Interviews

Preparing for your interview.

Interviews

You will need to book an interview slot using your Oriel account.

An email will be sent to applicable applicants to their Oriel account messages to advise when interview slots are available to book. 

Slots are offered on a first come first served basis subject to availability and will need to be booked by the deadline stated in the invitation to interview.

Further information on how to book an interview slot can be found in Oriel Applicant User Guide. 

You will only need to attend one interview regardless of where you wish to train in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Interviews will be held online using virtual interview system Qpercom Recruit.

Interview dates

Thursday 27 March 2025

Online interview process

There is an Applicant Declaration which you must agree with and adhere to in order to sit an online interview. This is completed as part of your intial application. The declaration also contains a list of steps you must undertake before the day of interview.

Interviews will be undertaken through the Qpercom video platform using in-built interview stations with integrated scoring. You will need to register on the system when prompted by the recruitment team.

You can register by clicking on the initial login/forgotten password. As soon as the interview has been made available by the recruiter, you should see Vascular Surgery Interviews appear on the main page and click the green button.

You will be taken to a diagnostics tool to ensure you meet the connectivity and other requirements. You should ensure you test this from the device you plan to use for your interviews as you may need to source an alternative device to ensure connectivity. If you are unable to connect, you should contact the recruitment team at the earliest opportunity. Once you have passed the diagnostics tool, it will take you back into the waiting area, where you will be met by a member of the admin team on the day of interviews.

On the day of the interview, you should login and click 'choose' 10 minutes prior to your allocated time. You will be kept in the waiting area where a member of the recruitment team will meet you to perform identity (ID) checks. Once this is completed, you will be advised of your interview stations.

You should ensure that your camera and microphone are turned on and working correctly prior to joining the call. Interviews will be terminated where the panel cannot see you.

Before the interview commences, you will be briefed on the interview process and will be required to confirm your identity with the interview administrator. It is therefore important that you have a suitable photographic ID available (passport or UK photo driving license).

In addition, you will be required to move your camera to show the entire room where you are undertaking the interview, to confirm that nobody else is present.

Once identity has been confirmed, the administrator will advise the interview panel that the interview process can commence.

The interview must not be recorded by either the applicant, the administrator, or the panel members.

On completion of the interview, you should terminate your connection to the call and the interview process is complete.

Interview format

The interview stations will cover different criteria from the person specification and last approximately 50 minutes. 

Before you attend the interview it is very important that you have prepared properly. The interview will assess different areas of your skills, knowledge and experience. The stations will have 2 consultant interviewers live during each session. There may be a third person present as an observer who will not be assessing candidates. This may be the Lay Representative who is there in an independent role to assist in the quality assurance of the interview process, or a consultant, who is present to observe and assess the interviewers. There will be a maximum of one observer present at any time. 

The interview will be split into the following sections.

Station 1

Station 2