Personal Interview Questions
1. Tell us more about yourself? / Introduce yourself?
2. Who all are there in your family?
3. Coming from another state, Why do you not consider continuing there?
4. Why do you plan to study in Bangalore?/ State 2 reasons that inspire you to pursue
your studies in Bangalore?
5. Why do you plan to study at Christ University and not any other university in
Bangalore?
6. Who would you consider as your role model- Why? What are the 3 main values that
you would like to imbibe in yourself ?
7. Tell us some facts about Christ University?
8. What is the Vision / Mission of Christ University?
9. Are you aware about the Community service programs organized at Christ? Would you
name any two?
10. Given an opportunity to study at Christ, which one would you like to participate in?
And why?
11. What is your biggest accomplishment in the last five years?
12. What are your two major strengths?
13. Can you share with us your weakness? and how do you plan to overcome them?
14. Tell us an instance where you have made a mistake?
15. Have you faced conflicts or situations where you have not been able to choose one
over the other?
16. Where do you see yourself in 5 years from now?
17. What are your long term plans in life ?
18. What does success mean to you?
19. What are your goals in life? What is your future plan?
20. Do you think it is essential to contribute to the society/ country as a citizen? In what
ways could you contribute to the country?
21. What are your academic goals and how will our college help you achieve them?
22. What skills do you think are essential to succeed in the 21st century?
23. Why should we select you? / give us one reason why we should not select you over
other candidates?
24. Have you applied to other colleges?
25. What if you don’t get selected?
26. Given a choice would you consider studying at Harvard or Christ University? Given a
choice would you prefer MIT or Christ? And why?
27. Given that you have changed your stream which requires a lot of study and
preparation, how do you plan to handle the academic stress?
28. What are some of the academic and non-academic challenges that you anticipate
while moving for your study to Bangalore ?
29. What are some of the challenges that you anticipate while you study at Christ
University ?
30. And how do you plan to overcome them?
31. What are some of the opportunities you see after completing your study?
32. What are the merits of studying the course ( subject that you opted)? and why do you
think it is the best choice for you ?
33. Your overall percentage of Standard 12th is lower in comparison to the percentage of
Standard 10th? Does it mean that your commitment towards your study has
decreased?
34. Given a chance to re-appear your Entrance, what would you do differently to score
better? And Why?
35. Does it mean that you have not put in complete effort at the first time?
36. What were your favorite subjects at School? why ?
37. Which subject did you like in your 11th and 12 th? And why did that subject interest
you more compared to other subjects you studied?
38. Tell us what (a subject that you have studied or a topic) mean to you ? eg- What does
Psychology mean to you? What are the golden rules of accounting etc
39. What is the scope of (your major subject that you have applied for/ specialization/
your career goal)? eg What would be the Scope of Organic Chemistry?
40. How do you see the role of (psychologists/ accountants/ Business managers)
dominating the world?
41. Why would you choose to pursue a career in Psychology / Legal studies/ Commerce
and not other streams?
42. What inspires you to pursue BA LLB/ BCom/ Psychology?
43. Given a chance to switch your career, which career would you like to choose? why?
44. What do you like to do in your free time / what are the extracurricular activities that
you partake in in your leisure?
45. Which book have you read last? Who is the author of the book? What are the three
major learnings that stood out to you?
46. In your opinion, what makes this organization a great place to study?
47. What do you consider the most important criteria for being successful ? and why?
48. Do you think people need to cautiously think about their Mental Health? Why?
49. How important do you think digital wellbeing is?
50. Do you have any questions for us?
