Interviews

Group exercise

22 points

At Hull York Medical School, much of our teaching and learning takes place in small group settings and in teams, so our students need to be able to work well with peers.

The main aim of this station is to give us an insight into how you work within a group or team. We are interested in your ability to work collaboratively, how well you contribute relevant information to a group discussion, and whether you can articulate your thoughts effectively and clearly.

This station will take place in a group of up to 10 candidates.

You will be scored on your level of participation and contribution, but not on your medical knowledge.

The exercise will be chaired and facilitated by our very experienced problem-based learning (PBL) tutors, who will support and guide the group through the PBL process. The tutor and an observing medical student will score the performance of each candidate. A Hull York Medical School Student Ambassador will also be present to act as ‘scribe’, capturing the group discussion.

Two mini-interviews and student station

17 points each

Candidates will be asked two questions in each interview station, though our interviewers may ask you to expand on your initial answer. Each station will have two interviewers, with the interviewers in our Student station being senior Hull York Medical School students. Each interviewer will score the responses independently.

You will receive your first question for each station before entering and will be given five minutes thinking time to prepare your response to this question.

These stations will allow us to explore your understanding of current medical and ethical issues, your insight into a career in medicine and becoming a medical student, your critical thinking and problem solving skills, your personal qualities and commitment to NHS core values.

Individual scenario station

17 points

The scenario assesses how you would react and respond in a given situation.

You will be shown a pre-recorded video simulating a character talking directly to you and will be asked to respond to questions about this at two points during the video and once at the end of the video.

Candidates will watch this video wearing over-ear headphones. If you will need reasonable adjustments to help you access this station effectively, please contact the admissions team as soon as possible in advance of your interview date about these.

You will then be asked additional follow up questions linked to the scenario you have watched.

You are not asked to problem solve in this station, and we will not be testing your medical knowledge.

Three mini-interviews and student station

15 points each

Candidates will be asked one questions in each interview station, though our interviewers may ask you to expand on your initial answer. Each virtual interview room will have two interviewers and two stations, with the interviewers in our Student station being senior Hull York Medical School students. Each interviewer will score the responses independently.

You will receive your first question for each virtual interview room before entering and will be given two minutes thinking time to prepare your response to this question.

These stations will allow us to explore your understanding of current medical and ethical issues, your insight into a career in medicine and becoming a medical student, your critical thinking and problem solving skills, your personal qualities and commitment to NHS core values.

Individual scenario station

15 points

The scenario assesses how you would react and respond in a given situation.

You will be shown a pre-recorded video simulating a character talking directly to you and will be asked to respond to questions about this at two points during the video and once at the end of the video.

You will then be asked additional follow up questions linked to this scenario once the video has finished.

You are not asked to problem solve in this station, and we will not be testing your medical knowledge.

Group exercise

15 points

At Hull York Medical School, much of our teaching and learning takes place in small group settings and in teams, so our students need to be able to work well with peers.

The main aim of this station is to give us an insight into how you work within a group or team. We are interested in your ability to work collaboratively, how well you contribute relevant information to a group discussion, and whether you can articulate your thoughts effectively and clearly.

This station will take place in a group of up to 6 candidates.

You will be scored on your level of participation and contribution, but not on your medical knowledge.

The exercise will be chaired and facilitated by our very experienced problem-based learning (PBL) tutors, who will support and guide the group through the PBL process. The tutor and an observing medical student will score the performance of each candidate.