TalkDrill Site Map

Negotiate your salary with a hiring manager

Return a faulty product to a shop assistant

Vacation planning

Meeting new people

Restaurant order

Airport taxi

Doctor visit

Hotel check-in

Returning a product

Coffee chat with a colleague

House hunting

Leading a team meeting

The salary conversation after a campus offer

A client escalation on your third month at work

Case study: a 2.1-star app with rising usage

Case study: a college placement rate falling two years running

Case study: automate the line or retrain the workers

Case study: cut 30% of costs without losing teachers

Case study: the largest client wants 15% off

Case study: the ten-minute delivery promise is losing money

Debate: India should allow only electric new cars from 2035

Debate: a four-day working week should be written into law

Debate: companies should not use AI to replace entry-level jobs

Debate: remote work should be a right, not a perk

Debate: social media should be barred for under-16s

Debate: technology companies should stop requiring degrees

Your ninety seconds in the daily stand-up

The teammate who has not delivered for a week

Giving a junior honest feedback without crushing them

Your first cold call on the inside-sales floor

Four minutes with an alumnus at the campus tech fest

BPO / US-shift voice support interview

Inside sales / business development interview

Product-startup SDE interview (India)

SDE behavioural interview (India product startup)

Product Manager behavioral round

"Tell me about yourself" — the ninety seconds that set the round

Customer support executive

HR round: mass-recruiting IT services company

Technical HR: your project, your fundamentals, your choices

Strengths and weaknesses, without the rehearsed answer

"Why this company?" — when nine companies came to campus

Explaining a year drop, arrears or a gap

Walking a stranger through your final-year project

The campus placement panel: three interviewers, one chair

Placement question bank: Screening / shortlisting call

Placement question bank: Technical round (L1)

Placement question bank: HR round

Placement question bank: Managerial round

Placement question bank: Final panel

Read aloud: a short self-introduction

Read aloud: building speaking confidence

Exploring the wonders of the night sky

The gig economy and its implications

Balancing work and personal life

5-minute breakfast ideas

How AI is changing every industry

Climate change and what we can do

The impact of social media on society

The future of space exploration

A Drive Out West

The Berry Bushes

The Day We Shifted House

The Library Near the Bus Stop

The Photograph on the Stairs

The Slow Train to the Coast

The Sunday Phone Call

The Thursday Market Walk

The Wednesday Boat

The Weekend Paint Job

IELTS Speaking — full 3-part simulation

Describe a place you have visited

Describe a person who inspires you

Describe a book you have read more than once

Describe a building you find interesting

Describe a celebration or festival you enjoyed

Describe a famous person from your country whom you admire

Describe a film or television programme that made an impression on you

Describe a friend you have known for a long time

Describe a gift you gave to someone

Describe a journey that did not go as planned

Describe a meal you remember well

Describe a member of your family you are proud of

Describe a mistake you made and what you learnt from it

Describe a person who has had a big influence on your life

Describe a person you know who is a good leader

Describe a piece of technology you find useful

Describe a place in your city where you like to spend time

Describe a place near water that you have visited

Describe a place you visited that was full of people

Describe a place you would like to visit in the future

Describe a quiet place you like to go to

Describe a shop or market you enjoy going to

Describe a skill you learnt outside school or college

Describe a teacher who made a difference to you

Describe a time when you had to make a difficult decision

Describe a time when you had to wait a long time for something

Describe a time when you helped somebody

Describe an achievement you are proud of

Describe an elderly person you enjoy talking to

Describe an item of clothing you wear often

Describe someone you know who has moved to another city or country

Describe something you own that is important to you

A four-day week is practical for Indian IT services

A fresher should join a startup, not a large company

A leader is made, not born

AI will create more jobs than it destroys

Attendance should not be compulsory in college

Campus placements favour a few branches — is that fair?

Case: a bank's app has 2.1 stars and rising usage

Case: a college's placement rate has fallen two years running

Case: a food-delivery company faces a delivery-partner strike

Case: a retail chain's store sales fell 20% after it moved online

Case: a startup must choose growth or profitability in twelve months

Case: automate the plant or retrain the workforce?

Case: cut 30% of costs without losing teachers

Case: should a hospital chain open in a tier-3 city?

Case: the biggest client threatens to leave over pricing

Case: the ten-minute delivery promise is losing money

Change is the only constant

Coaching classes have replaced classroom teaching

Colleges should ban phones inside the classroom

Companies should hire for skills, not degrees

Competition produces better work than collaboration

Customer service is better handled by bots than by people

Data privacy laws help citizens more than they burden business

Discipline beats talent

Electric vehicles are the right priority for Indian cities

Employers should be allowed to screen a candidate's social media

English as the medium of instruction: advantage or barrier?

Every degree should require a paid internship to graduate

Failure teaches more than success

Financial literacy should be a compulsory school subject

Group projects teach teamwork — or hide free riders

Indian IT should move up the value chain, not add headcount

Is a four-year degree still worth what it costs in India?

Money can buy happiness

Moonlighting: an employee's right or a breach of trust?

One year of hostel life should be compulsory

Privacy is a luxury

Public transport should be free in Indian metros

Real-money online gaming should be regulated like gambling

Referral hiring is efficient but unfair

Remote work is reshaping tier-2 cities for the better

Rules are made to be broken

Salaries should be transparent inside a company

Silence is a form of communication

Social media platforms should verify every user's identity

Speed matters more than perfection

Students should choose a quarter of their own syllabus

The gig economy: opportunity or exploitation?

Voting should be compulsory in India

Work from home is better for productivity than the office