Humanitarian innovation fund interview practice
A safer and more useful humanitarian solution, with evidence, ethical testing, operational fit and a path to wider adoption. Practise the 5 questions selection 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
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the award
A humanitarian innovation fund interview examines a proposed solution to a problem faced during crisis response or recovery. The panel wants evidence that the problem matters, that testing is ethical, that the solution can work under operational constraints and that learning will be useful beyond one pilot.
How to prepare
- Check the fund's official guidance for current scope, eligibility, safeguarding and data requirements.
- Trace each important design choice to evidence from affected people or frontline operations.
- Separate what testing has shown from assumptions that still need to be challenged.
- Review consent, privacy, safeguarding and unintended harm with appropriate specialists.
- Test how the proposal changes when connectivity, staffing, transport or supplies are disrupted.
Common mistakes
- Designing around technology rather than a priority identified by affected people.
- Calling an idea proven after a small or poorly explained test.
- Treating consent, privacy or safeguarding as paperwork to complete later.
- Assuming a successful pilot will be adopted without fitting existing humanitarian workflows.
What to expect
A real selection interview
5 questions the way selection 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 5 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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