Social Researcher (Qualitative) practice interview
Qualitative study design, ethical fieldwork, skilled interviewing, rigorous analysis and evidence-led reporting. 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
- 15 minutes
- 6 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This interview tests whether you can design and conduct ethical qualitative research that produces defensible insight. The panel is interested in sampling choices, neutral interviewing, field judgement, systematic analysis and reporting that preserves nuance rather than selecting convenient quotes.
How to prepare
- Prepare a qualitative project and explain how the research question shaped your sampling and method choices.
- Practise neutral probes for vague, socially desirable or contradictory answers.
- Review consent, confidentiality, safeguarding and secure handling of field notes and transcripts.
- Choose an example of how you developed, tested and revised a coding framework.
- Be ready to explain how negative cases or minority views changed your interpretation.
Common mistakes
- Choosing participants by convenience without discussing whose views may be missing.
- Leading participants towards expected answers or treating a focus group like a survey.
- Presenting memorable quotations as if they establish how common a view is.
- Describing themes without showing how coding, comparison and contradictory evidence supported them.
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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