67 Sample Kira Interview Questions

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We have scoured the internet, shamelessly copied from Reddits, and talked to our students to bring you a big ‘ol list of questions that may be asked by your school. Kira interview questions (both verbal and written) have become increasingly popular parts of the interview process.

Don’t know what a Kira interview is?

Basically, it is a video recording of your response to questions. Kira is the platform that administers the interview. Here’s how it works:

• You log into the platform.
• A question pops up on the screen.
• You have less than 1 minute to prepare an answer.
• At the end of the prep time, your camera comes on and records your response to the question.

Watch this video for more about the platform:

The questions come from a database so you don’t usually know what the Kira interview questions will be ahead of time unless the school tells you. Want to know the details? Read our complete overview and tips here.

Kira interview questions can come in different “flavors.” There are the standard questions about you, questions about why you’re applying, and wild card questions that require you to think on your feet. We’ve provided questions from each category below. Follow the prep tips here and you’ll be ready for your Kira interview!

Kira Interview Questions about You Professionally

1. Tell us about yourself.

2. How would you want to be remembered once you graduate?

3. How do you handle working under pressure?

4. Mention a time when you did more than was required in your job.

5. What are your short- and long-term career goals?

6. What kind of people do you like to work with?

7. Mention a time when you had to adjust to a different culture or work style.

8. Mention a time when you overcame a difficult challenge.

9. What is your leadership style?

10. Mention a time when you failed at something

11. What is the most important thing that you have learned during your career?

12. How do you define leadership?

13. Tell us about a time when you had to make a quick decision.

14. Think about a time when you were overwhelmed with the workload. How did you carry on and what was the outcome?

15. Name a time that you were not happy with your performance. What did you do to address it?

16. Tell us about a job that you applied for and did not receive the position, why didn’t you receive it and what did you do after?

17. What is an innovative idea you’ve helped implement?

18. Falling down and getting back up is a part of life. Describe a time you fell down, and explain how you got back up again.

19. What qualities within yourself would you like to grow or progress over the next 5 years?

20. What are 3 qualities that have contributed to your success?

21. Describe a failure that ended up leading to a success.

22. When something is more challenging than you expected, how do you go about not letting it impede your success?

Kira Interview Questions about Your Application

1. Why do you want to pursue a graduate degree?

2. If admitted, what do you think your biggest challenge will be during the first year at school?

3. Why is this the best time for you to pursue this program?

4. Why are you interested in our school?

5. How would you contribute to our program and your classmates?

6. What is one thing you want the admissions committee to know about you?

7. If your classmate had a rough day in class (e.g. messed up a cold call), what would you say to them after class?

8. What makes you a good candidate for our program?

9. How would this program help in your career objectives?

10. What are you expecting to learn in the program?

Serious Wild Card Kira Interview Questions

1. What inspires you?

2. When was the last time that you stepped out of your comfort zone?

3. Is there anybody that you deeply admire? Tell us why.

4. Tell us about a person or event that has been influential in your personal development.

5. Name a time you had a challenging conversation with someone who had a radically different viewpoint. How did you feel about the conversation?

6. What is one piece of advice you often give people but struggle to follow yourself?

7. Tell us about your greatest challenge in life.

8. Name a bias that you overcame.

9. Think of an experience from years past, what would you do differently?

10. Looking back over your life, what’s one thing you would’ve changed?

11. What were you like four years ago, and how are you different now?

12. Tell us about a time when you pursued something and then had a change of heart. How did you pivot?

13. When have you altered your behavior to make someone else feel comfortable? How did it make you feel and what was the outcome?

14. Have you ever disagreed with or not been able to see eye to eye with someone? How would you have approached the situation differently if you were in their shoes?

15. Describe the hardest news you have ever had to deliver.

16. Describe a time when you delayed or sacrificed your own well-being or desires for the benefit of someone else

17. Name a time you had to do something you didn’t want to do, how did you prompt yourself to do it?

18. Describe a situation where you exhibited a level of maturity beyond your years.

19. What is one time someone told you that you had good judgment?

20. What are 3 key factors to be a successful (whatever you are: student, engineer, entrepreneur, marketing exec, etc.)?

“Fun” Wild Card Kira Interview Questions

1. What is the best book that you have read recently and why?

2. What is one thing you have always wanted to try?

3. From your perspective, how has technology changed our lives?

4. What do you think today’s biggest social issue is and why?

5. How would your friends describe you?

6. What do you do in your free time?

7. Describe one of your favorite hobbies and why it is important to you.

8. How has a book you’ve read or movie you’ve seen recently changed your view on a social issue?

9. If you could eradicate one societal issue what would it be and why?

10. What are you passionate about?

11. What is your most significant community service contribution?

12. Give me an example of how you were attracted by culture from other countries.

13. If you could teach a class on any topic, what would it be and why?

14. How did you build your international experience?

15. If you had an extra hour every day, what would you do with it?