Phone Interviews
From AFSWiki
There are times when an applicant needs an interview quickly in order to complete their application in time. A phone interview will temporarily hold the place of an in-home interview so an application can be completed. The in-home interview still needs to take place but the phone interview provides some cushion.
Phone Interviews usually take about 30 minutes and parents do not need to be on the call (though they are welcome to be if they want).
If you would like to volunteer to be a Phone Interviewer, please email sendingteam@afs.org. Thank You!
Materials needed for a phone interview:
- Sending Interview Form - Confidential Interview Form. Send this to sendinginterviews@afs.org as soon as possible after the phone interview.
- Pre-Interview Questionnaire - This is a form you can email to the family and have them fill-out and send back to you BEFORE the interview. This is just really helpful information to know before going into the interview
- Interview Questions - These are some good questions interviewers can use for phone interviews
- Sending Interview Outline and Notes
- Sending Interview Questions and Tips
- Hallmarks of Successful Sending Participants - AFS has identified a number of personality traits which support the student in having a positive intercultural experience. While a student may not exhibit every trait, a student should possess several of them
- Red Flags - AFS has learned that there are some characteristics which make it difficult for a student to succeed during the experience and to reap the potential benefits of a study abroad experience
- Printable Version of Hallmarks of Successful Sending Participants and Red Flags
- Frequently Asked Questions about Study Abroad
