Does anybody know if the Band 2 interviews are any different or harder in comparison to the Band 1 interviews? There must be some difference, otherwise there would be no need in banding the applicants? Or, what is the banding system for if that is not true?

Reply 985

Asian5

Original post by meMyself&I

I don't think they used the banding system this year but I might be wrong

Reply 986

username2396569

Original post by meMyself&I

There is no difference, once you're at the interview stage then there is no discrimination. The banding (if there was any) was probably just a way to organise everyone, it's much easier to organise things when they're in order! If anything, later interviews should actually be easier as you've had more time to prepare...

Reply 987

Gerry-Atricks

@usycool1 I had my interview the other day and feel i messed up a little on the teamwork example by giving a more leadership geared example, they mentioned this to me which caused me to then ramble a little and give a weak example. do you think this alone will take me out of the running

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Reply 988

Abj0

Original post by meMyself&I

I think banding set stem may be used to decide who gets priority for an interview. So they give all interviews to the best band 1 applicants then if there are spaces left they choose the best band 2 applicants and so on, until there are no spaces left.

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Reply 989

tommychien83

I just received post interview offer from Imperial this evening!! I can't believe it!!! I'm an A109 applicant and had my interview in December by the way :smile:

Reply 990

oey99

Original post by tommychien83

I just received post interview offer from Imperial this evening!! I can't believe it!!! I'm an A109 applicant and had my interview in December by the way :smile:

Congratulations!!!! That's amazing!

Reply 991

Medic17

My BMAT is very low s1 4.5 s2 5.4 and s3 2,5A . I hope i get an interview offer . Have seen people with similar BMAT score getting interiew offers

Reply 992

Rifdhy

Have imperial started rejecting?

Reply 993

usycool1

Original post by glad-he-ate-her

Absolutely not, if the rest of the interview was ok.

Reply 994

song_han

Has anyone already had their interview? If so what sort of questions did they ask and were there's a lot of questions about science we learn in school or is it just personal?

Reply 995

Gerry-Atricks

Original post by usycool1

Absolutely not, if the rest of the interview was ok.

thanks for settling my conscience, hope i remember it as worse than it was, what do you think it means if i felt like my interviewers were slightly harsh and pushing me to finish and cutting me off before i could wrap my answer up, making it seem disjointed

also, after interviews is interview performance the only thing used to differentiate ( nothing else considered) and is the offer/rejection decision made right after you leave the room?

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Reply 996

Gerry-Atricks

Original post by song_han

Has anyone already had their interview? If so what sort of questions did they ask and were there's a lot of questions about science we learn in school or is it just personal?

Not allowed to tell you, that being said, google imperial medicine interview freedom of information

Reply 997

usycool1

Original post by glad-he-ate-her

When I had my interview a couple of years ago, the interviewers were very harsh with me and cut me off and laughed at some of my answers. :ashamed2:

I wouldn't worry about that too much, it's just likely that they were interested in what you had to say.

The decision is usually made after you leave the room I believe, and I feel it's based only on interview performance. That's nothing official though, it's just me saying it so it could be wrong.