All specialties will use similar a similar marking scheme to determine how appointability is calculated based on your raw interview score (RIS); the score awarded before any weighting is applied. The only difference is that specialties vary between whether they have 8/10/12 scores awarded.
From the scores awarded during your interview, an 'appointability' status will be calculated to determine whether or not you can be considered for an offer.
The intention is to ensure successful candidates can display competence consistently across all areas of assessment covered at interview; rather than allowing outstanding achievement in one or more areas to make up for sub-par performance elsewhere.
Appointability is awarded automatically, and is based on two factors: individual interview scores and the 'raw interview score'.
Specialties with four scored areas
Raw interview score
The RIS is the sum of all eight scores awarded to you during your interview, but before any weighting is applied.
As each individual score will be between 1 and 5, your RIS will be between 8 and 40.
Appointability requirements
To be classed as 'appointable', you must meet all three criteria below:
- none of your interview scores can be 1/5
- no more than two of your interview scores can be 2/5
- your RIS must be 24 or above.
If you meet all three requirements, your application will be assessed as appointable, and can progress to be considered for post offers.
However, if you fail to meet any of these requirements, your application must then be assessed as not appointable, and it will progress no further in that round.
Specialties with five scored areas
Raw interview score
The RIS is the sum of all ten scores awarded to you during your interview, but before any weighting is applied.
As each individual score will be between 1 and 5, your RIS will be between 10 and 50.
Appointability requirements
To be classed as 'appointable', you must meet all three criteria below:
- none of your interview scores can be 1/5
- no more than two of your interview scores can be 2/5
- your RIS must be 30 or above.
If you meet all three requirements, your application will be assessed as appointable, and can progress to be considered for offers.
However, if you fail to meet any of these requirements, your application must then be assessed as not appointable, and it will progress no further in that round.
Specialties with six scored areas
Raw interview score
The RIS is the sum of all twelve scores awarded to you during your interview, but before any weighting is applied.
As each individual score will be between 1 and 5, your RIS will be between 12 and 60.
Appointability requirements
To be classed as 'appointable', you must meet all three criteria below:
- none of your interview scores can be 1/5
- no more than two of your interview scores can be 2/5
- your RIS must be 36 or above.
If you meet all three requirements, your application will be assessed as appointable, and can progress to be considered for post offers.
However, if you fail to meet any of these requirements, your application must then be assessed as not appointable, and it will progress no further in that round.
Total score
After interview, a pre-set weighting criteria is applied to the scores in each area and combined with a weighted application score to give your total score which will determine your ranking, which will in turn be used to inform how offers are made.
The weighting given to each interview question differs by specialty. To view the weighting of questions for your particular specialty, as well as the method by which your total score is established, please visit the specialties area of the website.
