Chartering Assistant practice interview
Supporting cargo and vessel matching, comparing voyage options, recording negotiations and following fixtures accurately. Practise the 5 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.
- Junior
- 15 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
A chartering assistant supports the search, negotiation and follow-up needed to match cargoes with suitable vessels. The panel is looking for accurate commercial thinking, a basic grasp of chartering terms and the discipline to record fast-moving negotiations without changing their meaning.
How to prepare
- Revise the basic differences between voyage and time charters and the information contained in a cargo order or vessel position.
- Practise comparing two voyage options in a spreadsheet using clearly labelled assumptions.
- Review common concepts such as freight, laytime, demurrage, vessel position and subjects.
- Prepare an example of handling detailed commercial information against a short deadline.
- Follow current dry bulk, tanker or liner market commentary relevant to the employer's work.
Common mistakes
- Comparing freight rates without considering vessel position, time and voyage costs.
- Paraphrasing an offer in a way that changes a commercial term.
- Using chartering vocabulary without being able to explain it in plain language.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
5 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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