thing is with pharmacy, as a degree, it can open up a lot of prospects (working in science industry as researcher, further education in med/dent/vet/eng (don panoz made his money in pharmacy); working as management) but the downside side is that there are massive discrepancies between the quality of training provided for the pre-registration. additionally, the margin for error at interviews is pathetic and can have crappy consequences.
I graduated last year but I had to start my pre-reg this year due to personal circumstances. I had interviews for guys and st thomas', brighton and sussex hospital trust and Addenbrooke's hospital this year but I ended up being rejected by all 3 (in the case of 1 of them, I was their number 2 option and was even told that had I applied last year, I would have been offered a spot :'(; 1 of them I had tough questions and will admit I didn't prepare enough for; and 1 of them I had 2 days after coming back from abroad and completely froze despite knowing fully well what the answer were).
Currently I am stuck at an independent pharmacy for the last month where the pre-reg tutor is an arrogant tutor who even said to me when I was volunteering there that they didn't want to see me past my 13 week appraisal; none of the staff talks to me except for locums, work experience students, the shop manager and the superintendent pharmacist; and the pre-reg tutor is an absolute jerk who keeps blaming me for stuff which I havent done / for stuff they have told me to do and gets angry when I do it (prime example, leaving the computers on overnight and keeping the doors unlocked despite leaving 3 hours before other staff; or them telling me to keep stuff aside in a box for someone to collect but when the stuff hasn't been collected after 2 months, I get blamed for leaving things where they shouldn't be) and keeps withholding stuff and lying to me (saying that I had a paycheck even though I only gave my details and p46 to the superintendent a few days ago...still haven't been paid) and constantly criticising me for being slow or making too many mistakes (I have made 13 dispensing errors this month, 9 of which were on 2 scripts in my first week).
my advice, get as much experience as you can working in different places. chances are, when it comes to applying for pre-reg, they will consider you and accept you. But also saying that, I had a total of 3 and a bit weeks experience in pharmacy before I applied for pre-reg places, so I guess having a 2:1 minimum and being prepared for cv's and interviews are paramount. also keep plans in case u don't get what you want.