ST3Orthopod
The ultimate ST3 Trauma & Orthopaedics application and interview preparation site- 1 day trial access
Self-assessment changes – what you need to know about the 2026 portfolio changes
It’s November already ST3 applicants! And if you haven’t made yourself aware of how to score maximum points in the self-assessment for your T+O
Welcome to ST3Orthopod
Why Choose Us?
We believe that preparing for the Orthopaedic ST3 interview should not be prohibitively expensive. We are the most competitively priced Ortho ST3 interview question bank website.
Created by Registrars who have secured their top choice jobs and updated year on year to reflect current guidance and interview format changes.
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Full access
Interview technique guide
Showing you how to approach answering common interview questions within the new interview format.
Question bank
Contains a range of portfolio, clinical and prioritisation questions, with the addition of the new communication skills station questions.
How to prepare guide
Taking you through how best to prepare from now until the day of your interview.
The Interview
- The COVID pandemic first disrupted the Trauma & Orthopaedic ST3 selection in 2020 where interviews were scrapped, and jobs were offered on portfolio alone. Since then, for recruitment to jobs in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 the previously face to face interview has been traded for the MS Teams virtual interview.
- The number of stations was initially moved from 5 to 3: Portfolio, Clinical and Prioritisation and was 30 minutes in length. For 2024 the format has changed again and there were 4 stations: Commitment to Specialty (previously Portfolio), Clinical, Prioritisation and Communication. The total interview time was 60 minutes.
- There currently is some guidance for 2025/26 recruitment, however the timelines are still to be published – sign up to our alerts to learn more about the interview as it happen
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Applications open countdown
Activity | Date(s) |
Applications open | 10am on Thursday 20 November 2025 |
Application deadline | 4pm on Thursday 11 December 2025 |
Self Assessment evidence upload | tbc |
Self Assessment Verification | tbc |
Self Assessment Appeals panel | tbc |
Interviews | tbc |
Initial offers released | by 5pm on Tuesday 14 April 2026 |
Hold Deadline | 1pm on Wednesday 22 April 2026 |
Upgrade Deadline | 4pm on Thursday 23 April 2026 |
NB: All times and dates are indicative and subject to change