Malta Pre-Departure Course Phase 2 interview — questions and preparation

Where the interview sits in the process

Official materials describe the course as having two parts: the two online modules (“Living and Working in Malta” and “Rights and Obligations in the Workplace”), and then a live interview — referred to as Phase 2 — that follows them. You book and attend Phase 2 only after finishing the modules, and passing it is what completes the course and triggers your certificate.

What it assesses, and roughly how long it takes

Identità’s current guidance puts the interview at roughly 20 minutes and calls it a live online interview. The Skills Pass FAQ describes the onsite interview as roughly 30 minutes. Read that as a source discrepancy on timing and format, not as something this guide can resolve. Two things are checked:

• English-language proficiency. The official FAQ notes that this is “assessed in both online as well as during the interview” — so the modules and the interview work together rather than as two unrelated hurdles.
• Understanding of the course material. Official descriptions mention “short workplace scenario questions” that check whether you absorbed what the two online modules covered.

In short: if you’ve genuinely engaged with the two online modules and can discuss their topics in conversational English, you are largely prepared for what official sources describe the interview as testing.

Where it takes place — format and venue wording vary by source

This is one area where the two primary official sources use different wording:

• Identità’s guidance describes the Phase 2 interview as a 20-minute “live online interview” conducted at ITS Malta or authorised Global Assessment Centres, followed by an in-person verification interview at a designated assessment centre worldwide.
• The official Skills Pass FAQ instead describes attending an onsite, approximately 30-minute interview physically at the candidate’s closest VFS centre, with true/false and open-ended questions.

Rather than guess whether one page is newer, or whether both are describing the same setup in different language, this guide states both descriptions as published and re-checked on 2026-06-14. The detail that will actually matter to you is whatever your own booking confirmation says: when you schedule your interview through the official portal, treat that confirmation as the authoritative word on where to go, and don’t plan around either description above without checking it against your booking.

How to prepare, based on what’s actually assessed

1. Revisit the two online modules — particularly any sections on workplace rights, obligations, and everyday life in Malta — shortly before your interview date, since the questions are described as scenario-based checks on this material.
2. Practise speaking English in everyday workplace contexts — describing a typical workday, asking questions, explaining a problem — rather than memorising vocabulary lists, since the assessment is described as conversational rather than written.
3. Confirm your interview location and time from your own official booking confirmation, not from this or any general description, and plan your travel with enough buffer for an in-person appointment.
4. Bring whatever identification or confirmation the official booking instructions specify — those instructions, issued at the time you book, are more current than any general guidance published elsewhere.