integrAIt · Interview Simulator

Rehearse the interview that decides your visa

A realistic embassy or APS interview, one question at a time. The officer follows up on vague answers exactly as a real one would — then you get an honest read on whether your account would hold up.

Practice only. This is not affiliated with any embassy, consulate or the Akademische Pruefstelle, and it cannot predict a real decision.

APS interviews apply to applicants from India, China and Vietnam. From Pakistan you go straight to the embassy interview.

Choose an interview

  • APS academic evaluation interview

    The Akademische Prüfstelle verifies that you personally completed the degree your documents describe. The interviewer is an academic, not an immigration officer, and the questions are about your own studies: which subjects, which semester, what your final project actually did. The goal is to detect documents that were bought rather than earned, so fluent generalities score worse than a specific, slightly hesitant answer. Note: APS interviews apply to applicants from India, China and Vietnam — Pakistani applicants go directly to the embassy interview instead.

    German level: A2–C1 · 20 questions

  • APS interview: subject knowledge deep dive

    The technical half of the APS interview. The examiner picks core concepts from your own field and asks you to explain them in your own words — not to test whether you are a good student, but whether you have actually studied the subject at all. Candidates who memorised a script fall apart here, because the follow-up question always goes one level deeper than the prepared answer.

    German level: B1–C2 · 20 questions

  • Visa interview: proving how you finance your studies

    A focused session on the part of the visa interview applicants fail most often: financing. The officer wants to understand where the money comes from, who is providing it, whether that person can genuinely afford it, and what happens if the blocked account runs out mid-degree. Answers that name a sponsor without explaining their income rarely survive follow-up.

    German level: A2–C1 · 20 questions

  • German student visa interview at the embassy

    Your appointment for a national student visa (§16b AufenthG). The consular officer decides whether your study plan is genuine and coherent. She is polite but probes inconsistencies: why this course, why this university, why Germany, and what you intend to do after graduating. Vague or rehearsed-sounding answers are the usual reason for refusal.

    German level: A2–C1 · 20 questions