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Medical Technical Officer Interview

Sep 9, 2016

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Negative experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at NHS (Derry, Northern Ireland) in Sep 2016

Interview

A panel of 3 people asking 3-4 questions each (total around 10) consisting of two men and a woman. One was head of the technical team, one an engineer and the other was head of decontamination. The questions were not typical maintenance questions as they revolved around standards (i.e. ISO etc). and seemed to concentrate on the importance of working to these standards. Also asked a lot of questions specific to medical equipment, so if you have not had direct experience with medical equipment then you were at a serious disadvantage.

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Question 1

What skills/ experience would make you a good candidate for this role? What working standards are you familiar with as regards to medical equipment? Give an example of a time when you worked as part of a team and helped to resolve a technical problem; describe your role in this scenario.

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Administrative Assistant Interview

Sep 5, 2016

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Negative experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at NHS (London, England) in Sep 2015

Interview

1:1 interview with 2 employees on the panel. It lasted 1 hour. I was asked standard competency based questions: strengths, weaknesses, what motivates you, example of multitasking skills, example of leadership, working with others, do you work well under pressure, give an example of a time when you had to be relatively quick in coming to a decision, tell me about a time when you had to adapt to a difficult situation.

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Question 1

Describe a situation where you dealt with a difficult stakeholder

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Public Health Research Assistant Interview

Sep 3, 2016

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Negative experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at NHS in Feb 2015

Interview

A very generic interview with almost no discussion or follow up questions. Lasted around 20 minutes which went by quickly. No interest was shown in the contents of my CV which I thought was somewhat odd. My impression from the interview and the overall experience was that they already had an internal candidate for the position but had a legal obligation to advertise it.

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Question 1

Why a career in public heath?

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