Today in this video we are going to talk about what are the GTE questions that you will be
asked if you are interested in joining a certain University here in Australia I recommend you to
watch this video till the end because it's going to be super informative without any further Ado
let's get started you all must be knowing that this is the intake time right June July August
wherein most of the international students will start applying um to the universities here and
they would move from foreign countries to here in Australia in order to pursue their further
education so once you start applying for these universities there would be certain calls that
you get from these universities as a form of GTE interview now GTE is nothing but genuine
temporary entrant Australian government always considers GTA entrance to enter the country and
pursue their higher education if you are not a GTE entrant which is genuine temporary entrant there
would be high chances for your Visa refuses some of the times if you go ahead and talk to someone
um who have applied for student visa and have got their visas refused um there would be reasons
mentioned that the genuine temporary um entry requirements were not fulfilled so these are some
of the things that Australian government considers it as really uh deciding factor to provide visa
to that particular candidate or no now first and foremost you must be knowing that these GTE calls
will be made by the universities to understand um if the student knows all the details and
the student is aware of what process he will be going through or which university he has picked
which course he has picked are they having enough clarity about what they are doing further so these
calls most of the times would be phone calls but sometimes it can be a video call as well
it can be a zoom meeting it can be teams meeting you will be informed prior if it is a video call
um but otherwise if it is a phone call you will get a call to your phone and you just have to talk
and give your interview when I applied for Latrobe University I did get this call and it was about
a 30 to 40 minute call wherein all the questions were asked in detail when I was supposed to answer
them in a detailed manner as well so the first set of questions immediately once you receive
the call are you will provide the salutations Hi how are you and all of that and once that is done
the first set of questions would be they would be asking your personal details for example your
name where are you from um which city are you from and um which university have you applied
in all of that now it is really important for you to check the details from your passport and
give your details as per your passport itself I'm not sure to what extent that would affect if you
if you miss out your middle name or anything of that sort but um to be on the safest side I always
um had my passport right in front of me if anyone asked my name I made sure that I gave my full name
first name plus last name I know some of the students also do have middle names so please
make sure how that's printed on your passport and how you you are utilizing that name and how
you are giving out that name to the university to the Embassy to the immigration department
later now some of the details that they might ask would be your full name your personal address and
um also your passport number these are some of the details that they ask in order to verify you as
a student are you the right one who is talking on the phones because um when when when I was
applying to the university I had a lot of them say um there were certain scams going on wherein the
student is unable to communicate well in English um so someone else is talking on the behalf of
student without informing the authorities so that is something which is um straight away not legal
right so in order to verify the details um these are some of the first set of questions that you
will be asked secondly they would ask your choice of country as in why did you choose Australia
um when you had the options of Canada USA you okay and any other countries so it is important
for you to say why have you chosen Australia and you you have to be really mindful when
you're answering these questions you should not some of the agents some of the education agents
back in India because I'm from India I know the scenario there so some of them just give you a set
of answers that you have to prepare and then you just blur it out when someone gives you a call but
um I suggest you not to do so give them genuine reasons and when you when you are talking to them
it shouldn't be as if you're reading something and as if you've prepared something right for me
for example I never ever was interested in USA I've not even applied for that country
I've not even started the process all the time I was pretty much sure about Australia and one
of the disadvantages that I always considered for Canada visits whether it's it's something that I
cannot deal with so that is why I wasn't um hell went on Canada itself so I gave the the officer
um certain reasons certain practical reasons why certain countries were not on my radar and why
Australia was always my first choice the next set of questions would be about your background
such as your academic background your family background and your maybe you know where have
you lived uh have you have you traveled anywhere internationally or have you lived internationally
anywhere before and all of that now it is really important for you to be mindful when you're
answering these questions because sometimes they will have all the details in fact most of the time
so if there is any uh conflict of information then you might be flagged so so for example if you if
they're asking about your family background it is important for you to mention all of your siblings
information where are they living because that's one of the questions that I was asked
um so because I've got my sister they've asked me uh if my sister lives in Australia or any
other country apart from India some of the cases what happens is you will have siblings here in
Australia right so um they would like to get that information because that that might be one of the
most important piece of information that they want another question uh would be about your
academic background now for example immediately after finishing my bachelor's I moved here to
Australia to pursue my masters but some of them um do have their work experience uh will be working
um back in their home countries for about um two to three years and then they would like
to pursue higher education right so that sort of academic background and work background will be
questioned and you should be able to answer if you have any work history previous work history
you should be able to answer which company have you worked during what timeline have you worked
when did you finish your bachelor's and how many months you were able to get that job and then how
many years or months have you worked there if you've moved when did you move and all of that
information is quite important so please be mindful about the dates when you talk to the
officer and if they're asking then yeah just go ahead and answer now once once that sort
of background information is asked then they will go ahead and start asking questions about
your choices now firstly they would ask about the country which we have already discussed secondly
what they would ask is your choice of course for example I've chosen masters of information and
communication technology so she was asking me how this course was related to my course that
I pursued back in bachelor's so you should be able to answer those questions genuinely now if you are
someone who is genuinely interested in what you're studying here in Australia you should have checked
the curriculum you should have understood what are the strains what are the weaknesses what are
they going to teach in that particular course now for example um they did ask me why did I choose
this course and why not Masters in data science or Masters in software engineering and all of that so
one of the things that I mentioned was when I checked the curriculum on the lateral website I
understood there's no much of a coding involved in this particular course and because my bachelor's
is also having a background in networking at this particular course aligns really well with what
I've studied back in bachelor's so I was able to relate this kind of information and talk to her
uh genuinely about my course Choice the reason why they ask this is a lot of students are just
because one particular course isn't the Sol list and you know just because agents also sometimes
um sell you courses that way this particular course is in the Sol list so you'll be able to get
your PR straight away so go ahead and take this course you know this is how sometimes it goes so
um the authorities would like to know if you are very much aware of what you're jumping
into and what you're going to study or pursue for the next two years that is also one of the
reasons why when I get a lot of messages asking sarani how is this particular course um will
this course give me PR that is not something really important at that point in time because
um when you when you don't do your personal research you will not be able to answer such
questions if authorities are asking you and you don't know what time they're going to turn up and
and give you a call and ask you certain questions right and another thing which I also want to point
out is if your course is in the Sol list now that is in 2023 by the time you finish your Masters
and by the time you finish your temporary work visa conditions that is your TR Visa it'll be
about two plus years which means the rules keep changing so not sure after two years if that
course is still going to be in that Sol list so this is something which I always keep emphasizing
um when most of you message me okay now back to the topic the next question they might ask you
um based on your choices is why certain University now um I'm not sure if you are a new follower on
my channel um I've received offer letters from swinburne Central Queensland which is cqu and
then La Trope so out of this my choice was literal so um the authorities when they called me up um
they asked me about why did I choose Latrobe over any other university especially deemed
universities like University of Melbourne rmit University deakin university Monash University
there are a lot of options right so I was able to provide a really good explanation because
um coding was not my forte when I checked the course curriculum and compared course
curriculum out of all these universities a couple of universities that were shortlisted by myself
I I felt the course curriculum provided by Latrobe suits my strengths and what I have
studied back in bachelor's which is why that was my first choice so you should be able to explain
why you are choosing that particular University right because there are plenty of universities
um never mind if you're choosing Melbourne as you city or Sydney as your city or any other place but
you should be able to choose you should be able to answer why you have chosen that particular
University another set of questions that I I found that they would be asking is they will ask have
you done enough research on any other country or any other universities and all of that so
um for me uh specifically when they asked me this question then I accepted and said that yes
um there were other universities offering such courses as well but as compared to the course
curriculum the location the tuition fee and the whole research that I've done talking to people
talking to friends and um you know current existing students I found this particular
University to be better and all of that so you should be able to justify your choices and you
should be able to tell them that you have done your research and you're not just blindly in this
process the primary purpose of these questions is they would like to know that if student is
genuinely interested in pursuing this particular education or if it's just the agent who's who's
just blindly pushing the student in this particular course and then getting their
commission cut and um also for their PR and you know there's there's a lot that happens
so it is important for you to emphasize that you have done your research how did you do um what
is different from your choices and the choices that you haven't made and so on and so forth the
final side of questions will be all about your financials which means they would ask who will
be funding your course uh what sort of financial background you come from uh would your parents do
and all of that so you should be able to tell them that you are doing financially great this is what
my parents do this is how they would be supporting my education if they are supporting your education
and if you're going to go ahead and take any education loan that's what's something you have to
um you know be aware of and be mindful of as well some of the pointers that I would like
to mention here would be if you don't understand the questions that they are asking politely ask
them to repeat so instead of answering something that's incorrect if you don't understand just ask
them could you please repeat this question and go ahead and understand and then answer because
that's the best way to go forward secondly be confident in your answers if they understand that
you are hesitating or if you are stumbling upon your words and unable to answer that's that's a
red flag for them and do not lie please don't lie um during these interviews because it is important
these interviews sometimes uh they become make or break as deciding factors so please be careful
about it I hope this video was quite informative go ahead and share this video to all the ones who
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