MockBase Guides
Practical guides for interviews, viva exams, academic assessments, grant interviews, and structured mock practice.
These articles are designed to help you understand what each assessment tests and how to prepare clear, evidence based answers.
Interview Preparation
- How to answer “Tell me about yourself” in an interview
- How to answer “Why do you want this job?”
- How to answer strength based interview questions
- How to answer behavioural interview questions
- How to practise behavioral interview questions in 30 minutes
- How to prepare competency based interview answers
- How to answer leadership interview questions
Civil Service Interviews
Academic Careers
PhD and Research Assessment
- What is a PhD viva? Format, examiners and outcomes
- What is a research proposal defense? Purpose, format and outcomes
- How to defend a research proposal
- How to structure a research proposal defense presentation
- 25 research proposal defense questions to practise
- How to prepare for a PhD viva
- How to run a mock PhD viva
- What is a mock viva? Purpose, limits and practice
- What is a mock defense in research?
- How to defend your thesis contribution
- Common PhD viva questions and how to answer them