Course
Cardiff University selection
Not named on the Clearing House list of courses using short-listing tests. The course's own page describes scoring of applications, with top-scoring applicants offered an interview. No pre-interview test is described.
South Wales Doctoral Programme · Wales
- Before interview
- None named
- When
- No test published
- Last checked
- 11 September 2026
Before interview
Not named on the Clearing House list of courses using short-listing tests. The course's own page describes scoring of applications, with top-scoring applicants offered an interview. No pre-interview test is described.
Neither the Clearing House nor the course names a test. That is an absence of a statement, not a statement of absence.
At interview
All candidates invited to interview sit a written task. The interview itself includes a role-play scenario followed by interview questions, and does not typically exceed one hour in total. Candidates are scored on the written task, the role-play and the interview.
- Written task
- Role-play with an actor or panel member
- Panel interview
Practice here is relevant
If you have applied here
No short-listing test is named here, so the application form and interview carry the weight. At interview this course uses role-play with an actor or panel member, which is the same reasoning the practice here rehearses.
What to do
- Work through the scenario practice — it rehearses weighing imperfect responses against professional standards, which is what these tasks assess.
- Read the course’s own selection page before you prepare. It is linked on this page and it is the only authority on its own process.
Practice material here reflects what research and first-hand accounts indicate these assessments are like. No course publishes its test, so nothing is confirmed and this site claims no inside knowledge. Not affiliated with Cardiff University, the Clearing House, the BPS or the HCPC.
Sources
- clearing-house.org.uk — selection procedurePage last updated 7 September 2026. We checked it 11 September 2026.
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