Appointment and interview, yes. But if you are renewing your licence anyway, you need to pay a visit to the licence center anyway, and the appointment can be booked online from ICBC's website, I think. So I don't see how the appointment is really that troublesome.
As to the interview, you really just do it on the spot. It does take a bit of time since they have to ask you a whole bunch of questions. But it's nothing difficult at all.
-Lik |