UCL Interview Prep ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT ANSWERS
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UCL Interview
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UCL Interview
UCL Interview Prep ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT ANSWERS
Tell me about yourself - CORRECT ANSWER- · I have a background in psychology
· I completed my undergraduate degree in Psychology and my postgraduate degree in Health
Psychology - both at UCL
· Both during and after my studies I'...
UCL Interview Prep ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT ANSWERS
Tell me about yourself - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔· I have a background in psychology
· I completed my undergraduate degree in Psychology and my postgraduate degree in Health
Psychology - both at UCL
· Both during and after my studies I've been working as a Dispensing Assistant at a
community pharmacy
· My most recent professional experience has been working as a qualitative data analyst with
transport
· I'm hoping to pursue a career in research which is why I applied for the research assistant
role
Why do you want to pursue a career in research? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔· I like solving
problems - I like having the opportunity to identify something that needs to be changed, and
formulating a research question to try to solve the problem
· It also gives me the chance to contribute to knowledge in a certain area or field
Tell me about a time where you had to resolve conflicts - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔· We
have a colleague at the pharmacy who has been with us for around a year now
· She takes more time to learn new things than other colleagues - she needs more support
from the pharmacy team
· This can cause tension in the team because it can be frustrating to have to explain the same
thing to someone over and over
· But the way I see it is that everyone learns at their own pace, and there are always going to
be people who need more support and guidance
· To overcome this, I guide her to learn tasks in a way that allows her to be more independent
· E.g. I encourage note-taking and repeating the task over and over so it sticks in her head -
this allows her to be less reliant on the pharmacy team
Have you ever had to address conflicting priorities? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔· When I
was working as a research assistant with the Cancer Communication and Screening Group at
UCL, I was often working on numerous different tasks at once - e.g. data entry, peer reviews,
statistical analyses, write ups
, · So I had to be able to prioritise my workload to make sure I didn't get overwhelmed with
tasks and to make sure that things got done
· I did this by looking at which tasks needed to be completed first and how much time I had
to complete the tasks - allowed me to be as productive as I could in the time that I had
Tell me about a time where you've had to pay attention to detail - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔· Attention to detail is really important when you work in a pharmacy, especially when
you're dispensing prescriptions
· E.g. You have to make sure the prescription is valid, that you've picked the right medication,
that you've got the correct quantity, correct dosage, correct instructions - it's a lot of
responsibility being involved in dispensing prescriptions so you have to make sure that
you've got an eye for detail to make sure that errors don't happen
Why do you want this job? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔· I hope to pursue a career in
research - which is why I applied for the current role - I feel the research assistant role would
be a great opportunity to develop my research skills and gain valuable experience
· I also think that my previous research experience would make me a good fit for the role
What skills do you have that would make you a good fit for the job? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔· I'm a good communicator and I enjoy engaging with people- Working at a pharmacy
means that I engage with a diverse range of people every day, which includes people of
different ages, different ethnicities, people with different first languages - and I've had to be
able to vary my approach to be able to communicate effectively with them - I think that has
made me a good communicator
· I have experience in all parts of the research process- For both my undergraduate and
postgraduate dissertations, instead of picking a research project that my supervisor was
already working on, I decided to design and develop my own project - this meant that I was
solely responsible for conducting literature reviews, designing the experiment, recruiting
participants, analysing data, and doing the write up - this allowed me to experience of all
aspects of the research process
· I have a track record of producing high-quality work- For example, I received good
feedback and good grades on my undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations- I also
received good feedback from my manager at Transport For All who said that my
contributions to the report were of high-quality
What is your greatest achievement? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔· I would say that my
greatest achievement in life is definitely being the first person in my family to go to
university and to complete and undergraduate and postgraduate degree - and to actually do
well in them
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