Interview Prep 3

Question 1

(Round 2) Why do I want to stay on for a second year?

Answer 1

• This year confirmed how much I value postgraduate medical education
• I’ve built real momentum and understand local needs
• I can offer continuity and immediate value
• Year 2 would let me build more structured, evaluated support

Question 2

(Round 2) What are the 4 headings for “What have you achieved this year?”

Answer 2

• Programme delivery
• Teaching improvement
• Trainee support
• Projects / educational QI

Question 3

(Round 2) What are my key programme delivery achievements?

Answer 3

• Helped coordinate the FY1 and FY2 programmes
• Speaker liaison / timetable continuity / session support
• Supported the full-year programme
• 29 FY1 sessions
• 29 FY2 sessions

Question 4

(Round 2) What are my key teaching improvement / trainee support achievements?

Answer 4

• Increased MDT input
• Supported more interactive teaching
• Used quiz-based revision / active recall / handouts
• Simulation workshops - F1 & F2 Cardiac arrest workshops
• Clinical skills workshops - extending U/S cannulation to F1s
• Offered 1:1 guidance on portfolio / applications / careers

Question 5

(Round 2) What are my key project achievements / in-progress work?

Answer 5

• MSRA prep QIP
• Micro F1 teaching audit
• AMS project
• Possible HIV inpatient guidelines project
• F1 on-call support drafts

Question 6

(Round 2) What are my 3 strongest Year 2 priorities?

Answer 6

• Structured MRCP/MSRA support
• FY1 on-call support package
• Extending career advice to SHO/LED options

Question 7

(Round 2) What is the strongest project-development story for interview answers?

Answer 7

• Identify need → teach/intervene → evaluate → present locally → prepare for dissemination
• Use Micro F1 teaching audit as the clearest educational arc
• Use AMS to show project progression, academic initiative, supervisor engagement, and movement toward write-up/publication

Question 8

(Round 2) How do I answer “Why should we appoint you again?”

Answer 8

• I offer continuity
• I can contribute with immediate usefulness
• I can build on this year’s momentum, not start from scratch
• I understand the programme, systems, and trainees
• I am both supportive and improvement-focused

Question 9

(Round 2) What is my strongest closing mindset for the whole interview?

Answer 9

• I am not here to sound theatrical
• I am here to come across as a safe colleague
• Calm, practical, supportive, improvement-minded
• Someone the panel can picture working with in Med Ed tomorrow morning