In this guide
Use this material to examine your own work. Confirm current requirements, forms and dates with ICE before applying.
Resolve the practical arrangements before review day. Logistical problems are generally preventable, but dealing with them just before the review can distract you from the assessment.
How the day runs
- Beforehand
Finalise the presentation and keep practising
ICE's own checklist puts this on the day-before list: finalise visual aids, continue to practise the presentation, interview and Communication Task, and prepare your two-page reference document.
- On arrival, or on joining
Identity check
In person you register and your reviewers collect you. Online your ID is checked, and at the Communication Task you state your name and membership number.
- First 15 minutes
Presentation
Seated across the table in person, or shared on screen online.
- Then
Interview
Up to 60 minutes total at IEng level, 75 at CEng level, including the presentation. Mobile devices off; recording prohibited.
- At the time in your letter
Communication Task
Be seated or joined 15 minutes early. Access details arrive by email about five minutes before the start.
- At the end
Upload within 15 minutes
Save as PDF and upload through the same page. The invigilator checks the submission for corrupted or incorrect files before you leave.
- Afterwards
Wait
Your result comes by email no later than six weeks after the review.
Prohibited, and easily forgotten
Look for
- Switch off all mobile devices before the interview starts.
- Tell ICE immediately if you spot a conflict of interest with a named reviewer.
- Tell the invigilator if you need to leave your seat during the Communication Task.
- Close everything except the permitted windows before the task starts.
- Check what is visible behind you, since background effects must be off.
Watch for
- Record any part of the review. It is prohibited, and reviewers report concerns to ICE.
- Contact your reviewers directly, at any point, for any reason.
- Use the internet, an AI tool, a search engine, another person or another device during the review or the task.
- Bring reference material beyond the permitted two sides of A4.
- Assume the venue provides power for your laptop. It does not.
The night before
Official sources
Selected publisher pages were rechecked in September 2026. Other source records were last checked in July 2026. Open the latest official document before relying on a requirement.