Pro practicePostgraduate public policy scholarship practice interview
Policy reasoning, public service motivation, stakeholder judgement and a realistic plan to turn postgraduate study into better decisions. 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
This is a competitive scholarship interview for applicants who want postgraduate training in public policy. The panel tests whether you can analyse evidence, recognise distributional trade-offs, work across competing interests and use the degree for a credible public contribution.
How to prepare
- Read the official scholarship site for current criteria, required documents and dates.
- Choose a public problem and separate its symptoms, causes, affected groups and available evidence.
- Compare at least two policy responses, including implementation risks and unintended effects.
- Prepare leadership examples that make your own decisions, conduct and results clear.
- Link specific course content to the policy work you intend to do after graduation.
Common mistakes
- Giving a passionate policy opinion without testing causes or alternative explanations.
- Ignoring groups who could bear the cost of your preferred policy.
- Presenting leadership as a job title rather than a decision you owned.
- Describing postgraduate study as the goal instead of a means to better policy work.
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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