5 Mistakes Scholarships aspirants make during Interview
Scholarships interviews are the best way to sell yourself to the interviewer. Still, Scholarship applicants usually make the following mistakes which are blaming their college or university, or professor for their low grades, blaming ill health and stating a voluntary experience they never participated in or hobbies they never know among others.
BELOW ARE THE FEW MISTAKES EXPLAINED
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BLAMING YOUR COLLEGE/SCHOOL PROFESSOR FOR LOW SCORES:
You should always be 100% responsible for your grades. If you have low scores then don’t ever state that your teacher did not clarify the subject or rushed the topic.
Don’t ever think for a second that the Interviewer will buy into the pity party story, and don’t think that the scholarship program studies are designed to be studied in an easy relaxed spoon-fed manner. The scholarship program is a real test of your abilities to stay awake and perform at your best. If you blame your teachers then you are out.
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BLAMING ILL HEALTH ON LOW GRADE:
If exam days give you bad health, how will you be able to achieve corporate profit targets? Unless you are actually physically handicapped you cannot be expected to fall ill under mysterious circumstances whenever pressure builds around you. Even if you were truly sick – try to come out with some other reason for your lack of extracurricular activities or low scores.
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STATING A CAREER OR VOLUNTARY EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE NEVER DONE
Lying about a work experience you never participated in will only make you look embarrassed, especially if you cannot give detail or accurate date, or time about that work experience.
Make sure you tell them the absolute truth about your work experience and give them the experiences you had working that was true and relevant to the scholarship application.
4. STATE HOBBIES JUST FOR THE HECK OF IT
Don’t just throw hobbies or achievements for the sake of it, know what the hobbies mean and also state your achievement with evidence like a certificate of service, etc. Hobbies are not merely for adding spice to your CV. State only 2 hobbies and try to learn everything there is to that hobby.
Scholarship Interview is actually more challenging than job interviews. In job interviews, they actually need manpower so they don’t ask tough questions.
Here you are being SHORTLISTED against equally capable competitors so they are trying to find means to NOT SELECT you. So be careful with your replies.
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NOT GIVING THE INTERVIEWER THE STORY THEY NEED TO HEAR
Do you know selling yourself is a story that needs to be told in a way that the interviewer resonates with your story, don’t be too afraid to sell your story, don’t downplay your experience, garnish them in a way that is appealing, and convincing to the interviewer that you deserve the scholarship?
Always bring your childhood experience to match with your work experience and explain why you need the scholarship to improve your futuristic goal.
