☛ 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?