HMO interviews - advice needed!

[Funkeeer]

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Hi all,

I'm a UK graduate, currently in the middle of F1 (internship equivalent) and has been applying to Australia for HMO/PGY2 jobs.

Recently had a phone interview with central coast - it was 3 questions - purely academic. tbh I was quite surprised at their interview style.

Anyway. Just got offered another phone interview with Monash.

Any ideas how they are like?

Or should I be expecting most aus interviews are academic based rather than 'getting to know you'?


Many thanks in adv!

 

[pitman]

Most interviews here are attempts at being standardized and objective, as if that were ever possible. There are exceptions, but most of the time, even when you think the question is to get to know you, it's an attempt to assess specific qualities that apply to the job or one of its set selection criteria, and scoring will tend to be systematic.

Coming from the US, I too found this odd. I think it has to do with Australians' value of merit (the "fair go") over class and nepotism, as though the interviewers shouldn't be trusted to assess character in their own, non-standardized way, and as though standardization isn't often, fundamentally, quite arbitrary.

 

[Funkeeer]

I was just surprised all they asked were medical questions.

What kind of questions did u come across?

I'm trying to prep for this surg HMO interview next week but am quite clueless.... :/!

Most interviews here are attempts at being standardized and objective, as if that were ever possible. There are exceptions, but most of the time, even when you think the question is to get to know you, it's an attempt to assess specific qualities that apply to the job or one of its set selection criteria, and scoring will tend to be systematic.

Coming from the US, I too found this odd. I think it has to do with Australians' value of merit (the "fair go") over class and nepotism, as though the interviewers shouldn't be trusted to assess character in their own, non-standardized way, and as though standardization isn't often, fundamentally, quite arbitrary.