Southampton Medicine: the interview
A panel interview (plus an observed group task). For 2024 entry, 69% of interviewees got an offer. Below: the numbers, what the interview looks for, your personal statement and SJT band, and questions to practise.
- interviewed
- 834
- 2024 entry
- offers
- 574
- all applicants
- of interviewees offered
- 69%
- 2024 entry
- international, offered
- 32%
- 2024 entry
- Format
- Panel interview · Plus an observed group task
- Good to know
- Both on one selection day. Offers are made on selection-day performance, with UCAT only as a tie-break.
- From interview to offer
- Offers are made on interview performance. UCAT is used after interview only to split a tie in selection-day scores.
Share of interviewees offered a place, 2021 to 2024 entry
Offers divided by interviews each year, all applicants. Hover or tab to a year for the counts.
| Value | Detail | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 entry | 49% | 377 offers from 762 interviews |
| 2022 entry | 50% | 427 offers from 846 interviews |
| 2023 entry | 49% | 394 offers from 807 interviews |
| 2024 entry | 69% | 574 offers from 834 interviews |
Offers outnumber places, because not everyone offered accepts or meets the conditions; this is the share offered, not the share who get a place.
| Entry year | Applications | Interviewed | Share interviewed | Offers | Offers per interview |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,936 | 762 | 39% | 377 | 49% |
| 2022 | 1,974 | 846 | 43% | 427 | 50% |
| 2023 | 1,725 | 807 | 47% | 394 | 49% |
| 2024 | 1,309 | 834 | 64% | 574 | 69% |
For 2024 entry 69% of interviewees were offered a place, 20 points up on 2023. Across the 4 years shown, 55% of interviewees were offered. International applicants: 18 offers from 56 interviews for 2024 entry, 32%. Southampton gave approximate counts.
A selection day: a panel interview and an observed group task. Selectors look for self-motivation and resilience, reflection on life experiences (work experience, paid employment and personal experience in or out of health and social care), effective communication, interaction with others, and an understanding of the NHS Constitution's values.
Used at interview
Used at the selection-day interview.
It does not count at the interview. The SJT is not used: selection for interview is the UCAT total alone.
Questions to practise
Written by MedOffr in the style of a panel interview. None is taken from Southampton or claimed to have been asked there.
01 · Motivation
Why do you want to be a doctor, and why here?
02 · Your statement
You wrote about volunteering at a care home. What did you learn there about communicating with patients?
03 · Insight
What makes a good doctor? Which of those qualities do you still need to work on?
04 · Resilience
Tell us about a setback and how you dealt with it.
05 · Ethics
Should patients who smoke be treated last for smoking-related illness?
06 · Teamwork
Who else works in a hospital team, and what do they do that a doctor cannot?
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