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Portsmouth uni interview

I have my Portsmouth interview for pharmacy in January.
I was wondering if anyone has done one, and could just give me some tips and examples of what the interviewer asked such as any bio, chemistry or maths questions, and things I should be conscious about.

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by wdawdawdawdwdwa
I have my Portsmouth interview for pharmacy in January.
I was wondering if anyone has done one, and could just give me some tips and examples of what the interviewer asked such as any bio, chemistry or maths questions, and things I should be conscious about.

Heyy! I had mine today. The interview was lowkey very chill and the questions aren't daunting at all. They didn't ask any bio chem or maths questions for me. Hope this helps xx

Reply 2

Hey I’m a second year pharmacy student at the uni of Portsmouth.My interview was actually chilled.They gave me scenario based questions, asked me why I want to do pharmacy and why the uni.They also gave me 5 topics of biology and Chemistry and made me choose 1 topic each, which I spoke about.They should have also sent an email with the NHS values.Try include these values in your answers.Be confident in what you’ll say.

Good luck

Reply 3

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by PM27
Heyy! I had mine today. The interview was lowkey very chill and the questions aren't daunting at all. They didn't ask any bio chem or maths questions for me. Hope this helps xx

Thanks so much it makes me feel so much better.

You're a legend :0

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Original post
by wdawdawdawdwdwa
I have my Portsmouth interview for pharmacy in January.
I was wondering if anyone has done one, and could just give me some tips and examples of what the interviewer asked such as any bio, chemistry or maths questions, and things I should be conscious about.

Please remember that TSR strictly forbids any postings with specific information about questions, tasks and tests for any interviews at any University.

For MPharm, the likely questions are fairly obvious:

Why Pharmacy (ie. and not Med, Chemistry etc)?

What do you know about the recent changes within Pharmacy?

What are 'NHS VAlues'?

Questions about organic chemistry.

A simple maths test.

'What would you do if ..' questions that usually focus on confidentiality or ethical decisions.

Useful resources, pre-reading etc for Interviews here - Useful resources for MPharm PS and Interviews - The Student Room

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