who's got interviews for 2010 entry

[kdichard]

Hey guys, I had my interview today, so if anyone has any questions, I'd be happy to help!
It seemed to go quite well, but I guess I'll find out soon enough...

[adz01]

Hi "kdichard". hope you hear the good news soon. I think ive prob got 2 many questions lol but I wud really apreciate if u can answer them
1) was it a standard med school interview? caus they say its "semi structured" wat is dat exactly? any wierd questions or the usual why med, why this school etc
2)im a grad student and still not heard nything,did they say how far they are with in their interview invitaion phase?
3) and lastly wat r da students lik? friendly etc,r there many grads, undergrads.i lik how in london its very diverse, is it a bit lik dat der or is it mainly local students ?

[adz01]

o and 1 last thing, did u have to take proof of all your work experience dat u listed? because i might need 2 start that a bit early. thanks once again

[jc86]

Hey guys, I had my interview today, so if anyone has any questions, I'd be happy to help!
It seemed to go quite well, but I guess I'll find out soon enough...

Hi kdichard, best of luck. I have an interview at BSMS next week. Any tips for the day would be much appreciated! Can you remember what they asked you? Any killer questions?! Is the interview personal statement based? Thanks so much for any help!

[kdichard]

Hey guys,
It was a pretty standard interview. It's semi-structured in the sense that they will ask you questions and, if you like, you can take them off into a different direction - it's not all serious question-answer question-answer.
They were really quite tough on me, but they did ask me what qualities I think I had that would make me a good doctor, and also why BSMS. Apart from that, they grilled me on my work experience & asked me questions there was no way I'd know the answer to unless I'd already been to medical school!
But they were very friendly, I could tell that it was the way I approached the questions that was being analysed, not whether my answers to impossible questions were correct or not.
They said they had 4 more interview dates after my one, but I'm not sure when they are!
The BSMS students are lovely - so friendly, so easygoing. The only grad there being interviewed on our interview day was from Sussex Uni, but everyone else seemed to be from around the place - a few from London too.

No proof of work experience was needed - you literally arrive, go to a talk, go for a tour and have your interview - very simple.

I think a tip I would give is to smile and be confident, even if you are faced with a difficult question. They ask a huge range of questions, so I can't really advise on what they had ask. Though do know your statement very well! They like to talk about work experience too, and throw in a couple standard med school interview questions like "why you" "why bsms" "why not a nurse?"

I hope that helps guys, good luck!

[jc86]

Hey guys,
It was a pretty standard interview. It's semi-structured in the sense that they will ask you questions and, if you like, you can take them off into a different direction - it's not all serious question-answer question-answer.
They were really quite tough on me, but they did ask me what qualities I think I had that would make me a good doctor, and also why BSMS. Apart from that, they grilled me on my work experience & asked me questions there was no way I'd know the answer to unless I'd already been to medical school!
But they were very friendly, I could tell that it was the way I approached the questions that was being analysed, not whether my answers to impossible questions were correct or not.
They said they had 4 more interview dates after my one, but I'm not sure when they are!
The BSMS students are lovely - so friendly, so easygoing. The only grad there being interviewed on our interview day was from Sussex Uni, but everyone else seemed to be from around the place - a few from London too.

No proof of work experience was needed - you literally arrive, go to a talk, go for a tour and have your interview - very simple.

I think a tip I would give is to smile and be confident, even if you are faced with a difficult question. They ask a huge range of questions, so I can't really advise on what they had ask. Though do know your statement very well! They like to talk about work experience too, and throw in a couple standard med school interview questions like "why you" "why bsms" "why not a nurse?"

I hope that helps guys, good luck!

Thanks that's helpful! If you remember anything else let us know. Best of luck with the result.

[adz01]

Thanks a lot kdichard. That was very helpful.hope u hear good news

[hellz]

BSMS Interview on 27th Feb! Soooooo Excited! Thank you so much for your advice! xxx

[adz01]

Hey hellz good luck.btw When did you find out abt the interview?

[hellz]

hey....got an email at lunchtime....quite short notice but I don't mind. Would move heaven and earth to get a place at BSMS! Good luck....hopefully your inbox will bring good news!