Pro practiceGuidance Counsellor practice interview
Student counselling, safeguarding referrals, career guidance, confidential records and collaboration with families and teaching staff. 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.
- Mid level
- 20 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
A guidance counsellor supports students' emotional wellbeing, academic decisions and future pathways. This interview explores your listening skills, professional boundaries and judgement when a concern may require referral. The panel also wants evidence that you can collaborate without compromising confidentiality.
How to prepare
- Prepare a counselling example that shows your approach from first contact to review.
- Revise how you explain confidentiality and act on a safeguarding concern.
- Plan how you would guide a student who feels pressured about a course choice.
- Think of a student support initiative you helped improve using patterns from your work.
Common mistakes
- Promising absolute confidentiality when a student may be at risk.
- Giving personal advice before listening and assessing the student's needs.
- Treating career guidance as choosing a course for the student.
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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