VERG™: How to Answer “Why This Specialty?” in Your Training Interview
Most candidates lose marks at the “why this specialty?” question. VERG — Value, Entrustment, Readiness, Gratitude — is the four-part framework that gets it right.
-
-
Top Ten Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When Applying for SET Training
Applying for Surgical Education and Training (SET training) is one of the biggest milestones in a surgical career. It’s long, competitive, and often emotionally draining. Every pathway looks different — but the preparation themes are universal. Getting onto SET training reflects years of commitment, resilience, and deliberate professional growth. Here are the eleven things I…
-
14 Ways to Fix a Mistake in a Job Interview
Each year I do a round 700 hours of coaching with various clients for job interviews. Clients often ask for advice on what to do if they make a mistake in a job interview? What should you do if you make an error or stuff up? There’s quite a few posts about what you should…
-
Blog | coaching | CVs & Resumes | Interviews
Medical Recruitment 2021. 7 Big Things You Need to Know.
2020 was an unusual year. That’s obviously an understatement. Despite all the pandemic concerns the need for doctors to be helped with their doctor job applications remained ever-present. Possibly prompted a little bit by the advent of video interviewing. In 2020 I clocked up 437 coaching hours, including my first group interview coaching session. This…
-
Blog | coaching | Interviews
Medical Interview Coaching 2020
Some Things You Ought To Consider If You Are Planning On Medical Interview Coaching This Year. Before You Commit Are you planning on undertaking medical interview coaching in 2019? A Wrap Up Of 2020 2020 was another successful year for coaching clients. Demonstrating the value of performance coaching to secure career progression. We managed to…
-
How To Be Prepared For Medical Recruitment In 2020.
Now that Australia appears to have succeeded in dealing successfully with the initial impact of COVID-19 and getting ourselves prepared, there are signs of society returning to some sort of “more normal”. Many doctors, myself included are returning their minds back towards the medical career process. With all the disruptions to the health system and…
-
How to Ace A Video Job Interview – Doctor Interview Video
As we turn to measures of social distancing in order to reduce the impact of COVID-19 it’s quite likely that your next job interview will be a video job interview conducted online. Having spent the past 4 years coaching doctors online, I am uniquely situated to give you some tips on how to ensure that…
-
Key Medical Recruitment Trends You Need to Know
In the business of modern medicine, there are a few overarching priorities. Primarily, creating a thriving business brand and organizational culture that drives the patient experience. These shifting priorities are now dramatically changing recruiting practices in medicine. If you have not interviewed for a job post for a while, you may well be surprised by…
-
11 Top Tips For Preparing For A Doctor Job Interview With Videos
Are you a doctor preparing for an upcoming job interview. Or are you contemplating your next career move? For many doctors, job interviews are a regular and even annual process. For some doctors, they can act as an annoyance (i.e. why do I need to reinterview for my job). For other doctors, they can be…
-
How Long and How Often Should You Prepare for a Doctor Job Interview?
Recently we ran a poll as part of some free training that we have been offering to doctors to help them better prepare for a doctor job interview. We ask the participants in this training what their approach to their last job interview was. So far over 100 doctors have registered for this training and…
-
Interview Failure. How To Not Suck At Job Interviews: 6 Success Tips
Have you ever had an interview failure before? Did you really suck in your interview! Well, this post is about how not to suck in the job interview. As an Executive and Career Coach, I have helped many candidates prepare for job interviews as well as sat in on quite a few (both sides of…
-
Stop Asking Weird and Dumb Interview Questions. Ask These 5 Instead.
As a means for helping other doctors, at AdvanceMed we collect an open bank of real interview questions. These are questions that have been asked in a formal doctor interview process. Our community members regularly submit questions to this bank (thanks heaps by the way!). Not infrequently the questions that come through raise an eyebrow…
-
13 Questions to Ask Before A Job Interview
It’s been a bit of a peak period for interview coaching the last few months. One question that I find that I am often being asked at the end of an interview coaching program by a candidate is: “Is there anything I should be asking about before the interview?”. So what are the sorts of…
-
5 Killer Interview Questions to Ask Employers. And When to Use Them.
Most job applications still include a panel interview process as one of the final steps in selecting candidates. As part of this panel interview process, it is almost universally the custom to ask candidates at the end of their interview if they have any questions of their own. I am often asked by my coaching…
-
How To Predict Interview Questions. A Sure-Fire Method With Examples.
Are you looking for an easy way to predict the types of questions you will get at your job interview? I’ve worked with lots of candidates for various jobs both inside and outside of medicine and there is a reasonably simple and straightforward method that I show these clients which can help you to predict…
-
Top 5 Medical Job Interview Tips From a Doctor Expert
Would you like 5 tips for preparing for your next medical job interview? Hello, I’m Dr. Anthony Llewellyn, doctor and medical HR expert and I love to share tips with other doctors about how to improve their performance in the job interview.
-
Blog | coaching | Interviews | Services
Career Coach Melbourne. How to Find a Good One & 4 More Tips
Career coaching is something I write about often. And there is a reason. Career coaching is something many professionals don’t give enough importance to. The truth is that a lot of people, especially medical professionals, can use career coaches to kick start or even keep their professional lives moving forward. This even includes medical students…
-
Blog | coaching | Interviews
Career Coach. When Do You Need One? Costs & How to Find a Good One.
Career coaching is something I write about often. And there is a reason. Career coaching is something many professionals don’t give enough importance to. The truth is that a lot of people, especially medical professionals, can use career coaches to kickstart or even keep their professional lives moving forward. This even includes medical students who are just entering the job market, as well as seasoned medical professionals looking to manage or make changes to their careers.
-
Writing Good Doctor Job Interview Questions. Start With A Job Analysis
Ever Wondered How To Write Good Doctor Job Interview Questions? Well It Starts With Gaining A Good Understanding Of The Job Itself.
-
Blog | coaching | Interviews | Services
Doctor Interview Coach in Brisbane: Career Coaching Brisbane
Interviewing for a job as a doctor can be stressful, especially when its been a while since you may have had some practice. A way that some doctors choose to improve their interview skills is to work with a coach. During interview coaching, a doctor meets with a professional coach to learn strategies for being more…
