ENT ST3 Interview Question Bank

The Medibuddy ENT ST3 Question Bank includes over 30 scenarios that closely mirror the real interview, each with a model answer written/edited by high-scoring candidates who sat the ENT ST3 interview in 2026.

However, knowing a strong answer isn't the same as delivering it well under pressure, which is why we provide:

Study Groups with candidates across the country
Unlimited Live Mocks with real people
Peer Feedback on your mocks from a wide range of candidates

10 years’ experience preparing doctors for interviews

Users of the Medibuddy ENT ST3 Revision Platform have secured some of the most competitive training jobs in recent rounds. Ask around, there's a good chance the trainees in the year above you used us too.

Always up to date

Did you know the interviews change every year? That's why we review and update every Question Bank on the platform twice a year, so you know you're always practising with scenarios based on the latest interview structure.

Network and practise real interview scenarios with other candidates

Question Bank

See every scenario, and how to answer it well

Over 30 scenarios across all three stations, which tell you exactly how to respond to each question.

Study Groups

Connect with candidates across the country

Most people only ever practise with one or two friends. Study Groups connect you with candidates right across the country sitting the same ENT ST3 interview.

Live MocksBeta

Practise interview technique with different candidates

Arrange or get matched on demand with other candidates and run real scenarios out loud under interview conditions. Those who practise with the widest range of people tend to score the highest.

Peer FeedbackBeta

Reviewed by candidates across the platform

Submit your recorded mocks to candidates across the platform and get honest, varied feedback. Reviewing other people's mocks teaches you just as much.

The question bank, and other candidates to practise with, all in one platform.

ENT ST3 interview prep has two parts

The Revision Platform gives you the questions, this year's model answers, and other candidates to practise them out loud with. The ENT ST3 Knowledge Course teaches the clinical topics behind those answers, so when the panel pushes past your first response in the clinical station, you've got somewhere to go. Most candidates take both.

What candidates say

Scored well, secured their post

A few of the candidates who prepared with us for the ENT ST3 interview.

Verified candidateInterviewed 2026

"The clinical scenarios were pitched exactly right. Having a structure ready meant I could work through an ENT emergency calmly under pressure."

Secured first-choice deanery

Verified candidateInterviewed 2026

"Practising the communication role-play out loud with other candidates was the single most useful thing I did before the day."

Ranked highly

Part 1 • See the questions

The Medibuddy 2027 ENT ST3 Question Bank

The interview has three stations, each lasting 10 minutes, so you only have a limited window to deliver the high-scoring answers you need to do well. That means every point has to land, and knowing how to structure each answer is essential. That's why each of our 30-plus scenarios comes with a model answer, written by candidates who scored highly in the 2026 ENT ST3 interview, so you know exactly how to approach every question the interviewers throw your way.

What's inside

What's included in the ENT ST3 Question Bank

There's nothing worse than getting to the interview and being handed a scenario you've never seen before. The panel draws on clinical, communication and professional themes across the three stations, so the safest approach is to revise across all of them. We provide scenarios for every part of the interview, including the common ones and the more unusual cases that have come up before, so you don't get caught out.

Clinical

ENT scenarios and emergencies where you play the registrar: assess, reason and manage safely, each with a worked answer showing your clinical knowledge and decision-making.

Communication

Role-play scenarios with patients, families or colleagues, with worked answers showing how to communicate clearly and sensitively under pressure.

Professional

Preparation for the professional station, which may involve reading a paper or delivering a presentation, with guidance on how to structure and deliver it well.

Reflecting the current structure

Our scenarios are built around the current interview format.

Try it

Try an example ENT ST3 question

You are the ENT registrar on call. Your SHO asks you to attend the emergency department resus for a 48-year-old man with epistaxis. He was assaulted this morning with a cricket bat to the face and has had uncontrollable bleeding from the left nostril, with facial bruising. A rapid rhino inflatable nasal tampon is in both nostrils but he is still bleeding.

Observations: heart rate 130, respiratory rate 22, blood pressure 90/60, SpO2 95% on air, temperature 37.4.

He has well-controlled asthma and type 2 diabetes, takes a salbutamol inhaler and metformin, and has no allergies.

How would you proceed?

Question

How would you proceed?

Example answer

I would give instructions over the phone, then assess him with an A to E approach on arrival.

Over the phone: wide-bore IV access in both antecubital fossae, bloods including group and save, FBC and clotting, IV tranexamic acid if no contraindication, the ENT emergency kit on standby, alert transfusion, and keep him in resus.
Airway: likely stable if he is talking, but at risk from aspirated blood, so clear large clots from the oropharynx with suction and sit him upright.
Breathing: assess for signs of aspiration.
Circulation: he is tachycardic and hypotensive, so resuscitate and act to stop the bleeding now.
Disability and exposure: assess GCS, look for signs of a base of skull or facial fracture, and check for other injuries.

Question

What practical measures could you take to stop the bleeding?

Example answer

Firm, sustained alar pressure, and adrenaline-soaked gauze if there is an obvious anterior bleed.
Nasal cautery only if a clear bleeding point can be seen; it is unlikely to help if bleeding is torrential.
Check the rapid rhino size, and if available insert double-balloon or 9cm posterior packs bilaterally, inflating to the maximum volume he can tolerate, with good analgesia including opioids if needed.
If bleeding continues, proceed to posterior nasal packing with BIPP, ribbon gauze or a Foley catheter.

Question

The bleeding continues despite bilateral posterior packing. How would you proceed?

Example answer

If he is haemodynamically stable, discuss with interventional radiology for possible embolisation and arrange a CT angiogram.
If he is unstable, or there is no access to interventional radiology, involve the on-call consultant and work him up for theatre.
Consent him for surgery: sphenopalatine artery ligation, with or without anterior ethmoidal artery ligation (a likely source given the trauma), and with or without external carotid ligation.
Keep him nil by mouth, and inform the emergency theatre co-ordinator and anaesthetist.

Question

What non-surgical measures could you undertake in the interim?

Example answer

Continue IV tranexamic acid and blood product resuscitation as needed.
Identify and correct any coagulopathy, discussing with haematology.
If there is a base of skull fracture or CSF leak, discuss with neurosurgery, implement vaccinations, nurse him head up and advise him to avoid straining.
The role of prophylactic antibiotics is controversial.

Question

What are the contraindications to tranexamic acid?

Example answer

A known allergy, intracranial bleeding, defective colour vision, and a history of or active venous or arterial thromboembolism.
Cautions include severe renal impairment, coagulopathy, epilepsy, irregular menstrual bleeding, use of the combined oral contraceptive pill, and pregnancy.

Question

What are the complications and surgical steps of anterior ethmoidal artery ligation?

Example answer

Complications:

General: pain, infection, scarring, and the need for further surgery if bleeding is not controlled.
Specific: facial bruising, damage to the medial canthal ligament, CSF leak, orbital haematoma, and rarely optic nerve damage.

Surgical steps:

Infiltrate with local anaesthetic and make a Lynch incision along the lateral nasal dorsum down to the lacrimal crest.
Raise a subperiosteal flap and identify the anterior ethmoidal artery about 24mm from the anterior lacrimal crest.
Clip or cauterise the artery, close the incision, and perform rigid nasal endoscopy to confirm the bleeding is controlled.

That's one scenario. There are over 30 more.

Actively maintained

How we keep our Question Banks up to date

The ENT ST3 interview changes from year to year, and the biggest fear for any candidate is getting to interview day and realising you've revised with a question bank that's totally outdated.

That's why we review and update every Question Bank twice a year, so you know you're revising with scenarios that are likely to come up. We do this in April after the previous year's interviews, and again in the autumn when the new recruitment guidance is published.

For 2027, this process kept the Question Bank aligned with the current three-station format, across the Clinical, Communication and Professional stations, so you always practise with the format the panel is using now.

Updated for 2027 Interviews

Part 2 • Practise them live

The only interview resource where you can practise live with other candidates from across the country

Our ENT ST3 Question Bank tells you exactly how to answer real interview scenarios. But how you practise with them will determine how many marks you score. Simply reading answers off a screen won't prepare you for the intense scrutiny you'll face in the interview. And only practising with the same few colleagues or friends limits the amount of feedback you'll get. Medibuddy gives you unique access to ENT ST3 candidates across the country, so you can learn from a variety of perspectives and hear a far wider range of feedback than your own circle could ever give you.

Study Groups

When you prepare in isolation, you're relying on your own interpretation of the interview process, which is one of the quickest ways to get found out on the day. Study Groups connect you with other doctors across the country who are also applying to ENT ST3, so you can engage and network with people preparing for the same interview as you. Everyone brings different experience from different hospitals and deaneries, meaning you won't ever miss out on the key bits of information that could swing the interview in your favour.

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Candidates who don't take part in mocks often struggle to adapt to the pressure of the interview. Your knowledge might be correct, but without convincing delivery the interviewers will score you poorly. The best way to improve your delivery is to take part in as many live mocks as possible, which is why we haven't put a cap on how many you can do. We also know how difficult it can be to organise mocks with other people, so all you have to do is join the waiting room and we'll match you with a different ENT ST3 candidate each time. Take turns as both the interviewer and candidate on real Question Bank scenarios, so you can see exactly how other candidates perform in real time, while refining your own interview technique.

Peer FeedbackBeta

Preparing alone means you won't know how you're coming across during the interview. And preparing with the same few candidates means you'll miss opportunities to improve, which is why it's so important to get as many opinions as possible on your performance. With Medibuddy, you can record a mock and submit it for feedback from other candidates on the platform, so you receive a wider range of feedback and refine your answers with each person you practise with. Reviewing other people's mocks is just as valuable, as it shows you how strong candidates handle the same scenarios, which is one of the fastest ways to improve.

Pick your plan

Choose the Revision Platform, the Knowledge Course, or both

The ENT ST3 Revision Platform gives you the Question Bank, the model answers and all the live practice. It covers the questions that come up across all three stations and shows you how to score highly on them.

However, if you're doing well, the interviewers will often probe further to test the depth of your clinical knowledge. It's usually how they decide whether to award the top mark, and these are the questions you can only answer well with a thorough understanding of the topic.

The clinical station rests on that depth. A model answer shows you how to structure your reasoning, but structure only takes you as far as your clinical knowledge goes.

That's what the ENT ST3 Knowledge Course is for: 9 video lectures and over 4 hours on the ENT topics the clinical station is built around, taught by ENT registrars who've been through ST3 selection.

The Knowledge Course is £89.99 on its own. Most candidates add it for £45 as part of the Bundle, which is £189.99 instead of £234.98, so you save £44.99 buying both together.

What the ENT ST3 Knowledge Course covers

Rhinology: Nasal Obstruction

Rhinology: Benign Tumours

Paediatric Hearing

Otology: Tinnitus and Vertigo

Head and Neck Cancer

Emergency Management of Haemorrhage

Benign Head and Neck Lesions

Acute Otology: Trauma and Facial Nerve Palsy

Acute Otology: Infections

Every lecture covers:

Core clinical understanding

Presentation and recognition

Investigation and management principles

Safety considerations and complications

"The presentations were excellent for the purpose of interview preparation. The sessions covered the clinical aspects of the conditions covered."

More about the ENT ST3 Knowledge Course

	ENT ST3 Revision Platform	ENT ST3 Knowledge Course	Best value • save £44.99ENT ST3 Bundle
Question Bank: 30+ unique scenarios across all three stations
Clinical, communication and professional scenarios
Study Groups & Live Mocks with other candidates
Peer Feedback: give and receive feedback from a wide range of candidates
9 video lectures, over 4 hours of clinical teaching
ENT topics taught in depth
Prepared for curve-ball clinical follow-ups
	Buy • £144.99	Buy • £89.99	Buy • £189.99

Instant access on web and the Medibuddy app. The Revision Platform and the Bundle both include Study Groups, Live Mocks and Peer Feedback.

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