NHS interview expectations

Check out the relevant NHS Trust's Vision and Values webpage, and try to memorise what it says. We used to ask candidates this question to see if they'd done the research on our Trust. Eg, "We are caring, one team, listening to understand, open and honest, always improving, inclusive, team #UHD" .

As others have mentioned, evidence-based answers are essential. Each question will be trying to find out something of your experience or character. You need to quickly decide what it is they are asking ... eg, "can you give us an example of when you worked under pressure?"
This is giving you the opportunity to explain how you cope with stress, what methods you use to deal with multiple demands, what resources you implement, and at the end of a day, how you de-stress. You may even say you made a mistake while stressed, because you can then use this to your advantage and explain what you learned from this and how you now put this skill into practice.

Don't forget that opportunity at the end of the interview when you're asked if you have any questions - one of my favourite questions to ask is:

"In 3 -6 months time, how will you define whether I'm successful in the role?

Good luck.

Check out the relevant NHS Trust's Vision and Values webpage, and try to memorise what it says. We used to ask candidates this question to see if they'd done the research on our Trust. Eg, "We are caring, one team, listening to understand, open and honest, always improving, inclusive, team #UHD" .

As others have mentioned, evidence-based answers are essential. Each question will be trying to find out something of your experience or character. You need to quickly decide what it is they are asking ... eg, "can you give us an example of when you worked under pressure?"
This is giving you the opportunity to explain how you cope with stress, what methods you use to deal with multiple demands, what resources you implement, and at the end of a day, how you de-stress. You may even say you made a mistake while stressed, because you can then use this to your advantage and explain what you learned from this and how you now put this skill into practice.

Don't forget that opportunity at the end of the interview when you're asked if you have any questions - one of my favourite questions to ask is:

"In 3 -6 months time, how will you define whether I'm successful in the role?

Good luck.