Ace Your NHS Consultant Interview


In this episode, Tessa and Becky discuss:

  • Soft-Spokenness and Confidence: How to embrace your natural style and use prep and clarity to signal true confidence, not volume.​

  • Mistake Questions: Why interview panels respond best to real personal vulnerability - and how to avoid the common trap of “buck stops with me” answers that lack authenticity.​

  • Balancing Trainee Needs and Service Delivery: Concrete examples, GMC survey data, and strategies to show consultant-level thinking when asked about system-level challenges.​

  • Timing Your Prep: The critical value of starting early, even when you don’t have an official interview date - so you can walk away knowing you gave it everything.​

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What is Ace Your NHS Consultant Interview?

Welcome to Ace Your NHS Consultant Interview - the podcast for doctors who want to take the stress and guesswork out of their NHS consultant interview prep.

We know how overwhelming it can feel to prep for your consultant interviews when you’re already stretched thin.

Each episode, we’ll break down what actually works - no fluff, no endless reading, just practical steps you can fit into a hectic week. You’ll hear honest advice, real stories, and the frameworks we use with our own students inside the Academy to help you show up confident, prepped, and ready to secure the job you want.

If you’re a final year trainee or locum consultant and you want to prepare, not panic, you’re in the right place.