Cynthia Kimola

Chevening Scholarship Interview Tips: Sample Questions (What is Asked)

Cynthia Kimola
Chevening Interviews Sample Questions | Cynthia KImola

If you have been called up for the Chevening interviews, congratulations!

You are now in the preparation phase! 

A tip I recommend is to prepare with a mock interview.

Get a friend or family member to play the role of an interviewer and ask you questions. 

This will not only help you streamline your answers but alse build your confidence and crush the nerves.

So if you want to ace the interviews, here are some sample Chevening Scholarship interview questions that scholars have been asked.

You can also read about the post I wrote about my experience at the Chevening Scholarship interviews, what to expect and how to prepare. 

Chevening Scholarship Interview Questions from Previous Scholars

These are some of the questions I collected from some 2016, 2017 and 2018 scholars.

Most of them were the same so I have divided them into the various categories – the same wasy as your essay. 

General Interview Questions and Those About Chevening Scholarship

  1. Tell us about yourself and how you are an ideal candidate for this award.
  2. Why should we give you the scholarship? How will it help you?
  3. Why did you select Chevening? 
  4. Why Chevening, not another scholarship ?
  5. The British values,  what do they mean to you? 
  6. What’s your greatest achievement ?
  7. Where do you see yourself in five years ?
  8. What is your ultimate goal or dream ?
  9. Why should we choose you as the ideal Chevening scholar?

Questions on Courses and Studying in the UK:

  1. Why did you choose this specific course?
  2. Why do you want to study in the UK?
  3. Why do you want to do the courses you have listed?
  4. How do the courses you’ve chosen align with your future career plans?
  5. What do you plan to do apart from studies in the UK?
  6. What are your expectations about the UK and how will you face the hard times?

Chevening Interview Questions on Leadership:

  1. Can you share an experience where you failed as a leader? What have you learned from it?
  2. Do you have leadership potential? 
  3. How do you plan to use expertise acquired after your studies in the UK to help with development in your country?
  4. Why do you think you can be a future leader,
  5.  Talk about your leadership skills and how did you gain them?
  6. Name a leader you admire and explain why?
  7. What do you want to get from the U.K. – British values you want to gain ? 
  8. How would you benefit from being in the UK? (British Values)

Networking Questions:

  1. How can you  contribute to your home country and also to your Country-UK relations?
  2. How will you contribute back to the Chevening community as an alumni ?
  3. How will the Chevening network help you in what you want to pursue?
  4. Tell us about a time where you used networking to benefit you?

Questions on Your Career Plan:

  1. How do you plan to use expertise acquired after  your studies in the UK to help with development in your country?
  2. How will your programme of study contribute to your career plan?
  3. what do you expect to do immediate as you return home after your studies?
  4. If we knock at your door in 10 years, where are we likely to find you?
  5. You talked about ***** in your essay, how are you going to do that?

Questions Chevening Alumni Asked Candidates:

  1. Alternatives plans if what you planned didn’t go through?
  2. How you would use your studies to help your country ?
  3. How would you use the networking to your advantage while in the UK?

KIMOLA’S TIP:

1.Have an understanding of the present situation in your country as it pertains to the UK  and how you can help in implementing programmes or contribute to policy discussion locally.

2. Check out the DFID website and see how the UK is interacting with your country, what programs they have and how your studies or career plans align with them.

3. Also be aware of policies, projects or programmes that UK has with your country that can be linked to your scope of work and study. 

I hope that was helpful and I wish you all the best as you prepare to ace that interview! 

Thank you for stopping by and reading this friend!

Please comment below and share any questions you think would be great to prepare for and tell me how the mock interview went.

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Cynthia Kimola

Cynthia Kimola is a journalist and content creator from Kenya. She is a Chevening Alumni from the 2018/2019 cohort and wants to help more young people to discover and win more opportunities that can take them out of their comfort zone and help them to sharpen their leadership and networking skills. She currently blogs and also has a YouTube channel: Cynthia Kimola to inspire and educate the youth through her content.