Youth mentoring programme volunteer interview practice
Trustworthy mentoring, clear boundaries, safeguarding, goal setting and reliable support for young participants. 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.
- 20 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About this interview
This interview is for a volunteer who supports a young person through regular conversations, encouragement and practical goal setting. The panel will look closely at listening skills, consistency, appropriate boundaries and the ability to act on safeguarding concerns.
How to prepare
- Prepare examples of helping someone think through a goal without making the decision for them.
- Review the programme's safeguarding and contact rules before the interview if they are available.
- Practise explaining confidentiality without promising to keep a safety concern secret.
- Think about how you would plan reliable sessions around your existing commitments.
- Consider how to support a mentee whose experiences and interests differ from yours.
Common mistakes
- Treating mentoring as a chance to control the young person's choices.
- Promising secrecy when a safeguarding concern may need to be reported.
- Using personal contact channels outside the programme's rules.
- Taking on counselling or family responsibilities beyond the mentor role.
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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