Postgraduate public health scholarship practice interview
Public health purpose, evidence-based thinking, community perspective and a credible plan to turn postgraduate learning into impact. 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 postgraduate public health scholarship interview connects your academic plans with a health problem you understand. The panel looks for careful use of evidence, respect for communities, clarity about the skills you need and a practical plan for applying the learning in policy, programmes, research or service delivery.
How to prepare
- Check the provider's official scholarship page for current eligibility, covered study, conditions and dates.
- Define one public health challenge precisely and review credible evidence about its drivers.
- Identify the course modules or methods that would strengthen your ability to respond.
- Prepare an example of ethical engagement with patients, communities or programme participants.
- Map a realistic first step after graduation and the partners needed to take it.
Common mistakes
- Describing a health problem only in broad global terms.
- Treating a single statistic as proof of the cause of a problem.
- Speaking for communities without evidence that you have listened to them.
- Offering an impact plan that depends on authority or resources you do not have.
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 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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