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Internship screen

A short first-round screen for interns and placement students with little or no work history. It draws on studies, projects, part-time jobs and hobbies to look at curiosity, initiative, communication and follow-through. Follow-ups push for a concrete example and what the candidate personally did.

Suits: Intern, Summer intern, Industrial placement student, Work experience student

Questions
6 of 17
Length
25 min
Format
Voice or typed
Levels
Junior
See this interview on a 30-minute call.
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Example
  1. Interviewer: Tell me about a time you changed someone's mind at work. How did you go about it?

  2. Candidate: Our team wanted to rebuild the billing page from scratch, and I thought it was the wrong call, so we put together a plan to…

  3. Follow-up

    Interviewer: You said "we". What did you say yourself, and what finally changed their mind?

  4. Scored on

    • Curiosity and learning30%
    • Initiative25%
    • Communication25%
    • Reliability20%

    Score, reasons and recording. Your team decides.

An example exchange. This interview's own questions open when you use it.

What it listens for, and how much each part counts.

Every answer is scored against this guide, with the reasoning written beside the score. You get the recording or the written answers too, and your team makes the call.

  • Curiosity and learning30%
    Shows they seek out new knowledge and can explain how they learn.
  • Initiative25%
    Acts sensibly without being told and owns their part of the work.
  • Communication25%
    Explains clearly and knows when and how to ask or tell.
  • Reliability20%
    Keeps commitments, owns mistakes and follows through.
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