Using the App
Once you are signed in, the platform offers several tools for finding the right content, saving what works for you, and seeing your progress.
/interview-explorer (free account needed)The question bank. Choose a specialty, then pick a band tab from Band 2 to Band 8, search by keyword, or filter by the categories in that specialty. Free accounts see a sample of questions (5 per band for Bands 4 to 6 in General Biomedical Science, 4 per band for Bands 5 and 6 elsewhere); Premium unlocks everything. You need to be signed in; signed-out visitors are asked to log in.
/specialty-explorerA specialty-first view with three tabs: Question bank, AI assistant and Visual learning. Use it when you want to stay inside one specialty.
/haematology-interviewsEach of the 12 specialties has a page collecting its guides, simulators and case studies, with a link into the explorer. See Specialty pages and embedded guides.
/interview-tips (public)Curated best-practice guidance for NHS interviews. Available without an account.
/resources (public)Free learning materials including study guides, career advice, IBMS portfolio guidance and NHS interview preparation materials.
/interview-practice: a public AI-powered mock interview page you can try without Premium/ai-assistant: the Premium Biomedical AI Assistant for open questions/stp-prep: the NHS Scientist Training Programme toolkit (two free tools, three Premium, including an interview simulator that records audio in your browser)/support-staff-hub: the Band 2 to 4 hub with its own set of support-staff simulators/jobs: the careers and pay-band hub/insights: articles and analysis/Once signed in, the home page shows Welcome back, a Continue row (last practice test, last training module, CPD log), the Your tools grid, the Specialties grid with your attempt counts, and, for Premium members, NHS interview study notes.
/personalized-dashboardThe detailed view (My training → Dashboard) with tabs for Overview, Performance, Specialties, Journey and Insights. It draws on your practice test results, so it fills in as you take tests.
/favoritesStar any question in the Interview Explorer and it collects here for quick revision before an interview. Favourites are for questions only; articles and simulators cannot be starred.
On the home page, Premium members can read and create shared study notes. Use them for short revision notes and model answers; do not include patient details.
/performance-analysis (Premium)Four tabs:
Use it four to six weeks before an interview to decide what to revise. It reads your practice test results, your simulator attempts and your laboratory workspaces (the Overview tab carries the charts: growth against your earlier self, mastery by specialty, retention, and what keeps going wrong); it does not predict interview readiness.