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100 TOEFL® interview questions in 25 topics
Each topic has 4 questions, from your own experience to a wider issue, like the real task. Every question has two sample answers, at about 4 and about 5.5. We wrote the questions for the 2026 format; they are not ETS test questions.
7 topics
Study and campus life
- Using AI for learningFrom a time you studied with AI, to AI help versus a tutor, AI first drafts, and whether universities should require AI disclosure.
- Technology in the classroomFrom a digital tool that changed how you joined in, to laptops versus notebooks, laptop rules, and whether universities should require interactive tools.
- Learning another languageFrom a time you used a new language outside class, to whether universities should offer conversation exchanges to all students.
- Making friends at universityFrom a small moment that helped a university friendship start, to whether universities should run activities for students who struggle to make friends.
- Online coursesFrom an online course you took recently to whether universities should let students take required courses fully online.
- Reading outside classFrom a book you recently kept reading, through paper versus screens and fiction's value, to whether universities should fund leisure reading.
- Student sleep habitsFrom a time your sleep routine affected your studies to whether universities should avoid compulsory classes before 9 a.m.
4 topics
Technology and media
- Following the newsFrom a news story you looked into further, to whether universities should teach every student to check sources.
- Online shopping choicesFrom one online purchase that went well or badly to whether platforms should make sellers show clear measurements and ordinary photos.
- Smartphone habitsFrom a small problem your phone solved, to whether universities should create shared spaces where phones are put away.
- Social media useFrom something online that got you to act offline, to whether social media companies should make daily time limits easier to set.
5 topics
Everyday life
- Learning to cookFrom a meal you cooked yourself, to cooking with friends, three basic meals before leaving home, and cheap university cooking workshops.
- Exercise routinesFrom trying to build a weekly exercise habit, to team versus solo sport, whether exercise must be exhausting, and free campus facilities.
- Living with petsFrom an unexpected responsibility while looking after a pet to whether universities should allow pets in some student residences.
- Public transport choicesFrom one unusually easy or difficult bus or train trip to whether governments should fund discounted transport passes for students.
- Student travelFrom a memorable moment on a short trip to whether universities should fund student-organised educational trips.
3 topics
Money and work
- Student part-time workFrom a paid job you have done to whether campus shops and libraries should give students hiring priority.
- Managing a student budgetFrom saving up for something you wanted, to whether universities should add practical budgeting sessions to orientation.
- Working from homeFrom a day you worked from home to whether companies should let new employees work remotely from the start.
6 topics
Culture and society
- Family traditionsFrom a family tradition that felt meaningful, to changing celebrations, whether change disrespects elders, and flexible leave for family occasions.
- Visiting museumsFrom a museum object that caught your attention, to whether publicly funded museums should let students in free.
- Music in everyday lifeFrom a time music changed how an everyday task felt, to whether universities should offer free practice rooms for amateur musicians.
- Recycling habitsFrom a time you weren't sure how to recycle something, to whether campuses should replace slogan posters with photos of common waste.
- Student volunteeringFrom a volunteering activity you joined to whether universities should require volunteering hours for graduation.
- Watching sportsFrom an interesting moment in a match you watched to whether universities should fund public screenings of major sporting events.