Graduate Teacher Trainee practice interview
Learning to plan and teach clear lessons, manage a classroom, assess progress and respond well to coaching. 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.
- Entry
- 15 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This interview is for a graduate beginning structured training as a classroom teacher. The panel is looking for clear communication, sound judgement with pupils, thoughtful lesson planning and evidence that you can learn quickly from observation and coaching.
How to prepare
- Revise how a clear learning objective connects to activities and a final check for understanding.
- Prepare an example of useful feedback you received and how you acted on it.
- Practise explaining one concept simply without assuming prior knowledge.
- Think through calm responses to common classroom behaviour scenarios.
- Review the subject and age group named in the vacancy before the interview.
Common mistakes
- Claiming that strong subject knowledge removes the need to plan.
- Describing punishment without explaining routines, relationships or pupil safety.
- Treating feedback as criticism instead of showing how you use it.
- Giving an activity without stating what pupils should learn.
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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