Birmingham interview Panel

[jubzy]

I had 4, Prof Lote, 2 consultants and a medical student. Only Prof Lote and one of the consultants spoke because I was one of the last to be interviewed that day and they were running late. The interview only lasted 10 minutes but it was definately the most relaxed interview that I have attended.

Hey May84. Congrats on getting in. Im jubzy btw, nice to e-meet you!
i have my interview on monday 18th jan 2010, and its for the graduate course.
my train arrives in birmingham new street and so can you help me navigate to the med school? wat bus, number, wer it is, how long.

advice please thanks!!!!!

[Ayse88]

@jubzy
Hopefully your interview went well? How was it? If you dnt mind sharing...

[jubzy]

@jubzy
Hopefully your interview went well? How was it? If you dnt mind sharing...

Hey i hope ur OK. sorry for the late reply, im so tired i just slept for like a day straight!!!

first of all, if you have an interview, then you have nothing to worry about.
they are sweet and very friendly. you are given this paper with 2 questions that relate to a problem. i was told that it wouldn't have anything to do with my interview at that point in time, but i think it could be used in conjunction to decide if offers are to be given.

there were 3 ppl there, Prof Lote, a clinical person, and a 4th yr med student.
i was asked:
How i liked bham (cos he saw thast i came from london)
why bham Grad course and not others?
work experience - he left it to me to decide on which aspects i wanted to talk about, so i talked about whatever i put on my PS. but the thing is, 80% of what i rehearsed went out the window. so dont over prepare heavily on preprepared answers;you'll never remember all of it!!!
then he handed it over to the other doc whom asked:
what i knew about the course bad bits of PBL
current topics involving the NHS
what i do to relax
what happens after a medic graduates

but the thing is, i got the impression that they were in a rush. and half the time, they didnt give me eye contact, only the med student had eye contact throughout the whole thing, but i still ensured i looked at all of them.

just remember to take it slow, even though they ask the question, make sure you hear the whole question and you'll be fine!!!

[MBS]

It's either Prof Lote, or Dr Austen Spruce (Who's taking over from Prof Lote, as the latter is retiring soon). They are both cool. And the interview is friendly. - Also, you guys should stay around for the interview tour, we give amazing tours .