Barristers' chambers pupillage interview practice
Advocacy, legal analysis, ethical judgement and motivation for training in a barristers' chambers. Practise the 6 questions the real interviewer asks with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- 20 minutes
- 6 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About this interview
A pupillage interview tests whether you can think and speak like a developing barrister while remaining ethical and composed. The panel may challenge your reasoning, interrupt an advocacy exercise and examine why the Bar and that type of chambers suit you.
How to prepare
- Research the chambers' practice areas and prepare specific reasons for seeking pupillage there.
- Practise short submissions with a clear proposition, supporting authority and requested outcome.
- Review professional ethics and consider conflicts between a client's wishes and duties to the court.
- Prepare examples that show resilience, independent judgement and constructive use of feedback.
- Check the official professional body's current pupillage and conduct guidance where it applies.
Common mistakes
- Reciting a memorised speech without responding to the panel's intervention.
- Overstating an authority or inventing law when uncertain.
- Treating aggression as persuasive advocacy.
- Giving a generic reason for becoming a barrister.
What to expect
A real mock interview
6 questions the way the real interviewer asks, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 5 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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