UK Surgical Training Interview Guides
Free, detailed guides to the UK surgical training selection interviews for ST3 Plastic Surgery and Core Surgical Training (CST): format, stations, marking, and how to prepare.
Hand-crafted by trainees who sat these interviews, grounded in the official selection formats.
Choosing your preparation
ST3 Plastic Surgery Interview
- 30-minute interview
- 4 station types
- Marked 0–5
The 30-minute national selection format: consent, communication, clinical scenarios, and the structured interview, and how each is marked.
- The clinical scenario station
- The consent station
- The communication (“call the boss”) station
- The structured interview
Core Surgical Training (CST) Interview
- 2 × 15-minute stations
- 4 question types
- Marked 0–6
The two-station CST selection interview (Management & Clinical, and Portfolio with presentation) and how the 0–6 marking works.
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