Medicine interview courses - are they useful & your experience?

Hi,

I am applying to Barts (QMUL), King's, Liverpool & Birmingham (all are MMI interviews I think, except Barts) & I don't know whether or not to go to one of the interview courses offered by companies like isc medical, medic portal, blackstone tutors etc.

I was thinking of doing the isc medical course and was wondering if anyone has any experience or recommendations with any of these courses? Also, should you do any interview practice/ preparation beforehand so that you are ready for the mock interview questions?

Thank you!

Hiya,

I know exactly how you feel! There's so many courses out there - The Medic Portal do run a really good MMI Circuit which is only for half a day, and is a little less expensive than some of the others. It's not essential to go on a course - I know people who didn't go on any and were absolutely fine. However they can also be very useful as well - with most companies you will get tailored feedback and one to one practice.

ISC tend to be slightly on the pricier side, but I've heard good reviews and recommendations about them, so I think that it would be a good course to go on if you are interested.

In terms of practising for the courses, just have a bit of background reading on major news stories, health issues now and in the past. This will stand you in good stead to try and answer the questions they throw at you. They will be doing the rest of the work such as how to answer the questions, structuring and pointers to improve body language etc.

Good luck with your interviews

I think it depends how much that sort of money is worth to you! They are not as useful as they advertise themselves as being, and 'tailored feedback' is not exclusive to some private course - even at the worst state comp, teachers are generally willing to provide some help/mock interviews if you ask.

But practice is practice and these guys offer more practice so, if the like £200 is worth nothing to you then sure go for it. If its a lot of money to you, its definitely not necessary and i would recommend seeing what you can get out of teachers.

Yeah they are very expensive but if it's the difference between me getting an offer or not then I think it's worth it

I'll definitely ask my teachers but I'm the only one at school applying for medicine and none of the teachers are that interested haha.

Hi,

I am applying to Barts (QMUL), King's, Liverpool & Birmingham (all are MMI interviews I think, except Barts) & I don't know whether or not to go to one of the interview courses offered by companies like isc medical, medic portal, blackstone tutors etc.

I was thinking of doing the isc medical course and was wondering if anyone has any experience or recommendations with any of these courses? Also, should you do any interview practice/ preparation beforehand so that you are ready for the mock interview questions?

Thank you!

Yeah they are very expensive but if it's the difference between me getting an offer or not then I think it's worth it I'll definitely ask my teachers but I'm the only one at school applying for medicine and none of the teachers are that interested haha.

Yeah they are very expensive but if it's the difference between me getting an offer or not then I think it's worth it I'll definitely ask my teachers but I'm the only one at school applying for medicine and none of the teachers are that interested haha.

Yeah they are very expensive but if it's the difference between me getting an offer or not then I think it's worth it I'll definitely ask my teachers but I'm the only one at school applying for medicine and none of the teachers are that interested haha.

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