Strong interior design graduates get rejected every day because their applications don’t sound studio-ready. Because they don’t speak the language of interior design recruiters.
Stop Getting Filtered Out Before the Interview Stage
Most interior design graduates don’t get rejected because their work is weak. They get rejected because their CV, cover letter, and portfolio don’t read like they understand how studios actually hire.
That means strong graduates are being filtered out in seconds.Not because of ability, but because of how their work is communicated.
And this £5 masterclass shows you how to fix that.
You’ll learn how to write your CV, cover letter, and portfolio in a way that makes recruiters understand your thinking, your decisions, and your readiness for studio work. Not by adding more content. But by improving how your work is interpreted.

What You’ll Learn in this Masterclass
This is not about redesigning your CV or rebuilding your portfolio. It’s about changing how studios understand your existing work
You’ll learn how to:
- identify why strong graduate applications are filtered out before interview stage
- understand what recruiters actually look for when scanning CVs, cover letters, and portfolios
- turn vague project descriptions into clear evidence of design thinking and decision-making
- write portfolio text that explains how problems were solved, not just what the final design looks like
- improve CV wording so it reflects studio awareness, not just skills and software lists
- communicate motivation in a way that feels specific to the studio, not generic
- avoid the most common language mistakes that make graduates sound “unready” for practice
- make your application easier to scan, understand, and shortlist in under 20 seconds
What This Masterclass Covers — And What It Doesn’t
In this masterclass, you’ll focus on the words inside your application. Not:
- portfolio layout.
- page structure
- document formatting
- portfolio sequencing
Because those are covered here: Interior Design Graduates: How to Structure and Format Your Covering Letter, CV, and Portfolio
Instead, this masterclass focuses specifically on:
- how to make your applications easier for studios to understand quickly
- wording
- recruiter and hiring manager interpretation
- project explanation

Why This Masterclass Works
This masterclass is based on reviewing graduate applications and understanding how interior design studios assess junior candidates during the hiring process
Rather than generic career advice, the session focuses specifically on how recruiters and hiring managers interpret wording in CVs, cover letters, and portfolios when deciding which graduates progress to the interview stage
Specific Areas Covered
CV Wording
Using the “So What → Context → What” methodology, you’ll learn how to turn vague project descriptions into clear evidence of design thinking and professional awareness sections such as:
- What I Bring / Key Achievements
- Professional Experience
- Voluntary Experience
- Education
Portfolio Wording
Learn how to improve:
- storytelling text boxes
- slide captions
- project titles
- contents pages
- project explanations
And without sounding:
- overly academic
- vague
- decorative
- AI-generated
Cover Letter Wording
Learn how to:
- sound more studio-aware
- avoid generic language
- explain motivation more professionally
- write more convincing letters
How the Masterclass Works
You’ll learn how to structure your CV so it’s easy to follow, how to pick interior design graduate portfolio projects that highlight your strengths, and how to avoid the small mistakes that can weaken an application
Cost
£5 per session. Places are intentionally limited so questions can be answered during the live session to keep sessions manageable and interactive

Become More Studio-Ready
If you want to avoid getting filtered out before the interview stage. And understand what hiring managers actually look for when scanning graduate applications. Then this masterclass will help you explain your projects in a way that sounds more like studio work and less like university assessment text
So, discover how to become an employed interior design graduate right here
