Responding to an interview for

applicants user guide

Created by the NHS Jobs Training and Support Team

Updated 07th April 2020

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Contents

Overview ............................................................................................................................... 2

Audience ............................................................................................................................... 2

You’ve got an invite to interview ............................................................................................ 3

Read information about your interview before choosing a date and time ............................... 4

Choose a date and time for your job interview ...................................................................... 5

Why have you declined the interview? .................................................................................. 6

Check your answers for a declined interview ........................................................................ 7

You’ve declined your interview .............................................................................................. 8

Have you got any special requirements we should be aware of? .......................................... 9

What special requirements have you got? ........................................................................... 10

Check your answers for an accepted interview ................................................................... 11

You’ve confirmed your interview ......................................................................................... 12

View the interview details .................................................................................................... 13

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Overview

This guide provides instructions for how to respond to an interview using the NHS Jobs

service.

Audience

This guide is for applicants who have been shortlisted and invited to interview.

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You’ve got an invite to interview

This page provides instructions for how to respond to your interview invite.

You must respond to the invite by the time and date requested to avoid missing an interview.

1. Select Respond to your invite.

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Read information about your interview before choosing a date and

time

This page provides instructions for how to check the interview information and choose a date

and time.

2. Read the guidance and select Choose a date and time.

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Choose a date and time for your job interview

This page provides instructions for how to respond to an interview invite.

You cannot change your decision once you have responded.

3. Select an interview tick box.

a. Date and time to accept an invite.

b. Decline the interview to decline an invite.

4. Select Continue.

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Why have you declined the interview?

This page provides instructions for how to add a reason for declining an interview.

This page will only show if you selected Decline to Choose a date and time for your job

interview.

5. Enter the reason information for declining the interview in the box.

6. Select Continue.

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Check your answers for a declined interview

This page provides instructions for how to check your answers for a declined interview.

7. Select the Change link to change any information (optional).

8. Select Confirm and send.

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You’ve declined your interview

This page provides instructions for how to confirm you have declined the interview.

9. Select the Return to your application link to return to your applications.

End of declined interview.

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Have you got any special requirements we should be aware of?

This page provides instructions for how to confirm if you have any special requirements.

This page will only show if you selected a date and time to Choose a date and time for

your job interview.

10. Select a special requirements tick box.

a. Yes you have special requirements for the interview.

b. No you do not have special requirements for the interview.

11. Select Continue.

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What special requirements have you got?

This page provides instructions for how to add your special requirements.

This page will only show if you selected Yes to Have you got any special requirements

we should be aware of?

12. Enter your special requirements information in the box.

13. Select Continue.

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Check your answers for an accepted interview

This page provides instructions for how to check your answers for an accepted interview.

14. Select the Change link to change any information (optional).

15. Select Confirm and send.

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You’ve confirmed your interview

This page provides instructions for how to confirm your interview date and time.

16. Select the Return to your applications link to return to your applications.

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View the interview details

This page provides instructions for how to view the interview details.

17. Select the View the interview details link to view your interview details.

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