Senior secondary subject placement practice interview
Choosing a senior secondary subject pathway using academic strengths, interests and future study plans. Practise the 5 questions admissions panels ask 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.
- 15 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the programme
A subject placement interview helps a school place you in a suitable senior secondary pathway and subject combination. Teachers look for informed choices, evidence from your schoolwork and a willingness to consider guidance when interests and current performance do not fully match.
How to prepare
- Find out what each preferred subject covers at senior secondary level.
- Review your recent results and select examples of work that show your strengths.
- Consider how your subject combination keeps useful further study options open.
- Think about one alternative subject combination and why it could also work.
- Ask a teacher how your present study habits may need to change.
Common mistakes
- Choosing a pathway only because friends are choosing it.
- Ignoring current results or the amount of work each subject requires.
- Presenting one career idea as the only acceptable future.
- Rejecting guidance without listening to the reasons behind it.
What to expect
A real admissions interview
5 questions the way admissions 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 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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