview will be the interviewer talking about the college (prompted by your questions).</p>
<p>The only questions about me that they asked were “Tell me about yourself,” “Why X College,” “Why did you pick this major”. The interviewer, of course, asked me more in-depth questions following up my answers. It’s supposed to be a conversation, and thus friendly and informal.</p>
<p>The problem is I tend to talk incoherently when I get nervous, and I get a feeling that people don’t understand what I’m saying or what point I’m trying to get across. I guess my question is: how do I improve my speaking skills?</p>
<p>Get some family friends to do practice interviews with you and give you feedback on how you can improve. </p>
<p>These interviews are rarely ‘make or break.’ Even those that count, don’t count heavily. The only way to have a ‘bad’ interview is if you are rude, arrogent, or indicate directly or indirectly that you have no interest in the school. Practice won’t help with that - but I doubt that’s your problem if you are worried about how you come across.</p>