Messed up an interview test! Now I'm so down.

[Arsenal123]

I am just about to qualify as a medical professional and I had an interview for my placement hospital. Everything was perfect except one thing! We had a test which involved looking at scans most of which were grossly normal. But there was one which had an emergency on it and I missed it and suggested that a completely different pathology was present.

I feel so embarrassed, disillusioned, and I am questioning my abilities. I just blanked under the pressure, maybe, but they won't see it like that - they will see incompetence.

Obviously this has highlighted an area of weakness to work on in my final months of being a student but I really should have detected it. On review it was blatant. I am dreading my feedback - it's the one question I couldn't get wrong without my abilities being called into question.

How can I bounce back and regain confidence? It's such a bitter pill because I'm usually very good and was regarded as one of the better candidates apparently.

:-(

Don't be too down if it's your placement hospital.
They will already know you and know if you are capable of cutting the mustard once you qualify.
You may be pleasantly surprised.
Radiographer by any chance?????

I really feel for you. I recently went to an interview where I had to do skills and drills first which I failed by a couple of points over the most ridiculous things. I think I just blanked under the pressure. It was also my placement trust and they said they might bring me back to try again when my course has finished which is very kind of them. They've been offering jobs to other students in my group and all of them have got jobs now and I'm constantly being asked if I've got one. I don't know what to say as I don't want to admit that I failed the skills test. I feel completely and utterly stupid now and that I'm clearly not good enough to do the job.

So no advice I'm afraid but you're not the only one this has happened to. Hopefully, they'll give you another chance.

I'm sure you're great - you sound very conscientious. I've got to be there for another 5 months till I qualify - it's going to be so awkward. I'm sure they'll know why I messed up too. These things somehow just go around ...

Yeah I can understand your worries about that, I've got to be there another month. But if you've still got 5 months to go then that shows that you're not up to qualified status yet and are still a student so still have lots to learn. You made a mistake but at least you've got experience of that kind of scenario and you can practice loads to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Good point - I will work hard to overcome it