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NHS Administrative Assistant interview questions

based on 73 ratings - Updated Jun 30, 2026

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Administrative Assistant Interview

Dec 14, 2017

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Negative experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at NHS (Londres, Inglaterra) in Dec 2017

Interview

Process took just under 2 weeks. I applied online, had an interview 1 week after the closing date. Negative interview experience, they were not friendly or encouraging. Asked a total of 10 questions, 5 from each panel member.

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Question 1

All questions were scenarios. I.e. What would you do if a consultant called in sick 30 minutes before the first appointment. How would you handle working at no permanent desk? How would you deal with an angry patient.

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Administrative Assistant Interview

Oct 30, 2017

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at NHS (Londres, Inglaterra) in Jan 2016

Interview

Good, friendly, lots of hyperthetical situation questions rather than asking about experience or person, 3 interviewers lasted about 30mins and included a pen audio typing and ms word test

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Question 1

How would you handle an angry person, how would you accommodate a disabled person

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Administrative Assistant Interview

Sep 29, 2017

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at NHS (Bath, Inglaterra) in Feb 2017

Interview

I had to type a voice note from a doctor, previously recorded. this was to test my typing speed for audio transcribing. Then, two people asked me questions about past experience and the role on offer

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Question 1

How I'd deal w a difficult patient or member of their family - what I would do to calm them down, and what I'd do if they remained angry for a prolonged time. Why I'm applying, effectively "Why the NHS?". What approach would I take towards patients' data. They left this vague to see if I knew about data protection.

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