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Cardiff University Pharmacy Interview Help

I've been invited to an interview at Cardiff Uni to study pharmacy and I was just wondering what the interview process includes.
I heard from some of my classmates that in their interview at Swansea that one of the elements of the interview was to have a group discussion with all the interviewees on a particular topic, does anyone know if Cardiff do this?

-Do I need to bring anything with me such as copies of my GCSE certificates?

-Any difficult questions that you were asked during your pharmacy interview?

-In my invitation email it said that I would need to sit a numeracy test, is it difficult? Any A-Level Chemistry based calculations or is it just general maths?
Thank you for your help.

Reply 1

Puddles the Monkey

Hey - sorry you haven't had any responses so far. I'm just going to pop this in the Cardiff forum for you. Hopefully someone will see this there and be able to help

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Reply 2

Sarah326

Original post by pharmagirl9

I have my interview tomorrow and I'm so nervous, I wish us both the best of luck!!

Reply 3

pharmagirl9

Original post by Sarah326

I have my interview tomorrow and I'm so nervous, I wish us both the best of luck!!

I have mine tomorrow as well! I'm also very nervous because Cardiff is my first choice university, but the important thing to remember is that the interviewer isn't there to catch you out, they're just there to learn more about you and your passion for pharmacy and the university! Good luck to you also, I'm sure you'll do exceptional!

Reply 4

Sarah326

Original post by pharmagirl9

Haha, Cardiff is my first choice as well!! It's my first interview so I don't know what to expect and that makes me very nervous. Im sure you'll do a fantastic job :smile:

. I've heard that the maths shouldn't be very difficult as maths A-level isn't compulsory for those looking to study Pharmacy. I guess we just have to be ourselves and try our best.

Best of Luck :smile:

Reply 5

pharmagirl9

Original post by Sarah326

Haha, Cardiff is my first choice as well!! It's my first interview so I don't know what to expect and that makes me very nervous. Im sure you'll do a fantastic job :smile:

How did it go?!

Reply 6

Sarah326

Original post by pharmagirl9

How did it go?!

Went well, I was the first interview which made me nervous but yeah.
What time was yours and how did it go?

Reply 7

pharmagirl9

Original post by Sarah326

Went well, I was the first interview which made me nervous but yeah.
What time was yours and how did it go?

Awh good I’m glad! I was so nervous but my interviewer was really nice and chatty which made me more comfortable so I thought it went really well, way better than I expected haha. She actually said that she was going to recommend me to receive an offer which I was so happy about :smile:

Reply 8

Sarah326

Original post by pharmagirl9

Have you heard back from them?
I got an offer from them!!

Reply 9

pharmagirl9

Original post by Sarah326

Have you heard back from them?
I got an offer from them!!

Yeah and me! Congratulations :smile:

Reply 10

jnnyp

Original post by pharmagirl9

Yeah and me! Congratulations :smile:

What ddid they end up asking you questions on? How did the maths test go?

Reply 11

pharmagirl9

Original post by jnnyp

What ddid they end up asking you questions on? How did the maths test go?

I didn’t have many questions but that was because one topic just led to another, but the questions I remember is “why Cardiff?” & “what are you learning in school currently that’s relevant to pharmacy”
Maths test was simple but since I do a level maths I just over complicated it but I was told by a postgraduate student that the test is only to see if you’d need extra help with maths so I wasn’t too worried about it.

Reply 12

anjolaa

Hello, congratulations. I've got an interview soon also and am pretty nervous especially for the maths section. Does the interviewer ask you the maths questions directly or is it completed separately from the interview. :smile:

Reply 13

pharmagirl9

It’s Separate from the interview you’ll either have it before or after your interview, it’s a question paper so You’re not asked the questions directly and it’s very simple .. if you do a level maths do not over complicate it like I did haha, although the test is to see if you’d need any mathematical help whilst being on the course as I was told by a postgraduate student so there’s no need to worry about it, I didn’t do well in it because I was over complicating things but I still got an offer! Good luck!

Reply 14

HSAHLALL

I just got an mail for an interview but doesn't say I have to do a maths test?

Reply 15

Eve25.245

I had an email the other day and it doesn’t say anything about a maths test either

Reply 16

vicksdotdot

I got the email about the date and time of my interview, but I didnt receive any calls from them on the day of my interview...

Reply 17

Anonymous #1

Original post by vicksdotdot

I got the email about the date and time of my interview, but I didnt receive any calls from them on the day of my interview...

The email says you need to email them back to confirm the date of the interview, that may have been the case

Reply 18

Anonymous #2

Original post by Anonymous

The email says you need to email them back to confirm the date of the interview, that may have been the case

Hi. When did you receive the email for your interview. I applied before 12 days and till now I haven't received an email regarding the interview. is it normal?