Consultant Question:

► Tell us about yourself
► Take us through your CV
► Why do you want to join this Trust?
► What can you offer to this Trust?
► What can this Trust offer you?
► How does your training meet the needs of the post?
► What makes you think that you are fit to become a consultant?
► How do you know that you are fit to become a consultant?
► How did you acquire the maturity to become a consultant?
► Do you feel that it is right for trainees to become consultants straight after CCT?
► What are the advantages and disadvantages of employing locum consultants?
► Where do you see yourself in 5/10/20 years' time?
► How do you see your career develop over the next 10 years?
► Would you like to become a clinical director?
► Looking back at your training, what did you like the most and the least?
► If you had the chance, what would you change in your training/ portfolio?
► What experience do you have to manage <type of session> successfully?
► Why should we give you this job?
► Is there anything which I, as the Chief Executive, should know and that you are not telling me? Why should I not give you the job?
► What was your greatest professional challenge in the past 5 years?
► What are the medium term goals for this hospital and how could help?
► What do you like the most and the least about this specialty?
► How do you identify your weaknesses?
► What is the difference between being a senior SpR and a junior consultant?
► How would your seniors motivate you?
► What do you think will be your biggest challenge in this post?
► What experiences outside of medicine have you found useful for your medical career?
► As a new consultant, what use will you make of your SPAs?
► Do you think that consultants should be entitled to SPAs?
► How do you measure success?