Vericant Pre-Interview (VPI)
What is the Vericant Pre-Interview (VPI)? What is the purpose?
The Vericant Pre-Interview is a mock interview designed to help students applying to K-12 abroad understand what the Vericant Interview experience is like.
Some of Vericant’s partner schools only accept a student’s first interview in their application, while others only accept the most recent interview. Experiencing the interview environment and process will help a student feel more confident and ready for their official Vericant Interview.
Note: VPI results cannot be sent to schools.
If I take VPI, will my official interview’s SEE score be higher than my VPI score?
Whether the VPI will improve one’s SEE score depends. Each person will have a different performance. The SEE score of each interview varies depending on the applicant’s overall performance during the interview.
Who should do a VPI?
VPI is only for students who are applying to K-12.
When can I register for a VPI? Where can I do a VPI?
VPI registration is available year-round.
If you are in China, the Vericant Pre-Interview (VPI) must be completed in person at one of our locations in Beijing, Shanghai, or Shenzhen.
If you are outside of China, you can complete the VPI online from anywhere in the world.
Additional in-person locations may be available upon request.
For more information, contact us at 010-84856364 or email info@vericant.com.
How many times can a student do VPI? Is there a wait time between each interview?
There is no limit to how many VPIs a student can take. There is also no required wait time between VPI attempts.
Is there a wait time between VPI and VI (official interview)?
There is a 14-day minimum wait time between the VPI and official Vericant Interview.
What is the price for a VPI (Vericant Pre-Interview)? What other products and services can you buy?
See Interview Pricing for more details.
What are the differences between VPI and VI?
- VPI results cannot be sent to any schools.
- The PSEE Score Indicator provided is a range (e.g., 4.1 – 4.6) to help students predict the range their SEE score would have fallen into if they had done the Vericant Interview for that day
What is the VPI assessment standard?
In each season, VPI will use the same assessment standards that we have for VI with two exceptions:
The writing sample prompts will have a two-choice prompt instead of three.The types of prompts are Analytical and Practical.
The writing sample word count limit is 3,600 characters instead of 3,000 like in the official Vericant Interview.
What is a SEED (Spoken English Evaluation Diagnostic) Report? Can we buy this report individually?
The SEED (Spoken English Evaluation & Diagnostic) Report is a comprehensive report about your performance during a Vericant Pre-Interview. It includes a breakdown of how you did in each of the five categories of our rubric and professional feedback on the strengths and weaknesses you displayed during the interview. To learn more about the product, click here.
The SEED Report is only available for the VPI. Standard interviews do not have the SEED Report.
You may purchase the SEED Report individually for 160 USD*. It will be delivered 5 business days after the interview results (PSEE Report) are delivered. If the SEED Report is purchased after the interview results (PSEE Report) are delivered, then the SEED Report will be delivered 5 business days after the payment is completed.
**For students residing in Mainland China, please refer to www.vericant.cn for more accurate pricing information.
If I take VPI, will my official interview’s SEE score be higher than my VPI score?
Whether the VPI will improve one’s SEE score depends. Each person will have a different performance. The SEE score of each interview varies depending on the applicant’s overall performance during the interview.
How many times can an applicant do VPI? Is there a wait time between each interview?
There is no limit to how many VPIs an applicant can take. There is also no required wait time between 2 VPIs.
How do I purchase the SEE Diagnostic?
The SEE Diagnostic is an add-on to the K-12 Vericant Pre-Interview and can be purchased anytime, before or after your K-12 Vericant Pre-Interview.
You can:
Purchase SEED as an add-on when you purchase the Vericant Pre-Interview package
Get SEED included when you purchase the Vericant Pre-Interview Standard or Deluxe package
Purchase SEED as an upgrade anytime through your Vericant student dashboard
When will I receive my SEE Diagnostic?
The diagnostic will be delivered as a PDF file to your student dashboard 5 working days after your PSEE report is delivered. If the SEE Diagnostic is purchased after the PSEE report is delivered, the SEE Diagnostic will be delivered 5 working days after purchase date.
To receive your booklet faster, you can upgrade to fast delivery for both your PSEE score and your SEE Diagnostic. Learn more on Pricing.
Is there a wait time between VPI and VI (official interview)?
There is a 14-day minimum wait time between the VPI and official Vericant Interview.
What is the price for a VPI (Vericant Pre-Interview)? What other products and services can you buy?
See our Pricing page for more details.
What is the VPI assessment standard?
In each season, VPI will use the same assessment standards that we have for VI.
Spoken English Evaluation
Writing Sample Evaluation
