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Hi, I have a pharmacy interview coming and I just wanted to know what sort of questions they'd ask in their interviews

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Original post by waveyyx
Hi, I have a pharmacy interview coming and I just wanted to know what sort of questions they'd ask in their interviews

When is urs I also have one coming up
Original post by Fatmahally
When is urs I also have one coming up

i have one next Tuesday on the 7th
Reply 3
Original post by 03Void
u got five stations: ethics, pharmacy knowledge, chemistry, math and ice-breaking. The first 4 stations ask you questions and they will contribute to an overall score that determines your fate
ice-breaking is just a small chat, it allows the interviewer to know you but it doesn't affect your interview score
ethics is about pharmacy dilemma, u will be asked what you would do in a given situations, for example if a teenager asking for abortion pills (u need to consider confidentiality and legal issues), you should keep confidence and not tell anyone else, even her parents, but you should convince her to tell her parents
chemistry is, well, chemistry, straightforward chemistry questions with some questions that you haven't learnt before but are related to a certain thing that you have learnt in a level
math is a tricky one because it tests you simple math, literally +-x÷, but without the use of a calculator, there will be questions about decimals, significant figures, +-x÷ with decimals and even mole/concentration calculations
lastly pharmacy is basically about what a pharmacists do in different field (eg. hospital, community), examples of over the counter drugs
it may sound awful lot of things but they are all easy stuff that you can handle, with a bit of studies ofc. my recommendation is read through the 7 pharmacy standards( you dont need to memorise) and understand them. Good luck! (damn i didnt know i typed this much until now)

Thank you so much for this explanation, this is really helpful. I knew there were different stations but didn't exactly know what they could have asked but your response cleared everything that I was confused about. Thank u again!!
Reply 4
Original post by haliyahlwl
i have one next Tuesday on the 7th


i have one tomorrow too, best of luck!
Original post by t4smiyah
i have one tomorrow too, best of luck!

Me too good luck to the both of you
Original post by haliyahlwl
i have one next Tuesday on the 7th

Same what time
Reply 7
oh my god, that was genuinely the worst interview i've ever had 💀💀
Original post by Fatmahally
Same what time

mine was 10:15
Original post by t4smiyah
oh my god, that was genuinely the worst interview i've ever had 💀💀

same it was horrific
I had one today to, the station for STJ was awful 😭
Original post by Blanca05
I had one today to, the station for STJ was awful 😭

NO LITERALLY!! it didn't help how the first woman I had was SO intimidating 😭😭 im genuinely convinced they're making it impossible on purpose bc there's NO WAY people are finding the whole interview easy
How did u guys find the chemistry questions? I couldn't do question 4 💀
Original post by Blanca05
How did u guys find the chemistry questions? I couldn't do question 4 💀
question 4 threw me off so badly and the pressure i felt at the time was so horrible i don't think i got any of them right 😭
Was it an old white guy who did the station for you?
He would tell me if I got them right or wrong
Original post by t4smiyah
oh my god, that was genuinely the worst interview i've ever had 💀💀

same
guys i got an email saying i passed the interview,!
Original post by haliyahlwl
guys i got an email saying i passed the interview,!


Same, got mine yesterday morning
Original post by haliyahlwl
guys i got an email saying i passed the interview,!


me too! congratulations to everyoneee! are you planning on firming?

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