Timeline and key dates

The 2023 Core Surgical Training interview dates were 9th-22nd March. The timeline and key dates for the 2023 application round are shown below:

Adverts appear	By 5pm on 2nd November 2022
Applications open	At 10pm on 3rd November 2022
Applications close	At 4pm on 1st December 2022
Invitations to MSRA	By 20th December 2022
MSRA window	5th January to 17th January 2023
Appeal window closes	28th February 2023
Invites to interview sent	23rd February 2023
Interview dates	9th March to 22nd March 2023
Preferences open	By 5pm on Monday 6th March 2023
Preferences close	27th March 2023
Initial offers released	By 5pm on 30th March 2023
Hold deadline	By 1pm on 4th April 2023
Upgrade deadline	By 4pm on 11th April 2023
Interview scoresheet released	By 5pm on 4th May 2023

The Core Surgical Training application for England, Wales and Scotland takes place at a national level (Northern Ireland applications are done separately), and is coordinated by the Health Education London and Kent, Surrey and Sussex Recruitment Office. The application window opens once per year at about the start of November. Applications are submitted via the Oriel Recruitment Portal and each region releases the Job Numbers available. As part of the application, candidates have to sit the MSRA exam and complete a set of Self-assessment Questions. 1,200 candidates are then invited for a remote interview.

Please note: the information above is the most up-to-date at the time of publication but the Core Surgical Training interview dates are subject to change at any point.

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