Learning Support Assistant practice interview
Targeted literacy and numeracy support, progress checks, classroom collaboration and encouragement for learners who need extra help. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role 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.
- Junior
- 10 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
A learning support assistant helps pupils who need extra practice or a different explanation to access classroom learning. This interview looks for clear teaching, patient encouragement, useful progress records and close work with the class teacher. Strong answers keep the focus on what the learner can do next.
How to prepare
- Choose a literacy or numeracy skill and plan how you would teach it in a short support session.
- Prepare an example of adapting an explanation after a learner remained confused.
- Think through how you would record progress in specific and neutral language.
- Review how praise, prompts and gradual withdrawal of help can build independence.
Common mistakes
- Repeating the same explanation more loudly when a learner is confused.
- Using vague notes such as did well without recording what the pupil achieved.
- Separating pupils from classmates more than their support requires.
- Discussing a learner's progress where other families or pupils can hear.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
5 questions the way interviewers ask for this role, 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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