Interview Preparation

Expect competency questions

Clinical and public-health employers increasingly ask for real examples rather than opinions. Prepare six to eight stories from your own practice and rehearse them out loud.

• A clinical judgement call you made under pressure.
• A time you handled a complication, an error or a near miss.
• A conflict with a colleague or a patient's family, and how it resolved.
• Something you improved in a ward, clinic, pharmacy or programme.

Use a consistent structure

For each story: the situation, what you did, the outcome, and what you would do differently. Keep it under two minutes. Interviewers remember structure far more than detail.

Bring the paperwork

Carry originals and copies of your licence or registration certificate, academic transcripts, a national ID or passport, and any certificates the advert asked for. Bring your referee contacts on a single sheet.

Ask good questions

Ask about supervision and mentorship, the on-call or shift pattern, how the team measures quality, and what happened to the last person in the role. These signal seriousness and help you decide whether you want the job.

Virtual interviews

Test your camera, microphone and connection beforehand. Sit against a plain wall, look at the lens rather than your own thumbnail, and keep the documents you may need within reach.