Journal manuscript editorial panel practice interview
Defending a manuscript's contribution, methods, interpretation and revisions before an editorial panel. Practise the 6 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
- 6 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About this interview
An editorial panel discussion examines whether a manuscript makes a sound, useful and responsibly reported contribution. Authors may be asked to defend methodological choices, respond to peer review and show where the claims should be narrowed or clarified.
How to prepare
- Summarise the manuscript's contribution in one precise sentence and compare it with the closest literature.
- Review every major methodological choice, assumption and limitation.
- Map each reviewer concern to a revision, supporting evidence or respectful reason for disagreement.
- Check that claims in the abstract, results and conclusion are consistent.
- Review authorship, funding, data and competing interest disclosures.
Common mistakes
- Treating every reviewer comment as a misunderstanding.
- Claiming novelty without identifying the nearest prior work.
- Defending a broad conclusion after accepting a material limitation.
- Answering technical questions with detail that obscures the decision at issue.
What to expect
A real mock interview
6 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 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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