Pro practicePublic policy fellowship practice interview
Policy understanding, analysis, motivation for public service and stakeholder engagement. Practise the 5 questions selection panels ask 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.
- 20 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the award
A public policy fellowship interview selects people who want to shape how government and public institutions make decisions. The panel looks at your understanding of a policy area, your ability to analyse problems and trade-offs, your motivation for public service and how you work with stakeholders such as officials, communities and businesses.
How to prepare
- Choose one policy issue you care about and know its causes, the current approach and possible fixes.
- Practise weighing trade-offs, such as cost against reach, rather than arguing for one perfect answer.
- Prepare an example of working with people who disagreed with you and how you found common ground.
- Read recent public reports and news in your chosen area so your facts are current.
- Be clear about why public service and not a private sector career.
Common mistakes
- Giving opinions without evidence or a sense of what is practical to implement.
- Arguing from strong personal opinion instead of analysing the policy on its merits.
- Ignoring the people a policy affects and focusing only on theory.
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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