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Original post by KDTA
Has anybody heard anything back for neurophysiology yet?


I just got an interview complete status - I don't think that means anything other than you've attended the interview and met the minimum requirements. Mine was last Wednesday. Have you?
Original post by ssemog
I'm thinking that the reason why they can't issue offers and work out who is unsuccessful/reserve so easily, even after they scored the applicants and know their rank in a specialism, is because many people chose two specialisms. For example I'm waiting to hear for Clinical Bioinformatics (physical sciences), if a few of the top applicants chose Medical physics as their first option, then they won't know if they will be taking up Clinical Bioinf spaces until the rank for Medical physics is finalized. But some of the top applicants for medical physics might have chosen another specialism as their first choice.... and so on..... So really, to make offers and decide who is on reserve they probably need all the specialisms to have been ranked, hence the wait!

lol trying to keep my mind from overthinking but obviously not working :smile:


I'm not sure that is how it works. I think if you have two specialisms and are successful then you get 2 offers, then once you reject one of those offers and accept the other than that place becomes available and is offered to someone on the reserve list. Which specialism you put down as first/second preference apparently has no bearing on your offer.
Original post by KDTA
Has anybody heard anything back for neurophysiology yet?


Received an 'Interview complete' email yesterday and its stayed the same on the online portal. How about you?
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Original post by Nightwing_
I'm not sure that is how it works. I think if you have two specialisms and are successful then you get 2 offers, then once you reject one of those offers and accept the other than that place becomes available and is offered to someone on the reserve list. Which specialism you put down as first/second preference apparently has no bearing on your offer.


That makes sense. So what is taking so long?? :biggrin:
Maybe because they said w/c may 9th, they want to stick with that and hence no offers today, just unsuccessfuls.
A really bizzare way of doing it though, I hope I don't get an oriel email today! Don't think I've seen any unsuccessfuls for Genomics so far.
Original post by Ehter
My interview was at 11:15 and my status is still complete too.


Mine too :smile: So we have met. Let me know if you get some updates..
They might be taking along time because some applicants may have the same score and hence ranked the same. So they need to differentiate between the two applicants somehow ... maybe through the aptitude tests or written application.

Just a speculation... im incredible nervous but i doubt the rest of us will hear anything until monday as its almost 5pm
Had interview complete, just changed to interview unsuccessful.

Medical Physics, first try
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Guyssss got interview unsuccessful for Medical Physics. First try. So gutted :frown: will be doing Physics teacher training this year instead. Oh well, wasnt meant to be
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I got an interview complete status yesterday morning but nothing since, im not sure how many neuro applicants they haft to go through but it cant be many
Original post by amylw36
Received an 'Interview complete' email yesterday and its stayed the same on the online portal. How about you?
Original post by sarahthatsit
They might be taking along time because some applicants may have the same score and hence ranked the same. So they need to differentiate between the two applicants somehow ... maybe through the aptitude tests or written application.

Just a speculation... im incredible nervous but i doubt the rest of us will hear anything until monday as its almost 5pm


For some reason I think they go off shortlisting score, could be wrong
Original post by DuckyMinotaur
For some reason I think they go off shortlisting score, could be wrong


That makes more sense. Which specialism have you gone for?
Original post by sarahthatsit
That makes more sense. Which specialism have you gone for?


Unsuccessful for clinical bioinformatics (physical) but still waiting on med phys which is the one i really want, you?
Unsuccessful medical physics
Original post by DuckyMinotaur
Unsuccessful for clinical bioinformatics (physical) but still waiting on med phys which is the one i really want, you?


Good luck!! I've gone for biochemistry so i'm still waiting on that one
Original post by sarahthatsit
Good luck!! I've gone for biochemistry so i'm still waiting on that one


Was that the one that a trust dropped out of?
Anyone had any news on cardiac?
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Original post by yelm
Guyssss got interview unsuccessful for Medical Physics. First try. So gutted :frown: will be doing Physics teacher training this year instead. Oh well, wasnt meant to be

hey, sorry to hear that! But be proud to have gotten this far, I was only shortlist reserve for medical physics, well done. Good luck with the teacher training!
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Original post by DuckyMinotaur
Was that the one that a trust dropped out of?


Yep :frown: one less space
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Original post by DuckyMinotaur
For some reason I think they go off shortlisting score, could be wrong


Is the final ranking based on only the interview scores or does it take the shortlisting score in account too?

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