INTERVIEW PREPARATION TIPS

ays20123 · October 2015

I encourage you to prepare hard in possibility that you may be randomly interviewed by phone. Visa officer may call at any time from the time your application has been submitted.

Please note that the questions to be asked will be mostly the ones asked in Question 33.

The guide below is general in nature but you can adopt your answers so they will match your unique profile.

1.) your reason for choosing to undertake the course of study specified in your application;

- You might be asked if you researched about the course.
-make sure you visit the education provider website.
-please print the course details and have them with you at all times for easy reference.
-the case officer might sense that you are reading notes. You can tell that you have printed them as you're studying the course details at all time.
-you may want to mention a few subjects that interest you.
-"you can mention that you consider other courses but you have chosen the course for the particular reason."

2.) your reasons for choosing your education provider;

-visit the education provider website
-get the location of the school
-search it in google maps and explore it in street view.
-determine how far away is the school from the airport, use google maps
-walk through the location and visit other places nearby
-know the name if suburbs close to the school
-determine the price range of rentals in the area, www.gumtree.com.au
-research the mode of transportation available for example bus and train

3.) your reasons for choosing to study in australia rather that in your home country;

-visit , http://www.studyinaustralia.gov.au/global/why-australia

-you may also want to know more about the city where your school is:
>http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/aboutmelbourne/melbourneprofile/pages/melbourne.aspx

>http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/learn

4.) the relevance of your course of studies to your academic and/or employment background;
5.) the relevance of the course to your future career/educational plans.

OTHER POSSIBLE QUESTIONS:

"If you already have a bachelors degree and studying a vocational course, what are the reasons for this?"

Example situation:
A student is registered nurse and will be studying AGED COURSE in Australia

- you can reason that since Geriatric care/aged care was only lightly discussed only in theory in your curriculum, you can mention you want to have a specialized hands on experience in this subject. Studying in australia will give you access to modern facilities that are common place in Australia and other countries. (kau nlng po magdagdag ng iba based sa situation nio )

THE LAST 2 QUESTIONS RELATES TO THE BENEFITS OF THE COURSE TO YOU. Normally, the case officer wants to know how the course will improve your remuneration level. Before you discuss that, you may want to discuss the benefits that money can't buy or it is not possible to quantify the non-monetary benefits of studying abroad.

Visit:
>http://www.internationalstudent.com/study-abroad/guide/ten-benefits-to-studying-abroad/

>http://www.iesabroad.org/study-abroad/news/benefits-study-abroad

>http://www.afsusa.org/study-abroad/parents/six-benefits/

6.) why are you sort of changing career as you will be studying a course not related to your previous study or work experience?
-you can refer to the websites for possible reasons:

>http://www.themuse.com/advice/5-reason-to-consider-changing-careers

>http://www.mycareerblast.com/career-change-reasons.html

>http://wwwglassdoor.com/blog/top-reasons-people-switch-careers/

Lastly: Immigration officer may wany to ask you about money matters. They want to know how the study will improve your payscale: You may say what your salaru level is prior to your study. For example, you are earning php 15,000/month.

"after completing your study, you can say that with extra qualification,gained, tell them where you plan to look for work or what positions you will be aspiring. The position should be normally higher that your current one.

>http://wwwbls.gov/ooh/
>http://www.manpower.gov.au/research/manpower-employment-outlook-survey.aspx
>http://www.payscale.com/research/ph/country=philippines/salary

You can say that your pay may increase by say 30% in the local market. You can also say that your aiming to work in singapore where you can claim that you have friends working in the occupation you want. You can state that salary would be in singapore or in any country that you can mention like middle east,canada or NZ.

If you state that you have a plan starting a business, you can briefly describe your business plan. Describe how business will earn money. What products or services you plan to offer? How much will be the selling price and how much will be the cost per unit of item for sale. Estimate the number of units you can sell and then tell the gross profit per month. Estimate the cost of running the business to get the net monthly profit. You can say that after (x) number of years or months, you can expect to recover your investment. In the end , tell the case officer that the experience of studying abroad is something that money can not buy, you can restate the advantages of studying abroad to conclude your statements.

EXTRA TIPS:
please browse the website below. The websites advise for those seeking jobs but can equally be useful.

>http://www.businessinsider.com.au/12-things-you-need-to-know-to-ace-your-next-phone-interview-2012-2?op=I#dont-look-in-the-mirror-1

DONT FORGET THIS!!!!
JOHN 14:14
"ask for anything in my name and I will do it"

Best regards to all of you, hope this would help GODBLESS EVERYONE

Thanks po sa info na to...

malaking help tong post nyo po miniaj in case matawagan for interview.

GoldSeeker · October 2015

Thank you for this very helpful post.

karamihan ba nung mga naiinterview ay yung mga nag-aapply for 572?

Angel1014 · April 2016

@miniaj hello po! your interview tips is very helpful. especially sa case ko coz i was refused due to gte issues last June2015. Question po, should i apply for the same course and same school when i re-apply or pwede po diffrent course, different school and different city?

Lastyear kse, i was told by my CO that i am degrading myself for taking up a vocational course there when I finished a BS degree here in the Philippines. And considered Section ! University pa ako graduate. SO, I was tolod by my agent na Master's degree ang ite-take up na somehow related sa vocational course na gusto kong take up lastyear, related din sa work experience ko dto and sakto lng sa sinagot ko during my phone interview lastyear.

Hope you can help. I am still waiting for my Offer letter from the university in austrlia.

thanks in advance!