☛ You have a lot on your CV. How do you manage your time?

☛ What can you do to improve the provision of children's services in the hospital?

☛ Do you have enough experience to cope with a young child's airway e.g. have you got experience of performing neonatal / paediatric tracheostomy?

☛ How would you improve our relationship with GPs?

☛ How would you improve our relationship with the PCT?

☛ The demand for outpatients has gone up by 50% in one month, but the conversion rate to inpatient admission has not changed. What do you think about this?

☛ How do you deal with criticism?

☛ Have you ever caused harm to a patient? How do you know you are safe?

☛ How does serving the individual conflict with serving the population?

☛ Tell me about your best publication?

☛ Tell me what your role would be in teaching?

☛ What is your best professional achievement?

☛ What are your plans for the department? Where do you see yourself in 5 years' time?

☛ What do you think the challenges will be as a new consultant?

☛ How would you convince a patient you have never met that you are safe?

☛ How do you deal with a difficult patient?

☛ Tell me abou the feedback you have had from patients?