UK computer science tutorial admission interview practice
Computational thinking, algorithm design, abstraction and reasoning about unfamiliar technical problems. Practise the 5 questions admissions 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 programme
A UK computer science tutorial admission interview explores how you think about computation, not just which languages you have used. The interviewer may introduce a puzzle or abstract system, question your assumptions and offer a hint to see how you refine your method.
How to prepare
- Practise turning everyday processes into precise sequences of steps.
- Review basic ideas about algorithms, data structures, logic and efficiency.
- Compare more than one solution to a problem and explain the trade-offs.
- Work through technical puzzles while stating inputs, outputs and edge cases.
- Review any programming project or computing topic mentioned in your personal statement.
Common mistakes
- Reciting programming syntax when the question is about the underlying method.
- Claiming that an algorithm works without checking edge cases.
- Optimising a method before explaining a correct basic solution.
- Defending an initial answer after a hint has exposed a weakness.
What to expect
A real admissions interview
5 questions the way admissions 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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