This chapter outlines typical interview questions only. It does not tell you how to prepare yourself so you can answer these questions effectively or give you model answers. We strongly recommend, regardless of how late you have left your interview preparation, that you do not start by reading this chapter. Instead, start by working through Chapter 5. The questions in this chapter are best used to supplement the preparation you will undertake in Chapter 5. These questions are all real questions collected from previous interviewees. As such, you may think some are very similar in content, and indeed they are, but we have included them all to give you a feel for how different individuals word questions slightly differently. In Chapter 10, which looks at specialty-specific interviews, there are examples of specialty-specific general and ethical questions. All that said, if you decide to ignore the advice on where to start and go straight to question practice, remember these key points: • Practise your answers out loud (most of us waffle when we go through answers in our head) • Pause before answering the question and think about what you want to say, in particular how you will use this answer to promote yourself as the best candidate for the post • Divide your answer into three parts: • Start with a short, sharp answer during which you tell the panel what you are going to tell them • Back the answer up with your evidence and examples • Tell the panel what you have just told them and why it will benefit their organization • Spend no more than 2–3 minutes answering any one question • When asked for an opinion, recognize both sides of any debate/ discussion, but ultimately come off the fence with a distinct answer, backed up by sensible reasoning • Talk in the first person and in the present tense, i.e. use ‘I do’ rather then ‘We should’ • Tell me about your CV • Tell us about yourself • Describe your clinical training • Tell me about the gaps in your CV