Pro practicePsychiatry residency interview practice
Mental state assessment, risk formulation, therapeutic communication and ethical care when capacity or safety is uncertain. Practise the 5 questions the real interviewer asks with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
A Pro practice interview, on the Pro plan from ₦5,000 a month billed yearly, or on Premium.
- 20 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About this interview
A psychiatry residency interview examines how you understand mental distress, formulate risk and communicate when trust is fragile. The panel looks for careful assessment, humane language, ethical judgement and plans that use the wider clinical and social support network.
How to prepare
- Practise presenting a mental state examination and a concise biopsychosocial formulation.
- Review structured assessment of self-harm, suicide, violence, vulnerability and self-neglect.
- Revisit capacity, consent, confidentiality and least restrictive care principles.
- Prepare an example of remaining calm and curious during a difficult clinical interaction.
- Check the official training body and programme information for current eligibility and document requirements.
Common mistakes
- Using stigmatising labels instead of describing observed symptoms and behaviour.
- Reducing a risk assessment to a checklist without a clear formulation.
- Assuming that disagreement with treatment automatically means lack of capacity.
What to expect
A real mock interview
5 questions the way the real interviewer asks, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 4 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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