Pro practiceStartup pitch competition final practice interview
A final-round defence of the customer problem, traction, business model, financial assumptions and plan for using competition support. Practise the 5 questions selection panels ask 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.
- 20 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the award
This final gives judges a close look at a startup before they choose a competition winner. They assess the importance of the customer problem, evidence of demand, the economics of the business, the team's priorities and how well the founder responds when assumptions are challenged.
How to prepare
- Reduce the customer problem and solution to a clear opening that fits the pitch time.
- Check every traction claim against evidence and be ready to explain how it was measured.
- Rehearse the links between pricing, direct costs, margin and cash needs in your financial model.
- Choose a small number of milestones that the competition support can realistically advance.
- Ask someone unfamiliar with the startup to challenge the weakest assumptions in your pitch deck.
Common mistakes
- Describing a broad market without identifying the first customer group.
- Presenting revenue projections that do not follow from the stated assumptions.
- Listing many uses for the support without ranking the immediate priorities.
- Answering a difficult question with another version of the prepared pitch.
What to expect
A real selection interview
5 questions the way selection panels ask, 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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