Sample questions for the interview are listed below.

General
How would your best friend describe you?

What role do you play in a group or team?

What do you consider to be your personal strengths? Weaknesses?

How do you handle conflict? Frustration? Stress?

Previous/Future Work
Describe a previous internship or work situation and something you gained from the experience.

How do you see your coursework having prepared you for this internship?

Imagine yourself 5 years from now. What would your ideal job be?

Explain a problem that arose in a previous work setting and how you helped to resolve the situation and the skills that you used.

How will your experience in.................relate to your career objectives?

International/Language/Cross-Cultural Experiences
Tell me a little bit about what initially attracted you to international issues and experiences.

What are your previous international experiences? What have you found most interesting/difficult about these experiences?

Have you ever used your language skills outside of the U.S.? How comfortable do you feel about interacting daily in a foreign language in your work environment?

What cross-cultural situations are the most challenging to you?

Describe a situation where you have encountered difficulty in interacting with a person from a different culture. How did you deal with this?

Internship Specific
Why are you interested in working in ..........................?

What do you expect to learn from your stay in ...........................?

What have you done / will you do to better prepare yourself for the internship?

What do you know about the host organization?

What do you believe to be the most pressing challenges that an organization like ...............(host organization) must currently face?

What can you contribute to the host organization?