The Vericant High School Interview

Verify Applicant Skills

Interview

Recorded 11-13 minute conversation

Review

Proctored 30-minute writing sample

SEE Score

Rates English and communication

"The (Vericant) Interviews have become a valuable and flexible part of our evaluation process. We are very pleased with the students that we enrolled, with significant help from Vericant."

Steve DownesDirector, Center for International Students, Tabor Academy

"Services like Vericant are very helpful because they allow schools get to know a number of applicants that's very hard to replicate on their own...(the Interview) doesn't give a complete picture, but it helps to give a part of the pictures schools need to know in order to determine a good fit."

Pete UphamFormer Executive Director, The Association of Boarding Schools

"The (Vericant) Interview really matters...in terms of our assessing fit and getting to know (applicants) as individuals – that's one of the best parts of the process."

Peter G. CurranHead of School, Blair Academy

"(The Vericant Interview) is really helpful for us, and I totally did not expect them to interview students in such a clever and unexpected way. Through the video interview, we can understand the applicant’s English speaking ability more fully. I have to say, it’s really a great idea."

Ben DouglasSenior Associate Director of Admissions, Episcopal High School

"Vericant is essential to our admission process. I review both the SEE score and interview recording when selecting students for an admission interview. This provides me with a clear assessment of applicants’ communication skills."

Jenna CameronAssistant Director of Admissions, Ridley College

Structured interviews

“Meet” each of your applicants to evaluate actual English language ability, interaction & communication skills, personality, charisma, confidence, etc

Structured interviews

“Meet” each of your applicants to evaluate actual English language ability, interaction & communication skills, personality, charisma, confidence, etc

Verify applicants

A sequence of behavioral questions guides applicants to share information which can correlate information from other materials.

Verify applicants

A sequence of behavioral questions guides applicants to share information which can correlate information from other materials.

Spoken English Evaluation

Vericant's proprietary rating metric helps admissions teams prioritize applications and correlate test scores with spoken ability.

Spoken English Evaluation

Vericant's proprietary rating metric helps admissions teams prioritize applications and correlate test scores with spoken ability.

Prioritize

An online portal for Admissions Officers makes reviewing and tracking interviews easy. Easy integration with platforms such as Slate.

Prioritize

An online portal for Admissions Officers makes reviewing and tracking interviews easy. Easy integration with platforms such as Slate.

Learn about the SEE and how it helps schools

The Spoken English Evaluation is a well-established metric used by respected schools for over a decade.

"(The Vericant Interview) is highly beneficial for me because it helps me streamline the applicants. The Vericant Interview is very helpful to hear the students’ English ability, especially when it's free range conversation, or they're asked to describe the picture and give a lot of detail. Those are things they can't necessarily practice for, curveballs that give me a sense of how they are able to adapt."

Jennifer WelchFormer Associate Director of Admissions, Thayer Academy

"Students applying to Ashville School are a diverse and talented group. Sometimes, this group is difficult to make sense of and evaluate. The Vericant Interview helped us solve this problem. For schools, our time and resources are very limited. Vericant helped us greatly improve the efficiency of our assessment of students applying from China. In a sense, this is a huge improvement for our school itself."

Morgan ScovilleFormer Director of Admissions, Asheville School

"Frankly, I think the interview techniques are better than what I’m using in our office. I was intrigued with the questions. They aren’t these sort of pre-form questions that kids can always expect and plan for."

Leo MarshallFormer Director of Admissions, The Webb Schools

"Vericant’s interview format and questioning style allow us to make an initial assessment of a student’s English competency to ensure that we are inviting those students who have a higher likelihood of success into our process."

Rebecca HurykDirector of International Admission, Virginia Episcopal School

"McCallie uses Vericant interviews throughout the application process. They serve as a way for us to identify interested students early in the process. The Vericant Interview is a data point for English language proficiency and trajectory over time. If a student sits for an interview in August or September, we are able to compare that to our own notes from December and January."

Patrick "Patch" LawsonAssociate Director of Admission, The McCallie School

What happens during the Interview?

The Vericant Interview is a 11-13 minute behavioral style interview. Vericant interviewers are trained to not only help a student talk about themselves and their interests, but also engage them in a real time, face to face English conversation demonstrating their genuine spoken English ability.

The High School Vericant Interview

Introduction

The applicant is asked a question to warm up and help them get comfortable.

Reflective

In some circumstances the reflective question may be asked in the interviewee's native language.

Picture

The applicant is shown two photos and asked to describe and discuss one of them.

Free Speech

Applicants can optionally talk for up to 2 minutes about anything they felt has not yet been covered in the interview.

In-Depth

The applicant is asked questions about major experiences, relationships, or challenges in their life.

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Sample Question Videos

Build confidence and prepare effectively by familiarizing yourself with questions for the Interview. Click the image to review a video presenting the question and a sample answer from an applicant.

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Introduction Question

This section is intended to help applicants become comfortable with the interview format and the style of the interviewer. The interviewer asks follow-up questions.

Sample Question Videos

Build confidence and prepare effectively by familiarizing yourself with questions for the Interview. Click the image to review a video presenting the question and a sample answer from an applicant.

Introduction Question

This section is intended to help applicants become comfortable with the interview format and the style of the interviewer. The interviewer asks follow-up questions.

Picture Question

Applicants are given two random pictures and asked to describe one of them. The interviewer asks follow-up questions and the applicant and the interviewer have a conversation based on the picture.

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Picture Question

Applicants are given two random pictures and asked to describe one of them. The interviewer asks follow-up questions and the applicant and the interviewer have a conversation based on the picture.

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In-Depth Question

This section is intended to start a conversation about the applicant's past, giving the applicant the chance to describe specific experiences from their life. We encourage applicants to share how they have approached situations in the past as a way to understand how they might act in the future).

In-Depth Question

Reflective Question

This section is intended to give applicants the opportunity to reflect upon what is important to them. We encourage applicants to share their reasoning and support as the interviewer will not ask questions.

In some circumstances the reflective question may be asked in the interviewee's native language.

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Reflective Question

In some circumstances the reflective question may be asked in the interviewee's native language.

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Free Speech

Applicants can use the Free Speech section to do a self introduction, talk directly to the school, or discuss anything that they feel they did not get to talk about in the interview. The interviewer will not ask or answer any questions during this time.

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Interview Benefits

The Vericant Interview, and admissions interviews in general, are extremely helpful for developing deeper insight into applicants, more accurately understanding spoken English ability, and improving admissions office efficiency.

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Insight

"I had a student struggle to communicate with me (during the school interview) so I went back and reviewed the Chinese portion of his Vericant interview, and it was like seeing a totally different child. It showed a different side of his personality, and that allowed me to see his potential."

Interview Benefits

Insight

Personality

"A friend's father had passed away from cancer, and (the applicant) organized a marathon that raised significant money. That's something that you can see in an application, but you don't get that enthusiasm, you don't see the passion, the face light up when they're talking about that (in an interview)."

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Personality

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Confidence

“(The applicant’s) EAL score was a little low. But during the interview, he used a really wide range of strategies to overcome language barriers, to effectively communicate a mature and thoughtful artistic perspective…through the course of the interview, I could see he was fine.”