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Client story · CQC interview preparation · Home care agency, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Lilian had already built Hazelgrove Manor Care, a home care agency in Hatfield, and sent CQC her full application. She came to us for one thing: to be properly ready for her interview. We read every document she had submitted, then gave her six hours of one to one coaching in two phases, understanding first and practice second. She passed, and on 5 December 2025 CQC registered Hazelgrove Manor Care, with Lilian as registered manager.
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“I found the material I was given very informative. This helped build my confidence during my CQC interview preparation. The staff responded to my inquiries timeously”
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Collins from Care Sync Experts on Hazelgrove Manor Care: a founder with her application already in, six hours of one to one coaching in two phases, the Trustpilot review she left, and the CQC Interview Preparation Platform we have built since.
Start with the documents you sent CQC, because CQC assesses them in detail and wants evidence of how you will meet the fundamental standards when it interviews you. Make sure you understand how your own policies and systems work in practice before you rehearse answers. Then practise out loud, with mock interviews and follow up questions. CQC may interview you by telephone, online or face to face.
When we worked with Lilian, everything was delivered through live one to one sessions and printed materials. It worked: she passed. Since then, we have been thinking about how to give clients even more support between sessions, in their own time. So we built the CQC Interview Preparation Platform, and every interview preparation client now gets access to it.
CQC Interview Preparation
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Experts
Collins Bonsi
Smart Williams
Israel Ajala
Bridget Kunde
Ayomide Lawal
Stella Kunde
Matt Donovan
Get a complete preparation programme built around the Single Assessment Framework and the six evidence categories.
You'll get 10 hours of training, delivered in 5 sessions of 2 hours each. We'll schedule the sessions around your interview date.
| Stage | Lilian, 2025 | Interview preparation today |
|---|---|---|
| Live coaching | Six hours of one to one sessions built around her documents, scheduled around her availability | The same live one to one coaching, built around your documents |
| Between sessions | Interview materials to work through at her own pace | A Training Lab with flashcard drills on the topics CQC explores |
| Practice under pressure | Mock interviews and scenarios inside the sessions | Mock interviews in sessions, plus a mock interview simulator that is timed, structured and scored |
| Comparing answers | Feedback from her coach | Feedback from your coach, plus a model answer library |
When Lilian came to us, she had already done the work. She had built her company, written her policies, put together her Statement of Purpose, her business plan and her operational documents, and sent her full application to CQC. The only thing left was the interview, the one that decides whether everything you have built gets approved.
Registered Manager
Lilian, Runs the regulated activity day to day
Nominated individual
A second director, Supervises how the regulated activity is managed
What she asked us for
CQC interview preparation. Nothing else. Not hoping for the best: properly ready.
CQC nominated individual vs registered manager
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We gave Lilian six hours of one to one coaching, scheduled around her availability. The way we used those hours matters more than the number. A lot of people jump straight into mock interviews and start rehearsing answers before they understand the material. Then the interview asks something they did not expect, and they freeze, because they were rehearsing, not understanding.
An onboarding call to collect everything she had submitted to CQC, and a proper read of every document: how her service was set up, how her processes worked, how her governance was structured and what her service model looked like.
Phase 1
Know your own service well enough to explain it under pressure.
She was not learning theory. She was learning how to talk about what she had already built.
Phase 2
Only once the foundation was there did the pressure start.
The kind of pressure a real CQC interview can bring, before the real thing.
A set of interview materials to work through in her own time, at her own pace, so her confidence kept building between our sessions.
Rehearsing first
The answer sounds fine until the first follow up question. There is nothing underneath it to reason from, so you freeze.
Understanding first
Follow up questions are just more questions about your own service, and you already know your service.
Tell us where you are: an idea, a new company, waiting for DBS checks or an interview in the diary. We will map out what you can build now and what has to be in place before you apply. No pressure and no obligation.
Learn how we can support your success
Email: hello@caresyncexperts.co.uk
Phone: 0333 577 0877
The public record and Lilian’s own account, side by side.
From forming the company to registration. CQC says registration can take a few months once you apply, so start preparing for the interview when your application goes in.
29 July 2024Public record
A private limited company in Hatfield, first named Hazelgrove Manor Limited.
Companies House5 February 2025Public record
The name it is registered under today.
Companies HouseBefore she calledLilian’s account
Policies, Statement of Purpose, business plan, operational documents and forms, written and sent by Lilian.
First step with usLilian’s account
Then every document read properly before a single coaching session.
Six hours, around her availabilityLilian’s account
Understanding her service first, then mock interviews, scenarios and follow up questions, with materials to study between sessions.
Interview dayLilian’s account
Ready to explain exactly how her own service would work.
5 December 2025Public record
Home care agency, personal care, six service user bands, Hertfordshire. Lilian is listed as registered manager.
CQC register23 February 2026Public record
Five stars: “CQC interview confidence building”.
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“I found the material I was given very informative. This helped build my confidence during my CQC interview preparation. The staff responded to my inquiries timeously”
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