SAMPLE QUESTIONS - STUDENTS

at the Club Interview

1.         Why do you want to live in another country for a year?
2.         What are your future plans and ambitions?
3.         What are your most important personal accomplishments?
4.         How do you spend your spare time?
5.         Have you done any public speaking?
6.         Does criticism bother you?  How do you respond to it?
7.         What would you do if you were hosted by people with opposite views to yours?
8.         What are your views on the use of liquor and drugs?
9.         Do you lose your temper easily?  What happens when you do lose your temper?
10.       How would you describe your community to someone unfamiliar with it?
11.       Who is the current Mayor of your city or town council?
12.       What are the names of the last 3 Presidents prior to the current one?
13.       Have you been away from home before?  For how long?
14.       Did you get homesick?  What did you do about it?
15.       How do you feel about being away from home for a full year?
16.       What do you consider to be your greatest strength?
17.       What do you consider to be your greatest weakness?
18.       If selected, what country would you most like to go to, and why?
19.       Are there countries that you would not want to go to and, if so, why?
20.       If asked to prepare a typical American meal, what would it be?
 

SAMPLE QUESTIONS - PARENTS

at the Club Interview

  1. How did your family first learn about the Rotary Youth Exchange Program?
  2. What is your understanding of your financial obligations under this program?   (Refer to applicable Financial Agreement Form)
  3. Can your family afford this cost?  (Scholarships are available)
  4. Do you anticipate any major lifestyle changes while your daughter/son would be away? (e.g. job change, move to another city or country, etc.) 
  5.  Is any member of your family seriously ill now?  (e.g. aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.)  Would you expect your daughter/son to return home for the funeral of a family member if a death occurred?
  6. Whose idea was it initially, that your daughter/son apply under the Rotary Youth Exchange Program?
  7. Are you 100% committed to your daughter/son going on exchange if selected?  If not, what concerns or reservations do you have?
  8. Would you intend to visit your daughter/son while she/he is on exchange?  If so, are you aware that you would require the permission of both the sponsor and host Rotary Clubs to visit?
  9. Has your daughter/son provided our Rotary club with the names of two potential host families for our inbound students?  If so, is your family one of the two?
  10. Do you have ANY reservations or questions about the Rotary Youth Exchange Program?  If so, please tell us about them NOW!