Leeds interview

[cvincecvince]

heya thanks alot for ur advice im not too sure when they will send out offers, this could be the last batch as it is getting quite close to the deadline lol need to do some research on leeds med school, also any ideas on topical issues? nhs budgets, cloning?, bird flu.....erm herceptin, that was a while ago tho now....

[amoeba]

Good luck to you all going in for interviews. By the way, does anyone know when we will hear from leeds after interview? Maybe this lot is the last batch and then they'll be sending out decisions ???

I heard it was the end of March , so i guess its hopefully within the next 2 weeks .
G'luck with ur intws , ppl at Leeds are generally very friendly.

[mjh8888]

I found the Leeds interview to be quite straight forward. Nothing I couldn't really answer, nothing to try and trip me up. A lot of the interview was based on my personal statement, but the non-ps based questions I was asked that I can remember are:

Why medicine? (obviously)
What have you done to find out more about a career in medicine?
What team work have you been involved in?
Have you ever been in a difficult situation in that team? How did you resolve it?
How do you relax?
How do you think you'll be able to manage relaxing time with all the deadlines and work at Medical school?
What was the main thing you learnt from your work experience?
What would you do if you suspected the senior registrar was drunk at work?
What different social groups require different medical needs?

A girl I was speaking to had similar questions, but instead of the drunk registrar question, was given the situation:

You've just found out a patient has lung cancer. His wife says that he'd commit suicide if he knew it and begs you not to tell him. What do you do?

I think my interview went quite well, but who knows? Good luck with your's!