Table 4.

The interview process at various medical schools

Criteria	Details
Do the panellists receive training in the interview process?	18 schools required all interviewers to undergo training either provided in-house (13 schools), by the NHS or university (three), or by external agencies (two)
Length of interviews	18 schools interview for 15-20 minutes, with a further three schools interviewing for 25 minutes, 30-45 minutes, and 40 minutes each. Two schools stated that interview length “varied” and could not be specified
How is the interview scored?	14 schools score interview numerically. At six scoring is non-numeric with candidates categorised as offer/borderline/reject. Two schools were not explicit about their scoring process