SIWES laboratory science placement interview practice
Laboratory safety, specimen handling, accurate records and willingness to learn supervised procedures during SIWES. Practise the 5 questions the real interviewer asks 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
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About this interview
This interview is for a laboratory science student applying for a SIWES placement in a supervised laboratory. The panel wants evidence that you respect safety, follow procedures, protect sample integrity and record observations honestly.
How to prepare
- Review basic laboratory safety, protective equipment and responses to spills or damaged containers.
- Revise how labels, controls and clear records help prevent errors.
- Prepare to explain a practical procedure you completed and the limits of your own experience.
- Think of a time you received corrective feedback and applied it carefully.
Common mistakes
- Treating speed as more important than correct identification and safe handling.
- Inventing experience with equipment or tests you have only studied in theory.
- Suggesting that an unusual result should be changed or ignored.
What to expect
A real mock interview
5 questions the way the real interviewer asks, 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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