NHS Interview for Medical Lab Assistant

I got an MLA interview on Friday and I would also like to know what questions to expect durin the interview.

Thanx in advance

xx Heidi xx

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I have a phlebotomy interview tomorrow, which is similar to a MLA. I'll try and post the questions and any other info i find out

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awww thanx fruitcakeLiz. I am so nervous about my interview i just don't know wat to expect. I got a panel of 3 interviewers who will be questioning me about who knows wat. This sounds more like a med skool interview to me lolz. FruitcakeLiz wat will u be wearing at the interview. I'm thinking about wearin a suit but not sure yet, but definitely something smart.

xx Heidi xx

FruitcakeLiz

I have a phlebotomy interview tomorrow, which is similar to a MLA. I'll try and post the questions and any other info i find out

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I've had an interview for MLA before.. basically they asked me general questions about myself.. I had just gotten back from a big trip volunteering in Africa so we chatted about that.. we spent a while on what I wanted to do later on (though ultimately this counted against me in the long run because I couldn't stay for more than my gap year and the other applicant - I got down to the last 2 - could)

Uhm.. they asked me what I knew about the job.. what I thought I would be doing.. if I had any problems handling samples and stuff.. why I wanted the job.. I'd say really read the job description and the sheet of the type of qualities they look for..

Personally my interview panel (also 3) didn't look particularly smart.. I can't seem to remember what I wore but I think I had a black skirt with white flowers.. a shirt and a black tank top.. so it looked kind of smart but I felt comfortably me too.. and I think I would have felt out of place in a suit, personally.. but I didn't see other applicants so others might have gone smarter..

Sorry to blab!!

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Heidi

awww thanx fruitcakeLiz. I am so nervous about my interview i just don't know wat to expect. I got a panel of 3 interviewers who will be questioning me about who knows wat. This sounds more like a med skool interview to me lolz. FruitcakeLiz wat will u be wearing at the interview. I'm thinking about wearin a suit but not sure yet, but definitely something smart.

xx Heidi xx

No worries. Don't be nervous at all, i'm sure the people interviewing you will be nice, they were at mine.
I wore black trousers, a shirt, v-neck jumper and kept my coat on (i was baking!).
I got asked about myself and some questions about the importance of checking things (like samples), patient confidentiality etc. Otherwise it was just a chat really about the sort of work, hours etc.
You'll be fine! Good luck!

Fingers crossed we get the jobs!
Liz

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aww thanx so much anon ur post was really helpful. im sry u didn't get the job. :frown:

Hopefully u have found a diff job by now. Do you know how many applicants they interviewed for the position on that day?

Anon

I've had an interview for MLA before.. basically they asked me general questions about myself.. I had just gotten back from a big trip volunteering in Africa so we chatted about that.. we spent a while on what I wanted to do later on (though ultimately this counted against me in the long run because I couldn't stay for more than my gap year and the other applicant - I got down to the last 2 - could)

Uhm.. they asked me what I knew about the job.. what I thought I would be doing.. if I had any problems handling samples and stuff.. why I wanted the job.. I'd say really read the job description and the sheet of the type of qualities they look for..

Personally my interview panel (also 3) didn't look particularly smart.. I can't seem to remember what I wore but I think I had a black skirt with white flowers.. a shirt and a black tank top.. so it looked kind of smart but I felt comfortably me too.. and I think I would have felt out of place in a suit, personally.. but I didn't see other applicants so others might have gone smarter..

Sorry to blab!!

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thanx frutcakeliz, i'll try not to b too nervous it's jus scary that there will be three ppl interviewing.

awww why didn't u take ur coat off? bless. awww

i kinda got an idea of wat to wear now and wat to expect thanx loads

xx heidi xx

FruitcakeLiz

No worries. Don't be nervous at all, i'm sure the people interviewing you will be nice, they were at mine.
I wore black trousers, a shirt, v-neck jumper and kept my coat on (i was baking!).
I got asked about myself and some questions about the importance of checking things (like samples), patient confidentiality etc. Otherwise it was just a chat really about the sort of work, hours etc.
You'll be fine! Good luck!

Fingers crossed we get the jobs!
Liz

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Don’t know how many were interviewed in total sorry¸ and as for not getting the job it worked out because I got an auxiliary nurse position which is better experience for me for degree next year¸ good luck friday! :smile:

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It's k Anon I don't know how many were iterviewed for my post either hehe. But yeah my Interview went alright i think. I wasn't really that nervous either because they gave me a warm welcome. The panel was really nice. :smile:

And the questions weren't that difficult to answa. So yeah fingers crossed i get the job. GD luck to fruitcakeLiz as well :smile:

! And I'm glad it all wrked out in the end for u anon. :smile:

Anon

Don’t know how many were interviewed in total sorry¸ and as for not getting the job it worked out because I got an auxiliary nurse position which is better experience for me for degree next year¸ good luck friday! :smile:

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[QUOTE="Heidi"]It's k Anon I don't know how many were iterviewed for my post either hehe. But yeah my Interview went alright i think. I wasn't really that nervous either because they gave me a warm welcome. The panel was really nice. :smile:

And the questions weren't that difficult to answa. So yeah fingers crossed i get the job. GD luck to fruitcakeLiz as well :smile:

! And I'm glad it all wrked out in the end for u anon. :smile:

Ooooh n one more last question how long did u guys have to wait to hear from whether u got the job?

Thnx guys :smile:

xx Heidi xx

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I was contacted the next day because they did all the interviews on the same day.. but sometimes people make you wait longer.. it all depends on how soon they need people I guess and how many they interviewed and whether it is easy or hard to choose between applicants.. hope you got it :smile:

Reply 10

I'm still waiting :frown:

Reply 11

YAY i got it! how about you?

Reply 12

Congrats on getting the job!!! :smile:

They made you wait a while though!

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Thanks! Yes they did- that's NHS beaurocracy (sp!) for you though!

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twiga

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Anon

Don’t know how many were interviewed in total sorry¸ and as for not getting the job it worked out because I got an auxiliary nurse position which is better experience for me for degree next year¸ good luck friday! :smile:

How did you get into auxiliary nursing?

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labrat

Hi Twiga!

if your interested in auxillary nursing i looked on the norwich nhs website and they have several nursing auxillary jobs for which you can apply.

http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/vacancy.asp?f=%7CNursing%7C

when i applied for nursing auxillary i had to take a basic exam followed by an interview. the exam was just about basic maths and english. i didn't go to my interview because i decided that i wouldn't have been able to fit in the shifts around my course and so couldn't work as an auxillary nurse.

good luck! :smile:

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twiga

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labrat

Hi Twiga!

if your interested in auxillary nursing i looked on the norwich nhs website and they have several nursing auxillary jobs for which you can apply.

http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/vacancy.asp?f=%7CNursing%7C

when i applied for nursing auxillary i had to take a basic exam followed by an interview. the exam was just about basic maths and english. i didn't go to my interview because i decided that i wouldn't have been able to fit in the shifts around my course and so couldn't work as an auxillary nurse.

good luck! :smile:

Wow thanks a lot! That's really cool! You're on my rep list now :biggrin:

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