Course
Oxford selection
Not named on the Clearing House list of courses using short-listing tests. Short-listing is from the application form and referees' reports, with academic qualifications scored. Roughly 150 candidates are invited to interview.
Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Research · South East
- 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. Short-listing is from the application form and referees' reports, with academic qualifications scored. Roughly 150 candidates are invited to interview.
Neither the Clearing House nor the course names a test. That is an absence of a statement, not a statement of absence.
At interview
A Clinical Task developed with Experts by Experience, requiring timed written answers to a filmed clinical scenario, completed online in advance of the interview day. Then an in-person interview covering “clinical, research, academic and situational aspects”, with pre-specified lead questions and clear rating criteria.
- Filmed or video clinical scenario
- Written task
- Panel interview
Worth knowing
Oxford's Clinical Task is the closest published analogue in UK DClinPsy selection to a situational judgement test, but it sits at interview stage, not short-listing, and it asks for written answers rather than rankings.
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 filmed or video clinical scenario, 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 Oxford, 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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