Summary The DES Draft Circular Initial Teacher Training: Approval of Courses (DES, 1984a) listed five personal qualities which should be looked for in selecting students for courses of initial teacher training, and recommended that experienced practising teachers should be involved in the interviewing procedure. The investigation reported here set out to discover whether or not judgements of these qualities at interview showed agreement between interviewers. Tutor and teacher interviewers rated 49 applicants for a Primary Postgraduate Certificate in Education course on a range of personal qualities. Some measure of agreement was found, but this varied considerably between interviewers and between qualities.