Legislative fellowship for graduates practice interview
Legislative research, concise briefing, stakeholder judgement and commitment to public service. 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 interview selects graduates for practical work supporting legislative research, committee activity and public engagement. The panel wants evidence that you can analyse a policy problem, write for busy decision makers, handle competing views fairly and explain why public service matters to you.
How to prepare
- Review the programme's official guidance for its current focus, eligibility rules and expected duties.
- Learn the main stages by which a proposal becomes law in the relevant legislature.
- Practise turning a long report into a short brief with options, evidence and unanswered questions.
- Prepare examples of careful research, teamwork and service to a community or institution.
- Choose one public problem and compare legislative and non-legislative responses to it.
Common mistakes
- Treating every public problem as something a new law can solve.
- Making strong claims without explaining the quality or limits of the evidence.
- Describing the legislature only as a platform for personal visibility.
- Ignoring confidentiality and neutrality when discussing stakeholder work.
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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