Interview Questions (Sales Team)
For Admissions:
Ques 1. What is the rate of admissions in your college/ institute/ University? Has it increased
from the last year?
Ques 2. Have you introduced any new programs at your institute/ college/ University? If yes,
please give us a brief highlight of the same. If no, then do you plan on introducing any?
Ques 3. Do you have any extra curricular activities/ programs to enhance the skills of the
students or expose them to the real world challenges?
Ques 4. What is the basic admission criteria, eligibility and fee slab for the programs offered
at your institute/ college/ University?
Ques 5. On what all parameters do you select/ shortlist a student for final admissions to your
institute?
For Placements:
Ques 1. Do you have a dedicated Placement cell available at your college/ institute/
University? If yes, then what are the major roles performed by the cell?
Ques 2. What is the placement statistics of your college? (Dept.-wise, if available)
Ques 3. Till date, what has been your avg. package offered to the student? Please tell us
about the highest package offered to the student as well.
Ques 4. How many companies are associated to your college/ institute/ university? Has
there been any increase in the numbers of recruiters?
Other Questions:
Ques 1.: You have held key positions at education institutes throughout your professional
career. What are the key factors that keep you connected with the education sector?
Ques 2.: Being the Chairman/ President/VC of XYZ College/University, what is your philosophy
of leadership? How would you describe your leadership style?
Ques. 3: Being the President/VC of XYZ College/University, how do you strategize about the
key programs and plans for the marketing and administration of your school?
OR
Ques. 3: What are the different programs unique to XYZ and what has been the response?
Ques. 4: The education systems in India and other foreign countries are structured very
differently. In your experience, what can an inbound student gain from studying here in your
institute/ university/ school?
Ques. 5: How does the curriculum of XYZ College/University ensure the best practice of
industry?
Ques. 6: Any insights into how your university could be more welcoming to students of different
races or economic backgrounds?
Ques. 7: What do you think your roles and responsibilities to the University and the students
are?
Ques. 8: What do you think should be the University’s top priority over the next 10 years?
OR
Ques. 8: What is ABC’s road map for the next five years?
Ques. 9: When you first came to XYZ UNIVERSITY, what was your vision for the university?
Has it evolved over time, and how far along in implementing that vision are you?
Ques. 10: What would you like people to know about your university they may not know?
Ques. 11: What do you see as XYZ College’s greatest strengths?
Ques. 12: What are some of the biggest challenges you see, both for higher education in
general and for XYZ University specifically?
Ques. 13: Any suggestions you would like to give to the current youth and the aspiring
students?
Ques. 14: What are some plans that you’re currently (or will be) designing for XYZ
College/University international affairs and/or students?
Ques. 15: How do you tend to establish a healthy relation and environment in your institute/
university?
Ques. 16: Having worked as an entrepreneur for more than a decade now, what made you
switch to the academic industry?
Ques. 17: With the competition so high, how do you guide your students to survive in such a
competitive scenario?
OR
Ques. 17: With businesses going global, how is ABC gearing up to bridge theory and
practical to make it relevant to the futuristic management practices?
Ques. 18: What according to you is the meaning of Failure? And, how do you motivate a
student to overcome this feeling?
Ques. 19: As ABC has a strong belief in the rich repository of ancient management
practices of India, is the institution giving focus on research based on the old and modern
techniques of management?
Ques. 20: Commercial and IT hubs such as Gurgaon, Faridabad, etc., have an extensive
corporate culture, how compatible is your Executive Program to cater to this segment of
working class?
