Second Officer (Deck) practice interview
Passage planning, bridge watchkeeping, chart corrections, safety equipment and clear decisions during navigation incidents. Practise the 6 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.
- Mid level
- 20 minutes
- 6 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This interview tests whether you can take a safe navigational watch and support the master with reliable passage planning and records. The panel will look for practical judgement, disciplined use of bridge procedures and clear communication when traffic, weather or equipment creates uncertainty.
How to prepare
- Revise the steps for appraisal, planning, execution and monitoring of a berth-to-berth passage.
- Prepare examples of close-quarters decisions, poor visibility and equipment defects you handled safely.
- Review how you correct charts and publications and record navigational checks.
- Practise explaining when you would call the master and how you would challenge an unsafe instruction.
- Check the official issuing body for the current rules affecting your licence and certificates.
Common mistakes
- Reciting collision rules without explaining the observations and decisions you would make.
- Treating the pilot or electronic navigation system as a substitute for your own watchkeeping judgement.
- Giving vague answers about chart corrections, log entries or calling the master.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
6 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 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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