Broadcast Journalist practice interview
Finding and verifying stories, writing for the ear, interviewing contributors and delivering accurate live or recorded reports. Practise the 6 questions interviewers ask for this role 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.
- Mid level
- 20 minutes
- 6 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This interview covers the complete broadcast reporting process, from finding an angle and verifying claims to scripting, interviewing and handling live disruption. The panel wants evidence that you can make a story clear for listeners or viewers while protecting accuracy and editorial fairness.
How to prepare
- Practise turning a complex written story into a short script that sounds natural when spoken.
- Prepare examples of field reporting, live delivery and interviews with difficult contributors.
- Review how you verify user-generated audio, pictures and video before using them.
- Plan how you would work around power, connectivity, equipment or access problems.
- Study how sound and pictures can add information rather than merely repeat the script.
Common mistakes
- Writing sentences that read well on a page but sound dense when spoken.
- Using dramatic material before confirming where and when it was recorded.
- Answering live-production scenarios without a backup communication plan.
- Describing the finished package without separating your work from the team's contribution.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
6 questions the way interviewers ask for this role, 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 4 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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