How will you get the interview offer?
- The HR will contact you via an email though the job.nhs or trac.jobs website.
- The email will contain the date of the interview and a link through which you will have to confirm your interview.
- You may or may not be given the option of selecting a particular time slot for your interview.
How to ask for Skype interviews?
- If you are currently not in UK or cannot travel for any reason, you can ask for a Skype interview to be arranged for you.
- First, accept the job offer via the link sent in the email. You will be allotted a time slot.
- Then, email your HR saying that you wish to give your interview on Skype.
- Once you get a positive reply, send them your Skype address.
Preparing for the interview:
- Be thorough with your CV. Go through your CV a day before your interview.
- Read all the emergency scenarios from Oxford Handbook.
- Read about audit and it's steps, difference between an audit and research and clinical governance(including it's pillars) from Wikipedia.
Dress code:
- Formal wear only, even if you are giving the interview on Skype.
- For girls, it is advisable to tie your hair neatly.
Length of the interview:
- At a junior doctor level, your interview will last for about 15 minutes
Commonly asked questions:
Since the time allotted for each interview is just 15 minutes, interviews tend to avoid about the things already mentioned in your CV.(like walk through your CV, what all procedures can you do. etc)
The following is a list of questions that I encountered during my interview:
- What did you learn during your internship? What was your day typically like?
- Tell me one instance which demonstrates your team work?
- What is your biggest strength and biggest weakness?
- This job involves on-call and you may have to work for about 12 hours continuously. Do you think you will be able to manage?
- What are you future plans? How do you see yourself in 5 years from now?
- Why did you apply for this job?
- Tell me one mistake that you made at work. What did you learn from it?
- Clinical scenario: MI, PE, DKA, Heart Failure, Pneumonia
- Ethical scenario: Patient's son calls you and asks about his father's condition.
- Questions about audit, clinical governance and research.
- Some informal questions about my city, bollywood and my favourite bollywood hero.
- If we were to offer you this job, will you take it up?
- Do you have any questions for us?
Questions that I asked them:
- I am looking to get my foundation competencies signed through this job, will I get the opportunity to do so?
- Will I be getting a clinical/ educational supervisor?
- Will I be getting study leaves?
You can ask any questions as long as it is relevant to the job.