Habib interviews, and the free mock that gets you ready

Imtehan runs a free one-on-one mock interview program with current Habib University students. Sessions are gender-matched, held over video call, and typically last 25 to 35 minutes with 10 minutes of feedback afterwards. There is no fee and no card required.

Slots fill quickly once results are announced. Book as soon as your entrance test is confirmed rather than waiting for interview invitations to go out.

• Video call, 25-35 minutes plus 10 minutes of feedback.
• Matched to a current HU student in the same school (DSSE or AHSS).
• Free, no card, no upsell.
• Feedback covers content, structure, and delivery, not just answers.

The interview is a conversation, not an exam. Interviewers are trying to figure out how you think, how you handle disagreement, and whether you'll thrive in Habib's core curriculum. Below are the question shapes that come up in almost every interview.

• Why Habib, specifically, and why this school (DSSE or AHSS).
• A story from your life that shaped how you think.
• A time you disagreed with someone and how you handled it.
• What you'd study first if you had a free summer.
• One question about the world that keeps you up at night.
• A follow-up on something in your personal statement or application.

Interviewers assess a small set of qualities: clarity of thought, curiosity, intellectual honesty, and fit with Habib's liberal-core approach. There is no rubric that rewards polish over substance, memorised answers are the single most common reason strong applicants score in the middle band.

Do not memorise answers. Interviewers hear it and it flattens the conversation. Instead, pick three stories from your life that you want to reach for, and know why each one matters to you. Then do one full mock interview a few days before the real thing, so the format itself is no longer novel.

Read one long article on something you care about the day before. It gives you fresh material to draw on when a question opens up, and it settles nerves better than re-reading your personal statement for the tenth time.