Teaching leadership fellowship practice interview
Classroom readiness, pupil learning, inclusive teaching, resilience and leadership beyond the lesson. Practise the 5 questions selection panels ask 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.
- 20 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the award
This fellowship interview assesses whether you can grow into an effective classroom teacher and a leader committed to pupil learning. The panel looks for clear thinking about lessons, calm behaviour management, inclusive expectations, resilience and willingness to work with families and colleagues.
How to prepare
- Read the programme's official guidance for current eligibility, placement expectations and selection activities.
- Prepare a simple lesson with a clear objective, an activity and a quick check for understanding.
- Review practical ways to establish routines and correct behaviour without humiliating a pupil.
- Develop examples that show leadership, perseverance, feedback and work with a community.
- Practise explaining how you would adapt a lesson when resources, electricity or connectivity are limited.
Common mistakes
- Talking about inspiring pupils without explaining how you will check what they learned.
- Treating punishment as the main way to manage classroom behaviour.
- Assuming every pupil has the same prior knowledge or home resources.
- Presenting the fellowship as a temporary activity rather than a serious service commitment.
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 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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