Radio Presenter (Current Affairs) practice interview
Current-affairs research, live interviewing, impartial presentation, audience clarity and sound on-air judgement. 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.
- Mid level
- 15 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This interview assesses how you explain, question and judge current-affairs material during live radio. The panel is looking for disciplined research, impartial framing, firm but fair follow-up questions and calm decisions when guests make contested claims.
How to prepare
- Practise short links that explain why a current issue matters and identify what remains disputed.
- Prepare examples of interviews where close listening led you to challenge an answer or change direction.
- Research an unfamiliar public-interest issue and reduce your verified notes to clear on-air prompts.
- Review how you would handle allegations, offensive language and inaccurate claims during a live contribution.
- Rehearse adjusting your delivery when a producer changes timings through your headphones.
Common mistakes
- Giving listeners names and claims without enough context to understand the issue.
- Reading every question from a script without testing the guest's answer.
- Presenting balance as equal airtime when the available evidence is not equal.
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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