Programme Intern (Community Development) practice interview
Learning to support community assessments, meetings, activity delivery, feedback collection and programme records. 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.
- Entry
- 10 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
A community development intern supports research, meetings and practical activities while learning how programmes work. The interviewer does not expect long professional experience. They are looking for curiosity, respect for community knowledge, careful note-taking and evidence that you act on feedback.
How to prepare
- Read about participatory approaches and why communities should shape activities that affect them.
- Choose examples from study, service or volunteering that show listening and teamwork.
- Practise separating what you observed from what you assumed in a short field note.
- Prepare to explain what you want to learn and the useful skills you already bring.
- Think of ways to include people who are quiet or often missed in group discussions.
Common mistakes
- Speaking as though communities are passive recipients of help.
- Apologising for limited experience instead of using examples from study or service.
- Claiming to know what a community needs before listening.
- Describing an internship only in terms of what you will receive.
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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