Direct Entry screening for engineering practice interview
Prior technical learning, engineering problem solving, mathematics and physics foundations, and readiness to join at an advanced level. Practise the 6 questions admissions panels ask 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 the programme
This screening helps a university decide whether your earlier qualification provides the right foundation for advanced entry into engineering. Expect questions about your transcript, technical concepts, practical problem solving and how you will manage any difference between your previous curriculum and the new programme.
How to prepare
- Map the modules from your previous qualification to the engineering discipline you have selected.
- Review the mathematics and physics principles behind familiar machines, structures or electrical systems.
- Prepare one practical example where you diagnosed a fault or improved a design.
- Identify likely curriculum gaps and make a concrete study plan for addressing them.
- Check JAMB and the institution's official information for current Direct Entry rules.
Common mistakes
- Listing module names without explaining what you learnt or applied.
- Jumping into calculations before identifying assumptions, units and constraints.
- Treating safety as optional when discussing cost or speed.
- Assuming advanced entry means you will have no knowledge gaps to address.
What to expect
A real admissions interview
6 questions the way admissions panels ask, 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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