Pharmacy Interview

Hi. I had my interview yesterday but I think I got the maths questions wrong. Will they now reject me if I have? Please I really need to know I'm stressing out.

Absolutely not!

I've seen loads of people on here say that they got the maths question wrong and yet still got an offer!

The main purpose of the interview is to assess your communication skills and to see if you are the right person to be a future
Pharmacist! Don't panic!



From a first year Pharmacy student at Reading.

Thanks you've made my day. Do you personally know any people at reading that got in with the same situation?

Out of my fellow course mates, I don't know because I never asked them about their interviews lol

Don't panic though, if you communicated well enough, then you will get an offer, Reading are pretty lenient in the interviews.

Lol yeah I thought so but you never now.

Thanks anyway. Really did make my day. =)

Good to hear

Did you like what you saw of the uni?

Yeah I really did like it. The lecturers seemed nice. The labs were pretty good too.

Great to hear

I'm hoping you get your offer

Just wondering if I do get an offer but I miss by one grade in summer are they still likely to accept me?

They will accept you, yes, people with ABB offers were getting let in with BBB. Just make sure you have three B's and you will be fine

Absolutely not!

I've seen loads of people on here say that they got the maths question wrong and yet still got an offer!

The main purpose of the interview is to assess your communication skills and to see if you are the right person to be a future Pharmacist! Don't panic!



From a first year Pharmacy student at Reading.

Hey dude.
I saw that you were a reading student studying pharmacy. I have my interview next Wednesday and I just wanted to ask how likely you think I am to get a place at reading for pharmacy
I've been predicted ABC for summer and got pretty crap grades at AS. Do you think if might have a chance of a place over the other B+ grade students?
Thaaanks XP


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The fact that you got an interview suggests that your predicted grades were still sufficient (otherwise they wouldn't have invited you for an interview).

Whether you'll get an offer or not after your interview is down to how well you perform on the day. But generally you will have a strong chance of getting an offer if you perform well.

There's not much else to say I guess, but I hope it goes well for you!

The fact that you got an interview suggests that your predicted grades were still sufficient (otherwise they wouldn't have invited you for an interview).

Whether you'll get an offer or not after your interview is down to how well you perform on the day. But generally you will have a strong chance of getting an offer if you perform well.

There's not much else to say I guess, but I hope it goes well for you!

Oh and I forgot to ask...
What is the structure of the course like? Do you get to pick what modules you learn or do you have a strict set of modules that you have to learn? And how academically challenging is the course and how much content are you expected to learn?
Sorry for all the questions and thanks again


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Nope, you can't pick modules. It's the same for all the other schools of Pharmacy.

First year so far is alright, half the stuff in our lectures is stuff we learnt from A-levels. We're starting to build on the basics of topics.

The modules are very diverse in that we deal with Microbiology, Biochemistry, living cell, genes + chromosomes, drug design (organic chemistry), human physiology, pharmacy calculations, Pharmacy practice (module where we actually learn about the roles of a Pharmacist and get to dispense).

The biology modules though involved alot of memorisation, whereas the organic chem module requires more thinking and application. The practicals for the modules are fun though, yesterday we formulated Linctus Cough syrup, which was the first product we made