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Nottingham MPharm how cooked am I

i just had my nottingham mpharm interview and I literally only did 2 of the 6 questions because im genuinely so bad at non calculator maths and i couldnt finish the calculations. usually id be able to do these but the time constraints and the pressure got to me and i kept redoing the maths.

how cooked am i for getting the offer? did anyone else completely fck up the maths but get an offer anyways? i think i did ok in the rest but that was the most stressful interview ive ever done
i have nottingham as a choice but i haven't finished my ucas yet. how is the interview's format? ik u mentioned it's questions but what type of questions did they ask? was it chemistry based? especially for non-calculator maths, what was the format and what questions are non-calculator maths. sorry fpr asking so many questions
Original post by Anonymous
i just had my nottingham mpharm interview and I literally only did 2 of the 6 questions because im genuinely so bad at non calculator maths and i couldnt finish the calculations. usually id be able to do these but the time constraints and the pressure got to me and i kept redoing the maths.
how cooked am i for getting the offer? did anyone else completely fck up the maths but get an offer anyways? i think i did ok in the rest but that was the most stressful interview ive ever done


How were the questions phrased?
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Original post by taroob.nasim
i have nottingham as a choice but i haven't finished my ucas yet. how is the interview's format? ik u mentioned it's questions but what type of questions did they ask? was it chemistry based? especially for non-calculator maths, what was the format and what questions are non-calculator maths. sorry fpr asking so many questions

ok so nevermind i received the offer anyways

i cant share any questions, but they will email you a link to a video describing the outline of the interview, its pretty much a normal interview but in MMI format, so situational judgement, motivations, knowledge of pharmacy, maths and additional chemistry. chemistry is moderately difficult but it’s a couple of organic question and some knowledge of drugs. the maths is non calculator but involves some sort of higher gcse maths you would prefer to do with a calculator like multiplication of decimals, concentration calculations and percentages. the maths questions are mostly drug related. best of luck, it’s the most stressful i’ve ever done but make sure you’re well prepared xx
Reply 4
Original post by Anonymous
ok so nevermind i received the offer anyways
i cant share any questions, but they will email you a link to a video describing the outline of the interview, its pretty much a normal interview but in MMI format, so situational judgement, motivations, knowledge of pharmacy, maths and additional chemistry. chemistry is moderately difficult but it’s a couple of organic question and some knowledge of drugs. the maths is non calculator but involves some sort of higher gcse maths you would prefer to do with a calculator like multiplication of decimals, concentration calculations and percentages. the maths questions are mostly drug related. best of luck, it’s the most stressful i’ve ever done but make sure you’re well prepared xx


Do they show you the structure of the drug?
Original post by Blanca05
Do they show you the structure of the drug?


Yes
Hey I have a Nottingham Interview soon, any tips?
Reply 7
Original post by Anonymous
i just had my nottingham mpharm interview and I literally only did 2 of the 6 questions because im genuinely so bad at non calculator maths and i couldnt finish the calculations. usually id be able to do these but the time constraints and the pressure got to me and i kept redoing the maths.
how cooked am i for getting the offer? did anyone else completely fck up the maths but get an offer anyways? i think i did ok in the rest but that was the most stressful interview ive ever done

did you get the offer?
Reply 8
yes i did lol 2 days later, its MMI format and you get scored for each part so i guess i did well on the other parts of the interview
Reply 9
what were the calculations like? and did you do it online?
Original post by poott
what were the calculations like? and did you do it online?

cant share interview questions, normal mpharm maths stuff like concentrations and dose but non calculator, yes i did it online.

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