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Prepare for your 2027 Dental Core Training (DCT) or Dental Specialty Training (ST) interview with our live, interactive Dental Interview Course. The course focuses on the clinical, professional, communication and portfolio-based challenges encountered in dental recruitment, with extensive interview practice and personalised feedback.
We run DCT / ST dental interview courses regularly between March and May each year. Our next dental interview courses for DCT and ST interviews will take place as follows:
Virtual courses are run on the Zoom platform. Instructions with the code to join the meeting will be sent a couple of days prior to the course date.
09:30 - Start of the course
17:45 - End of the course.
Our Dental Interview Course provides structured, practical preparation for candidates applying for Dental Core Training and Dental Specialty Training posts. Dental interviews can assess a wide range of skills and competencies, from your motivation and portfolio to clinical judgement, communication, professionalism, leadership and your understanding of clinical governance.
The course focuses not simply on what you need to know, but on how to apply your knowledge and experience effectively under interview conditions. You will learn how to identify what a question or scenario is testing, structure your thoughts quickly and communicate clear, well-reasoned answers.
We explore how to discuss your experience, achievements and career plans effectively without simply repeating information from your application or portfolio.
You will learn how to:
The emphasis is on helping you communicate the significance of your experience rather than simply producing a list of achievements.
Dental interviews frequently require candidates to work through clinical, communication and professional scenarios while demonstrating safe judgement and a structured approach.
During the course, you will learn how to:
Throughout the course, you will practise dental interview questions and scenarios and receive personalised feedback on both the content and delivery of your answers.
The emphasis is on developing adaptable interview techniques rather than memorising model answers. This allows you to apply the same principles confidently when faced with questions or scenarios you have not encountered before.
Knowing the answer and delivering a strong interview answer are not the same thing. This is not a generic healthcare interview course. The course is designed specifically for dentists applying for Dental Core Training and Dental Specialty Training posts. The teaching, discussions and practice scenarios focus on the competencies, professional challenges and types of questions relevant to dental recruitment.
Having good clinical knowledge or an impressive portfolio does not automatically translate into a strong interview performance. You also need to decide quickly what is relevant, organise your thoughts and communicate your reasoning clearly. We help you develop practical approaches for selecting the strongest points from your knowledge and experience and turning them into focused, well-structured interview answers.
Interview preparation needs to go beyond listening to lectures or reading lists of potential questions. Throughout the day, you will work through realistic dental interview questions, professional dilemmas, communication exercises and clinical scenarios. The focus is on actively applying the techniques being taught and understanding why particular approaches are more effective.
We limit each Dental Interview Course to a maximum of 12 candidates so that the day remains interactive and there is time for genuine participation and individual feedback. You will have opportunities to practise answering questions, work through scenarios and learn by observing how other dental candidates approach the same challenges.
It is impossible to predict every question that you might encounter at a DCT or Dental Specialty Training interview. For that reason, our aim is not to provide scripts or a collection of model answers to memorise. Instead, we teach you how to analyse questions, recognise what is being assessed, organise your thoughts and construct your own answers confidently under interview conditions.
Develop the structure, confidence and interview technique to demonstrate your clinical experience, professional judgement and suitability for dental training.
Ready to put your dental interview preparation into practice?
Develop the structure, confidence and interview technique to demonstrate your clinical experience, professional judgement and suitability for dental training.
The course is designed for dentists preparing for Dental Core Training (DCT) or Dental Specialty Training (ST) interviews. It is suitable whether you are applying for dental training for the first time or have interviewed previously and want to strengthen your technique and performance.
Yes. We review our course content against the latest available dental recruitment information and update the teaching where required to reflect changes in interview formats and assessment. Because interview arrangements can vary between DCT and individual dental specialties, we also help candidates develop techniques that can be adapted to different interview structures and question types.
Yes. The course is specifically designed for dentists applying for DCT and ST posts. Although individual recruitment processes and specialties may differ, many of the core areas assessed overlap, including professional judgement, communication, clinical reasoning, portfolio and experience, governance, leadership and the ability to respond effectively to unfamiliar scenarios.
The course can support candidates applying across a range of dental specialties. Rather than attempting to predict every specialty-specific question, we concentrate on the interview skills and professional competencies that candidates need to demonstrate and show you how to adapt these techniques to your own specialty and experience.
The course covers the major areas commonly encountered in dental interviews, including portfolio and motivation questions, clinical scenarios, communication and role play, professionalism and ethics, leadership and management, clinical governance, audit and quality improvement. A major part of the course is also devoted to interview technique: interpreting questions correctly, structuring your thoughts quickly and communicating your answer clearly.
Yes. This is a highly interactive course and practical interview preparation is an important part of the day. You will have opportunities to work through dental interview questions and scenarios and receive feedback on your approach. You will also learn from observing other candidates and discussing different ways of approaching the same problem.
Yes. We explore how to approach clinical scenarios safely and logically, identify priorities and communicate your clinical reasoning clearly. The purpose is not to reteach clinical dentistry. Instead, we help you demonstrate the clinical knowledge and judgement you already possess effectively within an interview.
Yes. Communication is an important component of many dental interviews. We explore approaches to challenging conversations involving patients, relatives and colleagues and consider how communication, professionalism and patient safety interact within these scenarios.
Yes. We cover clinical governance, audit and quality improvement in the context of dental practice. Rather than simply learning definitions, you will practise discussing these subjects in relation to your own experience and applying governance principles to practical scenarios.
Yes. We explore how to discuss your achievements and experience effectively, including clinical experience, teaching, audit and quality improvement, research and other relevant areas of your portfolio. The emphasis is on explaining what you learned, the impact of your experience and why it demonstrates your suitability for further dental training.
No. Memorised answers can sound rehearsed and may be difficult to adapt when an interviewer changes the wording or introduces an unexpected element. Instead, we teach practical frameworks for analysing different types of questions and structuring your own answers. The aim is to help you respond naturally and convincingly while drawing upon your own experience and judgement.
We limit each course to a maximum of 12 candidates. This allows the course to remain interactive and creates opportunities for practical exercises, discussion and personalised feedback.
The course is delivered live online via Zoom. It is a fully interactive course rather than pre-recorded e-learning, allowing you to participate in discussions, practise interview questions and receive feedback throughout the day.
Ideally, attend with enough time afterwards to practise and apply what you have learned. For many candidates, attending several weeks before their interview works well. However, the techniques taught can be applied immediately, so the course can still be useful if your interview is approaching quickly.
Yes. Candidates can contact us after attending the course if questions arise during their subsequent interview preparation.
Make sure your preparation translates into performance
You have built the experience. Now practise how to communicate it, approach unfamiliar scenarios and demonstrate your suitability for dental training.
"The small group size was excellent. Everyone got to speak and the format was good. The course got us used to the interview style. Extremely valuable course, worth every penny"
"Well structured course to cover all aspects of dental interviews, with good interactive and tailored advice. Ross is an excellent speaker, very approachable. He offered fantastic advice."
"Excellent teaching, very constructive criticism in a supportive environment. Our trainer, Ross, was excellent"
"A very insightful day, which provided an excellent opportunity to have a go at the various stations. I learnt a lot of techniques which proved invaluable in ensuring my success at my subsequent DCT interview. This course is your ticket to dentistry"
"A very well organised course which went through everything I needed to know. I was also very grateful for the support received by email after the course when I wanted more detail on the role play station. I would recommend this dental interview course to all trainees."
"Thank you to ISC Dental for the amazing day spent on interview techniques for dental interviews. It was really useful to be with other dental trainees applying for interview. And we learnt so much!"
"The section on clinical governance was excellent. I feel so much more equipped to talk about it all. I also really enjoyed the role play section of the course as it was good to consolidate everything and understand the specifics that the interviewers would be looking for."
"It is nice to see a course specifically for dental interviews. I found the course excellent and very well tailored to my needs for my dental ST interview."
"Dental interviews are no longer a mystery to me. Thank you ISC for playing such an important part in my preparation process and enabling me to get an ST post without too much stress."
Last year, most of our candidates were successful.
Dentistry is a very competitive field. Don't leave it to chance
