Compiled by Pete Folly

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Claire Teresa Lundy

2022; Springer

134 pages

eISBN 9783031163210

An interview is an opportunity to showcase your abilities, to share your knowledge and enthusiasm, but can be daunting. It can be challenging to condense your experience into coherent answers that convey clinical abilities and personal qualities. This short practical text is designed to be a personal interview coach, helping to develop the reader's interview skills. Using this coaching approach as part of your interview preparation encourages personalised, clear and confident answers. You will learn how to structure responses to reflect your personality, knowledge and experience and to craft your responses to help you stand out. This book will support you by using coaching questions to reflect on your training and experience, helping you to identify your strengths and focus on your skills. There are templates to help structure your preparation and sample questions. With its workbook styled structure and reflective exercises, this book will help you present yourself to the best advantage in any interview situation.

The author is a practicing clinician, coach and led development of a clinical leadership and quality improvement training programme for doctors and dentists and training in the UK.