NHS STP 2019 Applicants

Does anyone know from previous years roughly how many from longlisting get through to the shortlisting/interview stage?

I've been longlisted too, but do you know how long does it take to review the application?

Yeah what SuRo said, I think on the school website it says they should be done with that stage by 5th March. So we all need a good distraction until then!!

The longlisting email i got says 'We hope to issue the first wave of interview invites week commencing 11th March 2019, however this is indicative and can be subject to change (could be earlier or later) '


So we will have to be patient!

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I haven’t applied for GC before no! What was your experience/education out of curiosity when you got 49?

Does longlisting definitely mean you've passed the aptitude tests? I've looked through this and a few old tests and most people seem to think it does, but I can't actually find proof anywhere. Is it possible it just means you've met other standards like appropriate degree etc?

I'm asking because I was convinced I'd failed them, and I'm trying not to get my hopes up!

Hey, I'm new this forum


Just wondering how longlisting is assessed, is it purely based on application questions?

I have worked at a supermarket for 2 years, been course rep and volunteered plus did extra curricular activities, did shadowing for a week in a clinic and chose literature based dissertation in my chosen field (GI Phys)

I'm worried as for employment history I only put my supermarket experience and 1 other paid and forgot to add voluntary plus clinic shadowing. However, in my answers I mentioned the voluntary experience for one question and what I learnt from shadowing. Will that be very costly?

I should've enquired but oh well

Any of the current STP trainees remember their interview questions? Please share so we can start thinking about what questions we could get!

Yup, it states on the website "If your test score is within the required threshold for the programme your application will be put forward for shortlisting. However if your score is below the threshold then you will be notified that your application will not progress any further". From what i understand they don't even look at your application until after you've been longlisted.

Yeah this does imply it. I'm gonna hold off on getting my hopes up though. I'm pretty happy with my application but if they're still looking at test scores I could easily be ruled out on that.

Yeah this does imply it. I'm gonna hold off on getting my hopes up though. I'm pretty happy with my application but if they're still looking at test scores I could easily be ruled out on that.

Hey

From the info on the school website it seems that they don't look at actual test scores for longlisting, it's more of a relative thing. So it's based on how the whole applicant pool do, they cut anyone who scores in the bottom ~30% so it's not like you have to score a certain mark to pass because if they did it that way maybe everyone would pass and then they wouldn't have whittled us down at all.

I think the only way they take your actual score into account is if you get an interview and end up scoring the same as another applicant in that and they need a way to separate you both; they will use the test scores to determine who gets offered the job but I think this is a rare occurrence.

Hope this makes sense and is helpful

Hey, I currently work at an IVF clinic in London as a lab technician and have applied to the STP.

All centres will offer both lab based work and office duties. You would also do rotations at other departments. When you are signed off for certain procedures you will have patient interaction. However you can not talk to patients about for example clinical changes to their treatment until you have finished your STP and are hcpc registered.

You can look at the clinics websites to find out how many cycles they have annually. You get trained on sperm prep of course, egg collections, vitrification, thawing, embryo grading, IVF and icsi...the list goes on. But I don't think you will for biopsy. It's usually embryologists who have been qualified for a couple of years are offered biopsy training.

Andthe clinic websites may state whether or not they offer time lapse. If not you can email/ call and query.

Hey

From the info on the school website it seems that they don't look at actual test scores for longlisting, it's more of a relative thing. So it's based on how the whole applicant pool do, they cut anyone who scores in the bottom ~30% so it's not like you have to score a certain mark to pass because if they did it that way maybe everyone would pass and then they wouldn't have whittled us down at all.

I think the only way they take your actual score into account is if you get an interview and end up scoring the same as another applicant in that and they need a way to separate you both; they will use the test scores to determine who gets offered the job but I think this is a rare occurrence.

Hope this makes sense and is helpful