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Optometry interview

Any advice with interviews for optom? How hard are they? (Got two interviews for Aston and Plymouth- both in jan)

Reply 1

aston one isnt too bad tbh the questions are answerable so dont worry
dont stress!! You got this!
ik some ppl say that manchester asks maths questions? Im not sure about plymouth

Reply 2

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by joannekath05
Any advice with interviews for optom? How hard are they? (Got two interviews for Aston and Plymouth- both in jan)


aston is acc a job interview i swear 😭😭

Reply 3

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by joannekath05
Any advice with interviews for optom? How hard are they? (Got two interviews for Aston and Plymouth- both in jan)


my advice would be think of the obvious questions, and then personal and organisational skills

Reply 4

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by Always.working
aston one isnt too bad tbh the questions are answerable so dont worry
dont stress!! You got this!
ik some ppl say that manchester asks maths questions? Im not sure about plymouth

Ohhh nice thanks, are you applying to optom this year? Have you heard back from any unis? Manchesters the only one I haven't heard back from yet lolll

Reply 5

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by ncsokjkjdcjk
my advice would be think of the obvious questions, and then personal and organisational skills

Thankyou so much. Do you need to have in-depth knowledge about Optom? Not sure if I need to do further reading

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by joannekath05

Thankyou so much. Do you need to have in-depth knowledge about Optom? Not sure if I need to do further reading


no no, just talk about the obvious why optom etc but no need to go into too much detail
its very very informal almost like a conversation with friends

Reply 7

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by ncsokjkjdcjk


aston is acc a job interview i swear 😭😭


😭😭😭

Reply 8

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by M8-Idek


😭😭😭


My interviews on the 17th

Reply 9

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by M8-Idek


My interviews on the 17th


just be open and friendly , practice obvious questions and also any societies you might wanna join

Reply 10

plymouth interviews arent bad they let just about anyone in lol

Reply 11

How’s it going

Reply 12

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by Studentwithaname
How’s it going

Hiii it went well, I’ve received offers from all my unis and now I’m just choosing between Manchester and Cardiff to firm… wbu?

Reply 13

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by joannekath05
Hiii it went well, I’ve received offers from all my unis and now I’m just choosing between Manchester and Cardiff to firm… wbu?

Hii that’s great to hear! I’m almost done with first year, it’s crazy how fast the years gone! 🤯

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by joannekath05
Hiii it went well, I’ve received offers from all my unis and now I’m just choosing between Manchester and Cardiff to firm… wbu?

hey, congrats on ur offers! how are you finding it? which uni did you end up going to and what was the interview like if u don't mind answering, struggling atm 🥲

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