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Middle Sample Interview Questions

Questions about school, in general:

1. What do you enjoy most about school?
2. What do you enjoy doing outside of school?
3. What is your favorite part of the school day?
4. What is your least favorite part of the school day?
5. Describe a typical day after school for you.
6. What is your favorite subject? What do you like about it?

Questions about the school you are applying to:

7. Why do you want to go to Middle School here?
8. What interests you about our curriculum?

Questions about the future:

9. How would our school help you to achieve your dreams?
10. What are your goals for the end of the 5th grade school year?
11. What are your hopes for Middle School?
12. How do you want people to see you inside the school?
13. Who would you like to become?

Questions about behavior & personality:

14. Describe something challenging you've overcome.
15. What seems challenging to you at school?
16. How would you handle a problem with a friend?
17. If you needed special help with a particular subject, how would you get
it?
18. What do you like best/least about working in groups?

Questions about interests & extracurricular interests/activities:

19. Tell me what you like to do outside of school?
20. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
21.
 22. What do you read outside of school?
23. What hobbies do you have?
24. What do you like to do in your free time?

Questions about academics:

25. What is your favorite book? Why is it your favorite?
26. If you could be any character in a book, who would you be and why?
27. What is your favorite subject ? What do you like about it?

Questions about civil & community engagement:

28. Have you ever done community service (for schools that require this)
29. If so, what did you do, and what did you learn?
30. What has happened recently in current events that you find
interesting?

Other questions:
31. How would your teacher describe you?
32. How long have you been studying voice/instrumental
music/dance/drama/art?
33. Where have you studied?
34. Which art form do you like the most, and why?
35. Why did you pick this song/dance/monologue for your audition?
36. What was special about it for you?
37. What is your favorite piece of music, painting, sculpture, play, or short
story?
38. If you could meet any famous person in the arts, who would you like to
meet, and why?

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1. What current events are you following closely and how do they
impact you and your community?
2. What’s your favorite book that you read in school? For pleasure? Why
are these books meaningful to you?
3. What are your hobbies? What are you most passionate about?
4. What do you like about our school? Why are these things important to
you?
5. What are your educational goals and how will our school help you reach
them?
6. What is your favorite movie and why?
7. If you were an animal, which one would you be? Why?
8. What are your strongest and weakest academic subjects in school?
Elaborate.
9. If you could solve a world problem, which problem would it be and how
would you solve it?
10. What qualities do you look for in a friend? Why are they important to
you? 11. Describe your ideal teacher.
12. Describe a time when you felt very challenged. How did you overcome
this challenge?
13. Name a role model and/or public figure who you admire. Why does this
person inspire you?
14. Why are you a good fit for the Salk school? How will we help you
achieve your academic goals?
15. What is the most important part of your education?
16. Describe a situation when you saw someone doing something you did
not condone. How did you handle the situation?
17. What three adjectives would you use to describe your best friend? What
three adjectives would you use to describe yourself?