Radio Presenter practice interview
Audience connection, clear links and interviews, live timing, editorial care and confident recovery when plans change. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role 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.
- Junior
- 15 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
A radio presenter guides listeners through a programme, introduces items, conducts interviews and handles live changes. The panel is looking for a natural speaking style, attentive listening, disciplined timing and responsible decisions about what should go on air.
How to prepare
- Practise short opening, transition and closing links for different radio formats.
- Prepare interview questions that invite useful answers and possible follow-ups.
- Follow current affairs and practise explaining a complicated story in plain language.
- Review how a presenter should handle unverified, offensive or legally risky caller comments.
- Time yourself speaking from brief notes so that you can finish cleanly.
Common mistakes
- Using an artificial radio voice instead of speaking clearly and naturally.
- Reading the next question without listening to the guest's answer.
- Filling time with unchecked claims when a live item fails.
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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