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Magistrate interview You will be required to undertake two interviews during the selection process for becoming a magistrate. Whilst both interviews have some similarities, they differ in terms of how you need to perform on the day. First Interview During the first interview you will be asked a number of standard questions by the panel who are more commonly known as the Local Advisory Committee. For this, you have to meet the minimum eligibility requirements for the role. During the first interview you will be asked questions around your ability to commit to the role and also whether your character is suitable for the position you have applied for. Being a magistrate is a highly responsible role and the Local Advisory Committee will want to see that you are fit to serve. When preparing for the magistrate first interview you should start off by reading and absorbing the six key qualities for the role. Questions such as: Q. Why do you want to become a magistrate? Q. Are you able to commit to the required number of sittings as a magistrate and also the initial training? Q. Tell us about your character? Is it suitable for becoming a magistrate? – so they can judge if you are suitable enough for this role. Second Interview In the first exercise in the second interview, they will give you approximately ten scenarios. It will be your task to rank them in order of severity. There are no right or wrong answers to these; however, it is important that you are able to explain why you have chosen the order of priority and also be able to listen to suggestions for ranking them in perhaps an alternative order. The second exercise, you will be in a more in-depth case that is usually based on sentencing practice. You do not need any knowledge of sentencing aims or practices and, again, there is no real ‘right or wrong’ answer. In order to prepare for this element of the magistrate selection process you might want to be aware that there are the following four broad ascending levels of sentencing, each of which has its own sort of ‘threshold’ test:...