Qualitative health research assistantship selection practice interview
Interview technique, ethical fieldwork, qualitative analysis and careful handling of sensitive health accounts. Practise the 6 questions admissions 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.
- 15 minutes
- 6 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the programme
This selection interview tests whether you can collect and analyse detailed health accounts without leading or harming participants. The team will look for strong listening, ethical judgement, disciplined coding and reliable field records. You may be asked to respond to distress, confidentiality risks or inconsistent data collection.
How to prepare
- Practise turning closed questions into open questions and neutral follow-up probes.
- Review informed consent, confidentiality and procedures for participant distress.
- Prepare to explain how you would code transcripts and refine themes.
- Think of an example where careful listening changed your understanding of a problem.
- Review secure naming, storage and transfer practices for sensitive research data.
Common mistakes
- Using leading probes that push participants towards the researcher's assumptions.
- Treating consent as a single signature rather than an ongoing process.
- Reporting only the accounts that fit an attractive theme.
- Keeping identifiable health data in filenames or unsecured personal folders.
What to expect
A real admissions interview
6 questions the way admissions 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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