Korean naturalization interview: likely questions, answered out loud
There is no official list of interview questions. These are expected questions we wrote from public statutes and government material, not questions released by the Ministry of Justice. The Enforcement Rules of the Nationality Act (Article 4(4)) name what the interview looks at: Korean language ability, your attitude as a citizen, and your belief in the free democratic basic order. The deck is built around those three.
What this deck teaches
The questions cover the four duties of citizens, national holidays and public holidays, the national symbols (the Taegeukgi, the national anthem, the mugunghwa and the Pledge of Allegiance to the national flag), the constitution and elections, modern Korean history, the numbers 112, 119 and 1345, and the steps of the naturalization process.
Seven cards ask about you, the way an interviewer might open. Their answers are marked [예시 답] and are only examples. Change them to your own answers in your copy of the sheet before you practise them; the interviewer wants to hear about your life, not ours.
Korean language ability is one of the things the interview assesses, so the cards are Korean only, with no translation column. Answer in complete sentences. Short fragments get the fact across but do not show the language ability the interview is checking.
This is an independent practice deck. It is not made by or affiliated with the Ministry of Justice or any other body that administers the test or the interview.
How to prepare for Korean naturalization with VoiceCards
- Listen through once first. Open a deck in Listen mode and let it read each question and answer in Korean, hands-free. Hearing the material once before you test yourself makes the longer questions easier to follow.
- Say the whole sentence. Switch to Speak mode. You see the question and say the answer out loud. Say the full sentence on the card, not just the key word: the interview listens to how you speak Korean, and the evaluation uses the same vocabulary.
- Make the example answers yours. In the interview deck, seven answers are marked [예시 답]. Replace them with your own facts in your copy of the sheet, then practise your version until you can say it without reading.
- A little every day. Twenty or thirty cards a day over a few weeks works better than one long session. Star the cards you miss and run them again the next morning.
Sample cards
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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iH7EZlPBwrJVxUFQYmIl0Bsu9M1jcLLs87MOGKTpO8o/editDo not have the app yet? Install it first, then come back and import the deck.