Interview practice
Practise a timed video or written answer, as often as you like. Free, and your recording stays on this device.
Choose your format
Pick a program to match its real timing, or practise in general.
Set your own thinking and answer time below.
Every question is a Stellar practice question unless it's labelled as a school's own. Stellar Advisers isn't affiliated with Kira Talent or any university.
How to practise for a university video interview
Many Canadian programs ask for a timed video or written answer as part of the application. Practising against a real clock is the best way to get calm about it.
How the studio works
Pick a format, read the question, and the thinking clock starts. When it ends, recording starts by itself and stops at zero, just like the real thing. Then you watch your answer back and check it against a short list. It's free, you don't need an account, and you can practise as many times as you like.
Real formats, from each school's own page
Program formats use only the numbers each school publishes, with a link to its page and the date we checked it. Where a school doesn't publish a number, such as Waterloo Engineering's thinking time or Ivey's answer time, we say so and you choose your own. Some schools run their assessment on Kira Talent, and UBC Sauder uses VidCruiter. Stellar Advisers isn't affiliated with Kira Talent or any university.
Our questions, never a school's
Every question is a Stellar practice question we wrote, grouped by what schools say they look for: why you chose the program, teamwork, a setback, what you'd do in a tricky situation, a creative problem, community and growth. We never show a school's real or past questions. Where a school publishes its own practice questions, like McMaster Engineering's four, we quote them exactly and link to the page.
Your recording stays on your device
The camera turns on only after you choose to start. Your recording stays in this browser's memory and is gone when you leave the page or press Delete. We never see it unless you choose to send it. If you want to keep an answer, download it.
School rules on outside help
Some schools, including McMaster Engineering, Queen's Commerce, UBC Sauder and McMaster Integrated Business and Humanities, don't allow outside help with their assessment. Timing yourself alone on our questions is fine, but we don't review practice for those programs. Our supplementary applications guide explains each school's rules.
Getting the most from a practice run
Answer the question in your first sentence. Give one real example, explain your own reasoning and finish with what you learned. Keep it inside the time, then do it again. Before the real thing, read the Kira Talent video interview guide and your program's guide, such as Queen's Commerce, McMaster Engineering, Schulich BBA or Ivey AEO.
Interview practice questions
Yes. It's free, you don't need an account, and you can practise as many times as you like.
Nowhere. It stays in your browser's memory on this device and disappears when you leave the page or press Delete. We never see it unless you choose to send it.
No. Every question is a Stellar practice question we wrote. Schools keep their real questions private, and many give each applicant questions at random. Where a school publishes its own practice questions, we quote them exactly with a link to the school's page.
We read each school's own page and show its link and the date we checked it. If a school doesn't publish a number, we say so and you choose your own. Check your invitation too, because schools can change their format.
Most current phone browsers can record video. If yours can't, the studio tells you and you can practise a written answer instead. A laptop is closer to the real thing, and some schools ask for one.
No. Stellar Advisers isn't affiliated with Kira Talent or any university. Some schools run their assessment on Kira Talent, so we name it to help you know what to expect.