Question Bank

Tell us about yourself

Give a concise overview of your current role, the most relevant experience you bring, and why this post is the right next step.

What drew you to this specialty, and can you point to a specific experience that confirmed your interest?

You are about to break unexpected bad news to a patient whose first language is not English and whose family are not present. Talk us through your approach.

It is 4pm on a Friday. You have a sick patient to review, three discharge summaries that must go out today, a medical student waiting for scheduled teaching, and you have just been asked to consent a patient for a Monday procedure. What do you do?

You notice the same problem keeps recurring on your ward but nobody seems to be addressing it. Walk us through how you would go from identifying the problem to implementing a solution.

A 35-year-old man presents to the ED with severe central chest pain and a systolic blood pressure of 78 mmHg. He is diaphoretic and looks unwell. His ECG shows ST elevation in leads II, III, and aVF. Talk me through your management.

A 70-year-old woman is brought to the ED by ambulance. She has a temperature of 39.8° C, heart rate 132, blood pressure 80/45, respiratory rate 28, and a GCS of 13. The paramedics report she has been increasingly confused over the past 24 hours. How do you assess and manage this patient?

A polytrauma patient is brought to the ED by ambulance following a high-speed road traffic collision. The paramedics hand over using ATMIST and report that the patient was the unrestrained driver, the car rolled, and extraction took 45 minutes. Talk me through your approach from the moment of arrival.

A 68-year-old man is brought to the ED with sudden-onset right-sided weakness and expressive dysphasia. His wife says symptoms started approximately two hours ago. How do you assess and manage this patient?

A 25-year-old woman presents to the ED with acute onset of wheeze, urticarial rash, facial swelling, and difficulty breathing. She ate a meal containing shellfish 20 minutes ago. Her oxygen saturations are 89% and she is becoming increasingly distressed. How would you manage this?