How to write a winning scholarship essay - Gen Tanabe, Kelly Tanabe 2018

From your experience what are qualities of a good interview?
Judges’ Roundtable: the Interview

While there is no single correct way to answer an interview question, there are certain qualities that help to make a good interview stand out in the minds of scholarship judges. It can be difficult to pinpoint what the qualities are, but our panel offers some guidance. Keep in mind that there are a limitless number of ways to have great interviews and these points are meant to provide guidance and a starting point.

A good interview does not necessarily need to embody every one of these qualities.

Jacqui Love Marshall

Knight Ridder Minority Scholars Program

“I think being very honest and straightforward is important. We can tell when a student is genuinely interested and passionate about the newspaper business. It is very hard to fake this level of enthusiasm.”