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Structured Interview

Questions on targets and management, communication, challenges and overcoming them, and quality improvement, research and teaching.

15 min in total4 timed questions

How this sub-station runs

  1. 1
    Opening question≈ 5.3 min

    The scenario or question as the panel sets it.

  2. 2
    Panel follow-up 1≈ 3.3 min

    Revealed when you reach it, as on the day.

  3. 3
    Panel follow-up 2≈ 3.3 min

    Revealed when you reach it, as on the day.

  4. 4
    Panel follow-up 3≈ 3.3 min

    Revealed when you reach it, as on the day.

The sub-station clock (15 min) is the hard stop. Each question also has its own timer, with a warning before it runs out. Finish early and the time you save carries to the next question. Speak your answers with the recorder or type them.

What the panel scores

  • Structured interview — 1 to 5

Cues

  • • Targets, management and the wider NHS
  • • Communication and overcoming challenges
  • • QI, research and teaching — your role and the result

After you submit

Your recording to replay, feedback on pace and timing, the panel-style marks, what to improve in each answer, and a sample answer for every question.

Station 2 overview & result