Pro practiceDirector of Policy and Strategy practice interview
Setting institutional direction, commissioning policy advice, aligning portfolios and guiding executives through change. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
A Pro practice interview, on the Pro plan from ₦5,000 a month billed yearly, or on Premium.
- Lead
- 20 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This executive interview examines how you set direction and protect the quality of policy advice across an institution. The panel will look for prioritisation, governance, mature counsel to senior leaders and evidence that you can build a strong strategy function while leading difficult change.
How to prepare
- Prepare a concise account of a strategy you shaped from diagnosis through delivery review.
- Review how you commission, challenge and approve policy advice under time pressure.
- Think through how you would reduce a crowded portfolio to a defensible set of priorities.
- Prepare an example of giving unwelcome evidence-based advice to a senior decision maker.
- Check the official vacancy notice for the current mandate and recruitment requirements.
Common mistakes
- Calling a collection of initiatives a strategy without making choices.
- Allowing urgency or hierarchy to remove evidence and challenge from decisions.
- Hiding disagreement instead of giving leaders clear options and consequences.
- Discussing institutional change without explaining accountability or staff engagement.
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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