Medicine @ Gonville & Caius, Cambridge in 2015

Interview format

3x interviews (15 mins each)

Interview content

Discussed different scientific concepts and interacting with patients

Best preparation

Read topical news stories.

Final thoughts

Explain your thought processes to the interviewer.

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Interview Format

I had 3 interviews, each with one interviewer, and I think 15 minutes each. One was clinical, one was chemistry based and one was focussed on problem solving.

What happened in your interview? How did you feel?

We discussed some problem solving questions, then about interacting with patients and esterification.

How did you prepare?

I read science news articles in the week before the interview, to make sure I was comfortable with any topical science questions they asked.

Looking back, what advice would you give to your past self?

The most important thing for me was explaining any thought process one did to reach an answer to a question.