Pro practiceMaster's scholarship practice interview
Academic excellence, leadership and impact, programme fit and plans to return and contribute. Practise the 6 questions selection panels ask with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
A Pro practice interview, on the Pro plan from ₦5,000 a month billed yearly, or on Premium.
- 20 minutes
- 6 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the award
A master's scholarship interview decides who receives funding for a postgraduate degree, often abroad. The panel weighs your academic excellence, your record of leadership and impact, why this programme and university fit your goals, and how you plan to use what you learn when you return home.
How to prepare
- Know your chosen programme's modules and why they match your goals better than the alternatives.
- Prepare a clear account of one project where you led people and produced a measurable result.
- Set out a realistic plan for the first few years after you return, naming the sector and the problem you will work on.
- Reread your application essays so your answers match what you wrote.
- Keep up with news in your field at home so you can discuss current challenges with confidence.
Common mistakes
- Giving vague return plans like wanting to give back without saying how.
- Naming the university for its ranking instead of its specific programme strengths.
- Overclaiming credit for team results and then struggling when the panel probes the details.
What to expect
A real selection interview
6 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 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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