Programme Assistant practice interview
Programme scheduling, activity tracking, partner follow-up, documentation and support for accurate donor reporting. 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
- 15 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
A programme assistant helps a delivery team keep activities, records and communication in order. The panel is looking for reliable organisation, careful documentation and good judgement when plans change. Strong answers show how your support helps the wider programme meet its commitments.
How to prepare
- Review how activity plans, attendance records and action trackers support programme delivery.
- Prepare an example of coordinating several tasks with competing deadlines.
- Practise explaining how you would verify information before putting it in a report.
- Think through how you would raise a delay or discrepancy with a programme officer.
- Learn the organisation's programme themes without memorising promotional language.
Common mistakes
- Treating programme support as diary work and ignoring delivery outcomes.
- Passing on unverified figures just to finish quickly.
- Giving examples without explaining your own actions.
- Waiting silently when an activity is likely to be delayed.
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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