Know the questions your submission will provoke โ before the day arrives.
A forensic written report of the questions your RICS APC panel is most likely to ask, built from your own Case Study and Summary of Experience by the assessor who has spent three decades asking them.
The gap that catches well-prepared candidates
Most candidates prepare for the questions they hope they will be asked. The panel asks the questions your submission invites โ and that is where well-prepared candidates come unstuck.
The questions at your final assessment are not random. A panel reads your Case Study and Summary of Experience and probes the decisions, the gaps, and the claims you cannot fully evidence. If you can see those questions before the day, you can prepare proper answers. If you cannot, you are answering them for the first time in the room.
This service gives you that sight in advance.
How it works
Your submission, read the way a panel reads it.
Your documents are assessed against the Level 3 standard, looking for the points a panel will challenge, and returned to you as a prioritised written report of the specific questions your submission is most likely to provoke. I have been the assessor asking those questions for over 30 years. This report puts that line of questioning in your hands while there is still time to prepare for it.
What you receive
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A forensic question reportThe questions your Case Study and Summary of Experience are most likely to provoke at final assessment.
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Mapped to your competenciesEach question tied to your declared competencies and the Level 3 standard, so you see exactly which claims will be tested.
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Prioritised by likelihood and difficultyWhere the panel will push hardest, and where you are most exposed โ so you prepare in the right order.
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Guidance on what each answer needs to showNot just the question, but what a strong, Level 3 response has to demonstrate.
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The RICS APC Quickstart, includedA concise refresher on how the final interview is structured and what assessors listen for in each section โ so you walk in with the full shape of the day clear in your mind.
Who prepares it
Knight Khonje FRICS is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with 38 years of experience in the construction industry. Since 1994 he has served as a RICS assessor, chaired assessment panels, audited assessment processes, and sat on the RICS appeals board.
His coaching rests on one principle: candidates are referred not because they lack experience, but because they have not been taught how an assessor thinks. This report is that perspective applied directly to your own submission โ the questions you will actually face, from someone who has spent three decades asking them.
Where this sits
Two questions, two stages.
Both services read your submission โ they answer different questions. Many candidates use both, in this order.
Tells you what to change in your Case Study and Summary of Experience while there is still time to change it.
Tells you what the panel will ask you about those documents at final assessment.
My guarantee
If the report does not give you clear, specific questions you can prepare against, tell me within 7 days and I will refund you in full.
Before you book
RICS APC candidates on the QS and Construction pathway who have submitted, or are about to, and want to know exactly where the panel will press before the day arrives. Equally suited to first-time candidates and to those preparing for a stronger final assessment after a referral.
Your report is returned within 5 working days of receiving your documents. If your assessment date is close, tell me when you book and I will confirm the timing works before you pay.
Your Case Study and Summary of Experience, your assessment date, and the competencies you feel least sure defending. The report will speak to them directly.
No. The questions and the preparation are yours to own โ you have to defend your submission in the room. I show you what you will be asked and what a strong answer needs to demonstrate, so the work stays in your voice.
Walk in knowing what you will be asked.
Forensic Questions โ ยฃ375. Prioritised written report within 5 working days. Includes the RICS APC Quickstart. 7-day money-back guarantee.
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