Internal Medicine Training (CT1) practice

What happens in the Internal Medicine Training (CT1) interview

The Internal Medicine Training (IMT) CT1 interview (2026 recruitment round) is held online on Qpercom Recruit and has two stations of 11 minutes each, lasting about 30 minutes including the time between stations. Each station has its own pair of scoring interviewers. You are scored on seven areas, each marked 1 to 5 by both interviewers.

Checked against the official sources on 24 September 2026.

The parts, in order

Station 1: application, suitability, ethics and communication11 minutes

Opens with a two-minute presentation giving an overview of your achievements most relevant to becoming an internal medicine trainee, then questions on your suitability for IMT (six minutes in all), followed by an ethical, professionalism and governance scenario given verbally, lasting up to five minutes. Your communication is also marked across the whole station.

Station 2: clinical scenario and patient handover11 minutes

A brief clinical scenario is read to you, followed by up to ten minutes of questions, with extra information or data possibly given as it progresses; you then give a one-minute handover of the patient to a colleague.

How it is marked

Two interviewers independently mark each of seven areas from 1 to 5, giving 14 marks and a raw interview score out of 70; 3/5 is considered satisfactory. The areas are application and achievements, suitability for IMT, the ethical, professionalism and governance question and communication in Station 1, and investigations/diagnosis/management, communication and handover in Station 2. Weighted scores are then combined into a total out of 96, used for ranking.

Passing

To be appointable you must have no score of 1/5, no more than two scores of 2/5, and a raw interview score of 42 or above.

Worth knowing

  • For the 2026 round a communication mark was added to Station 1, raising the number of scored areas from 6 to 7.
  • The presentation must last no more than two minutes and you will be stopped at that point; no visual aids such as PowerPoint are allowed.
  • IMT Recruitment says its website describes 2026 recruitment and will be updated for 2027 in the autumn of 2026, with the process largely unchanged.

Sources

Formats change. MedMock is not affiliated with any examining body; always check the current regulations on the official site before you apply.

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