Five lessons for anyone interviewing at director, partner or vice-president level: your story, your leadership, your clients, your thinking and your close.
A senior interview is not a test of English. It is a test of judgement, delivered in English, in front of people who have heard a hundred polished answers. These five lessons prepare you for that conversation: the answers panels actually want, the vocabulary of the role, the grammar that makes you sound precise and calm, and a timed mock interview you can score against the same five criteria panels use.
Work through them in order, or choose the one you most fear. Each is a 50-minute lesson in five parts: key words, a scenario told in three parts, one grammar focus, a closer look at what the panel is really assessing, and a speaking tab with a rehearsal method, hostile questions and a full mock interview. Every lesson works for any sector, and you add your own details.
The five lessons
Answer every question aloud before you reveal anything.
Write your own answer with your own numbers, then compare with a model.
Record yourself, listen back, fix one thing, repeat at 90 and 45 seconds.
Run the full mock interview and mark yourself on the five criteria.