The Credibility Interview for UK Universities - how to pass and the best way to answer questions.

hello and welcome to another video of breaking bad english with me david the uk credibility interview do you know what that is many people need to have an interview with the university in the uk to assess whether they are suitable and that they have a full intention in order to complete the course that they wish to attend at university in the uk now the actual interview has two parts to it the first part is to check your level of english but the second part is to ensure that you as the applicant really are interested in completing the course the government in the uk and therefore universities don't want people to arrive in the uk with the pretence that they are going to attend a university course and then after a few months look for work and find it and find a job and stay in the uk so the idea of this interview is to really ensure that you have thought very carefully about going to university in the uk and you have made the necessary let's say inquiries about how you will live in the uk now the interview is often conducted online these days via skype or microsoft teams because obviously people find it difficult to travel to the uk to have the interview but not every country nationality needs to have this interview but some do now um there is a procedure they will ask you questions online uh which will take maybe 30 to 40 minutes and you need to answer those questions in a truthful and full way do not give short answers or evasive answers which are not precise because they will not be happy with that and they will probably not issue with you with an offer at university so um what do you need to do first of all avoid generic answers be specific in your answers uh understand the program content so the course you wish to study will have information online and you should fully understand what the course entails what you need to study what you will study what you will learn how long it will take etc avoid discussing dual intentions don't say that you're looking for a job also in the uk the intention here is that you only are looking to study in the uk uh communicate course motivation give a good reason why you want to study this course and explain how you will support yourself financially and that's very important obviously the university needs to know that you have enough money available to continue through the course to its completion okay so typical questions in the interview are as follows the first one could be something like could you please provide a brief about yourself so a little bit of background about yourself okay so you can explain where you come from uh what your hobbies are something about your family your home life etc and also including your education second question why do you want to study in the uk rather than your home country or another country and here you need to be specific don't just say because i think the uk is a nice place you need to say something like the uk has a long reputation in providing dot top class education in the field of say engineering and sheffield university is recognized in the top 100 universities in the world to study engineering okay so that explains very nicely why you want to study at sheffield university in the uk then they might say why this specific university over other options and again uh you can say the reasons i mentioned before or say that each campus offers high technology high spec facilities which aids students to fulfill their study program and complete it successfully you can also say for example i believe that sheffield is a very interesting part of britain and nearby there are lots of hiking possibilities which in fact is one of my hobbies okay so they will then go on next question could be something like uh what is the location of the university so i'm taking sheffield as an example here you should say sheffield university is in sheffield which is a city in yorkshire it is a safe and affordable city and the residents of the city are very used to students living there okay next question what are the course modules so you now need to do some research before you answer a question like that but you could say for engineering for example interdisciplinary design introduction to electrical engineering and thermo thermofluids etc but it's up to you to research that information another question could be how many credits are required to complete a bachelor's or master's degree and let's say we're talking about a bachelor's degree and the answer to that again you can find it on the website the answer could be say 300 units uh who will fund your studies now you should be prepared for this question and you should say for example my parents are both professional architects in pakistan and they will be funding me throughout my term at university okay or maybe you could say um i've recently received an inheritance from my grandmother and i'm going to use that money to pay for my time through university um yeah they will also ask you to estimate what your living expenses will be and you may not know this but i can roughly say that living expenses in the uk for a university student is about 1 200 pounds per month maybe something like that a thousand to 1 500 a month which is you know something like 12 000 pounds per year plus so it's not a small amount of money but you must know that uh the next question could be what is the annual income of your parents so again you need to be specific here and you can say for example uh the annual income of my parents as i said who are both professionals is equivalent to 50 000 pounds a year okay and you could add and they are prepared to pay for my studies uh um what will you do after completing your studies in the uk and be careful on this question you need to say well my intention and my plan is to return to my home country and take up a position in an engineering firm uh which i have worked in previously and the company is willing to offer me a job if i receive a degree in the uk okay another question could be um do you have any previous visa refusals no i can't answer that maybe you have and if you have had you have to state the reason for it and really the final question could be something like what are the facilities of the university and what is the university ranking so again you can research this information online and if we're talking about sheffield university as i mentioned earlier it ranked in the top 100 universities in the world in fact so yes okay avoid generic answers be very specific in your answers which means you need to prepare them in advance before the interview speak slowly and clearly if you do not ask understand a question ask the interviewer to repeat the question and if you still don't understand the question ask them to say it in a different way okay that's all you can do but don't fumble your way through the interview and give answers which are not relevant to the question be very careful about that so that's information about the exam or the interview i should say online it will take i'm not sure 15 to 20 minutes maybe it depends how detailed your answers are and they will obviously ask you information at the beginning about your personal circumstances now and information about who you are in order that they can identify that you are actually the person who is applying that they are speaking to so i hope that you found that useful but if you have any more questions about this please write to me below this video and i'll be happy to answer them just remember this thing you are going to the uk to study with the ultimate aim of returning to your original home country your native country to take up a profession in that country it is not for you to come to the uk and find a job in the uk okay not during or after your course it does not buy you from say doing a part-time job in the uk to help support yourself financially but it certainly is not good if your intention is to go to the uk on a student visa and then find a full-time job working in the uk that is what they want to avoid and that is what you must prove to the interviewer is not your intention do you understand me yes so i hope that you found this video useful if you did please give it a thumbs up and recommend my videos to your friends and i look forward to seeing you again on another video of breaking bad english with me david i will see you again very soon goodbye

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Published: Thu Apr 07 2022