Hiya Anon,
Many congrats on securing your ambassador interview! I am a recent Bath graduate and for the whole of my 4-year degree I was also a student ambassador - and I must say even though I loved my course being ambassador was definitely a huge highlight
Here are my thoughts on things you might want to think about for the interview:
Be authentic - Although ambassadors are there to represent the university and their department, you are also representing students, and more specifically, you
- sharing your personal experience and what you genuinely think and love about your course, your uni and student life will be a key part of your ambassador role, so although a little cliched, just be your authentic self and try not to feel pressured to showcase a personality which does not suit you.
Be friendly - This one goes without saying! Ambassadors who are unfriendly and/or grumpy don't show the university in the best light! So do your best to smile, be a little lighthearted when appropriate, and chatty.
Be confident - This is a tough one if you are an introverted person - but if you put yourself in the shoes of people coming to visit your uni, a quirky, bubbly ambassador is greatly reassuring and welcoming - and the team interviewing you know that too! Try to have a good posture, good voice projection, look the interviewers in the eye. And if you are not a naturally confident person, this is okay
- fake it for now, but as you do more and more events as an ambassador your confidence will grow and it will get easier every time.
You have to know everything! Its good to have as much knowledge as you can about your university and what's on offer, but this doesn't mean you have to know everything! If you don't know the answer to anything you're asked or you don't have personal experience of something, then its always better to just say so, but try to point people in the right direction or find out for them.
Be enthusiastic about your course and your University - at the end of the day, ambassadors are the faces and voices of any University and are here to represent them, so its important that show that you are proud to be part of yours uni and to be a student there - its also great if you can be enthusiastic about your course, and any other extra-curriculars you are involved in. Do you have favourite modules? Are you part of any societies? Enthusiasm is contagious!
Very best of luck tomorrow - please let us know on here how you did if you are happy to!
Holly
University of Bath