Rish secured an NHS consultant position after completing a multi-week interview prep programme. He emphasizes that substantive interviews differ from locum roles, requiring deep knowledge of trust values and recent developments. Live feedback, peer interaction, and direct coaching proved essential to his success.
So before attending that course, I did a course, ISC course, for a day, and I was reasonably well prepared because I had done a bit of groundwork. And after finishing my fellowship at Frimley, I got a couple of weeks off before starting a new job, so I had some time and prepared. But this time it was nowhere near— I mean, this time I Thanks to you that I came to know that there were so many things which I didn't prepare, and obviously substantive interview is completely completely different to a locum interview. So being direct and also knowing general structure of the NHS, recent developments like Martha's role and other things were on your website, plus your A few tips that— know about your trust's values, vision, and how your working aligns well with those values. So I think these things are important. I realise that this is— this sounds great because this is something that resonates well with my FRCS course philosophy. This is not a snapshot interview or one-day preparation interview. It's more horizontal type of interview preparation where you get good few weeks with live feedback, time to improve and mingle with other candidates as well. So I think this will give me more preparation, especially your live sessions and some of your modules. I just liked your style that you're very direct and no beating around the bush and straight to the point so that you can make use of the time during the interview because the time is the essence in these interviews, I think. Join it and you will never think back. It will definitely help you. And it will not only help you get a job, but it will also make you better as a consultant in terms of knowledge, confidence, and also some direction which I got from you, from your webinar and from your interactions and your websites and other candidates who communicated through different platforms and social media. that it's two-way synchronous communication, that actually I learned a lot from that as well as a person, as a human being as well. So I think one should not think about join it immediately and it's worth money and time spent including attention. Yes.
Congratulations. I'm very pleased you got the job. You very much deserve it. Well done. And thank you for chatting to me. I really appreciate it.
Thank you, Tessa, for inviting me and spending some time with me and asking these questions. I learned something in this interview as well. So thank you so much.
