# Practising for Allergy (ST3) with MedMock

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## What is the Allergy ST3 interview, and how do you practise for it?

Physician Higher Specialty Training Recruitment: Allergy and Immunology ST3 share one joint national interview, run by the London Recruitment Office. There are two 20-minute stations, each with two scored questions. Station 1 is a short written clinical scenario, then an ethics, professionalism and governance hypothetical given verbally; Station 2 is a 3-minute prepared presentation on a research paper relevant to allergy and/or clinical immunology, with discussion, then suitability and commitment. Here, one examiner asks the questions. MedMock lets you practise it out loud against an AI interview panel, with examiner-style feedback on any station you finish.

## About Allergy (ST3) recruitment (official sources, checked 2026-10-13)

- 2025 recruitment round, NHS England figures for Allergy ST3: 29 applications for 3 posts, a competition ratio of 9.67.
- Allergy and immunology hold one joint interview, and recruitment to both is managed centrally by the London Recruitment Office. Applicants to either specialty, or both, sit the same single interview.
- The interview has two stations, each with its own pair of interviewers. It has four questions of 10 minutes each, and each station lasts 20 minutes.
- One interview question is a presentation of no more than three minutes on a research paper covering a recent development or finding relevant to allergy and/or clinical immunology. Visual aids such as PowerPoint are not allowed.
- The interview score is weighted: clinical scenario 2.5, professionalism and governance 1.2, presentation 1.8, and suitability and commitment 2.5, giving maximum scores of 25, 12, 18 and 25.
- Allergy is a Group 2 specialty. It requires completion of the first two years of the internal medicine training (IMT) stage 1 programme or equivalent, and it also accepts applicants from a paediatric training pathway.
- Allergy applicants are appointable only if none of their eight interview scores is 1/5, no more than two are 2/5, and their raw interview score is 24 or above.

Sources: https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/competition-ratios/2025-competition-ratios https://www.phstrecruitment.org.uk/specialties/allergy

Recruitment dates: Applications 19 November 2026 to 10 December 2026 (national Round 2); Interviews within the national Round 2 window, 11 January 2027 to 9 April 2027 (source: Physician Higher Specialty Training Recruitment (PHST), checked 2026-09-24).
All Allergy (ST3) dates: https://medmock.com/exams/allergy-st3#dates

## Stations you can practise

- **Station 1** — A short written clinical scenario to review before the question, then questions on the steps you would take, possible treatments, further information you would gather and how you would communicate; then an ethics, professionalism and governance hypothetical given verbally, with questions on GMC Good Medical Practice. 20 minutes.
- **Station 2** — A 3-minute prepared presentation, without slides, on 'An interesting research paper covering a recent development/research finding relevant to allergy and/or clinical immunology', stopped at 3 minutes, with about 7 minutes of discussion; then about 10 minutes on your suitability for and commitment to the specialty.

## Sample Allergy (ST3) questions

- *Station 2:* Tell me about a time you've followed up a patient after anaphylaxis, and what that consultation is actually trying to achieve.
- *Station 2:* Have you observed a food or drug challenge, and what struck you about the safety and judgement involved in running one?

## Example scenarios

- *Station 1:* Manage a perioperative anaphylaxis case (workup, tryptase timing, MHRA yellow card), then handle a verbal ethics hypothetical about a colleague mis-documenting anaphylaxis on discharge summaries.
- *Station 2:* Present a recent allergy or clinical immunology paper (e.g. Palforzia / OIT data), defend your paper choice under follow-up questions, and explain your evidence of commitment to the specialty.

## How a practice session works

1. **Choose a station** — Choose the kind of question or scenario you want to rehearse — ethics, motivation, a role-play, and more.
2. **Have the conversation** — Speak naturally, out loud. The AI interviewer listens and asks the demanding follow-ups, just as a real interviewer would.
3. **Get instant feedback** — The moment you finish, you get specific, examiner-style feedback and a score — what you did well, what cost you marks, and precisely what to fix before the next attempt.

## Price

Start with a one-off £5 taster: 30 credits (30 minutes of speaking practice), not a subscription. After that, or instead, £69 per month for 350 credits. One credit is one minute of spoken practice, or two typed exchanges, and where the examiner or patient speaks first, that opening line is free. Examiner scorecards, mark schemes and model answers for finished sessions are included at no extra credit cost. Cancel at any time. Full details: https://medmock.com/pricing

## Frequently asked questions

### How does the feedback work?

When you finish a station you can have it marked, and the scorecard comes back in seconds — what you did well, what cost you marks, and exactly what to work on next. Scorecards, mark schemes and model answers are included at no extra credit cost.

### Can I practise specific Allergy ST3 stations?

Yes. You can pick either station to drill a weak area, or run a mixed set to simulate the real interview.

### How much does it cost?

You can start with a one-off £5 taster: 30 credits, which is 30 minutes of speaking practice, with no subscription. After that, or at any time, you can choose a monthly plan, which includes a monthly credit allowance. Current prices are on the pricing page.

## About MedMock

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Pricing: a one-off £5 taster of 30 credits to try it (not a subscription, one per account), and a monthly subscription from £20 to £129 depending on the exam (student exams cost least, fellowship exit exams and consultant interviews most), or £199 to £275 for the Intensive plans, which carry more credits. One credit is one minute of spoken practice, or two typed exchanges, and where the examiner or patient speaks first, that opening line is free. Examiner scorecards, mark schemes and model answers for finished sessions are included at no extra credit cost. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time.

It runs in a web browser on a laptop or phone; spoken practice needs a microphone. There is no public demo: practice needs an account with credits, usually from the taster or a monthly plan.

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