Pro practiceSenior Investigative Journalist practice interview
Developing original investigations, verifying difficult claims, protecting sources and publishing clear, fair stories in the public interest. Practise the 6 questions interviewers ask for this role 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.
- Senior
- 20 minutes
- 6 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This interview tests whether you can originate and deliver investigations that are accurate, fair and worth the risk involved. The panel will look closely at how you verify evidence, protect sources, challenge your own assumptions and make difficult publication decisions.
How to prepare
- Choose two investigations and map the lead, reporting steps, evidence, obstacles and final impact.
- Review how you authenticate documents, digital material and claims from confidential sources.
- Prepare an example of changing or dropping a promising angle when the evidence did not support it.
- Think through how you offer a meaningful right of reply without exposing a source.
- Practise explaining a complex investigation in a short, clear spoken summary.
Common mistakes
- Treating one confidential source as proof of a serious allegation.
- Describing secrecy as source protection without explaining practical safeguards.
- Focusing on the drama of an investigation instead of the evidence and public interest.
- Claiming impact that cannot be separated from the work of other reporters.
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 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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