Early Years Teacher practice interview

Play-based learning, early literacy and numeracy, care routines, safeguarding and work with families. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.

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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

An early years teacher works with the youngest learners, using play to build early reading, numbers, language and social skills. You also handle care routines, keep pupils safe and work closely with families. The panel wants warmth, patience and a clear focus on safety.

How to prepare

Prepare a play based activity you led and what it taught.
Think through your daily routine for a class of young learners from arrival to pick up.
Be ready to explain safeguarding steps, including what you do when you have a concern.
Know how you observe and record each pupil's progress.
Plan how you settle a pupil who cries at drop off.

Common mistakes

Talking about lessons as if they were for older pupils.
Giving a weak answer on safeguarding.
Forgetting to mention communication with families.

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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