How to answer
Do you have any questions for us?
The last question in many panel interviews. It is rarely marked heavily, and it is the last thing they hear from you.
What it is really asking
Mostly it is a courtesy, and the panel will not mark you down for having nothing to ask. It is also a last chance to show genuine interest, and a chance to fix something you said badly earlier, if you ask for it politely.
The variant, whether there is anything else you want them to know, is an open door. Use it if there is something important you did not get to say.
Also asked as: “Is there anything you would like to ask?” “Is there anything else you want us to know?”
What interviewers hear too often
- How did I go? They cannot tell you, and asking makes the end awkward.
- A question the website answers. It suggests you have not read it.
- A speech. Using the question to deliver a prepared closing statement.
What a good answer does
- A real question, or none. “No, thank you, I think you have covered everything” is a perfectly good answer.
- One correction, if needed. If an earlier answer came out wrong, a short “could I add one thing to what I said about…” is fine.
- Brief. Under a minute, whichever you choose.
Two openings
Both invented, and neither is yours to borrow.
The first asks for information the school publishes. The second uses the time for something that matters, and keeps it short.
The follow-ups to expect
- Of course, go ahead.
- Is there anything else you would like us to know?
Test your own draft
- The website test. If your question is answered on the school’s site, drop it.
- The thirty second test. Whatever you add should take less than thirty seconds.
What it is marked on
Related questions
- Why do you want to study here? The one question you can prepare facts for, and the one where students most often recite the website back to the people who wrote it..
- Tell me about yourself. Usually the first question in a panel, and the one students prepare least for because it sounds like small talk.
Other guides
- Start here What the interview is testing, and how the cycle runs.
- Timeline planner Put in your interview date and get a week by week plan.
- Pathway planner The whole road from school to consultant, drawn around your choices.
- Practice stations Real MMI stations with a two minute reading phase and a station clock.
- By university The interview at every undergraduate-entry school: format, timing, and what is marked.
- What is marked The six things every station marks, and how to practise each one.
- How to answer The questions every panel asks, what each is testing, and the follow-ups to expect.
- Question themes The subjects questions come from, from rural health to the profession, with prompts.
- Interview dates When each school sends invitations, holds interviews and makes offers this cycle.
- When you hear back Every school’s offer dates, and why the wait after the interview is so long.
- Formats What an MMI and a panel interview each are, and how to prepare for each.
- Interview soon? Days to go? What you can still book at short notice, and the prices.
- For parents Who your child is working with, and what I will not promise.
If you want a session
In a session I teach the structure, then ask the follow-ups until your answer holds. Thirty minutes, $40, online, credited to any package.