The General Optical Council (GOC) Interview.

This video is about the general optical council (GOC) interview process, what I did, how I prepared for the interview and the questions I was asked on the interview day.
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[@puipuii8293]

Thank God for you for posting a video regarding your GOC interview.. it has calmed me down alot 😄

[@Drjerr]

Nice one doc... Your videos have been really helpful 🌹🙌♥️ Buh your village people really came for you 😥😂🤣

[@Rahulgupta-kt5xh]

Congratulations...looking forward to hear about next procedure,

[@arulstephen2590]

Hi Dear You have posted a really really nice video which is really helpful for the optometrists outside UK. Grateful to find your videos. 1)Could you please explain more regarding the Employment references needed.Any criteria for the Reference format. 2)Do we need to send them all the documents physically or through the emails? 3)The course syllabus and schedule for qualification is same as official transcript? 4)I s certification is mandatory for the documents ? Please guide me and God Bless you

[@chimebuka23]

Hi, have you started the GOC process?

[@radhakrishnan8976]

Optometrist having 1YEAR OPTICAL experience allowed to further COS or only clinically experienced Optometrist allowed to COS

[@alifnazeer2639]

Hello I would like to know whether an Indian optometrist with 3 year experinece can apply for pre-registration in uk and its future career opportunities

[@ototonwaigbo]

Pls what is the exact process for someone in UK already but have been practicing in Nigeria before landing in UK

[@ototonwaigbo]

Dimma pls what's the exact process applying or getting my GOC from Nigeria

[@mohitsawant7505]

Hello Ulu Chidinma! Hope you are doing great. Can you please list down all the questions asked during the interview other than those mention in the video? Thank You.

[@uluchidinma6654]

Those are all the questions I was asked during my interview

[@thefleekytrends1328]

Which documents did they access? Your transcripts ?

[@saneerv.a5838]

Optometrist 🌼

[@nlkworld]

I need to asked you something on the application form . How to contact you .

[@paulaobi4351]

My dear you know it

[@Tochy25]

Helo, thank you for the video, my brother has gone through all these process and had his interview, they said he has to do 2years program before the pre-reg and the cost of the 2years is over 30,000 pounds, he has 15days to review his documents, pls is there something that he can do at this point, at least to reduce it to 6months or 1year

[@uluchidinma6654]

the schools decide how long the program runs, except he checks other schools/options and see which one does the course in a shorter time but most schools will do same program within the same time frame.

[@manisha7962]

Hi, if you dont mind me asking if goc interview has got more difficult? What questions were asked to your brother? If u can reply that would be great help, thank you.

[@osasumwenenadeghe2377]

Hey Dr., I like your show and the insight you share. What City did you get a job offer or were where you posted to?

[@uluchidinma6654]

Bristol

[@ezeabikwaeric3628]

Nne, thank you for this video.I will like to talk to you,i need a personal guild

[@uluchidinma6654]

Send me a dm on Instagram @chidinma_ulu

[@learnunlearnrelearn5117]

Hi, I am back with my ilets academic score Overl=6.5 Speaking=7.0 Listening=6.5 Reading=6.5 Writing=6.0 Willing to know if my ilets band score is sufficient to enroll me with pre registration or not. Thank you

[@wanderlust9075]

No,you need to score avoerall band 7

[@sudeepchaudhary6200]

Minimum 7gp

[@mamitospc5121]

A quick one please,how long did it take for GOC to reply your interview

[@jaynng6835]

It's taking a bit longer now due to the high number of applications.

[@Nandinikumari2702]

Hiiiii do i have to have my own country's licence during registration process? Or my degree certificate wud be valid instead of license?

[@jaynng6835]

You need your own county's license please.

[@amaimajahanzaib2807]

Hi Do you have any idea regarading IELTS exam ?how much band requires for GOC registration or is there any letter of English proficiency instead of IELTS?

[@muthukumaransubramani7254]

You need to clear IELTS over all 7 score with exception of speaking minimum 7

[@hairloizu2227]

God bless you

[@amrutharose2953]

Hello, i am an optometrist from India, i would like to work in uk as an optometrist. What I do to get GOC registration as I am an international applicant?

[@uluchidinma6654]

Hey dear.. it’s all very possible, but then I’d love that you go through the videos I’ve made as it’s specifically for this purpose. Please go through them and let me specifically know what challenges you may have and I’ll be happy to help. Is that okay?

[@amrutharose2953]

@@uluchidinma6654 ok .. Thank u

[@aleenamol033]

Iam also an optometrist from india looking for doing GOC Registration

[@aleenamol033]

@amrutha rose Are you from kerala?

[@uluchidinma6654]

@@aleenamol033 No I’m not

[@sweetyflorence20]

Do you have the case file manager mail id ? Or is the Registration id ?

[@AamiNoufal]

Hi could you please give me your email id just to ask about goc interview question. Thank you

[@osasumwenenadeghe2377]

How long did the whole process take? Did you write an written exam with GOC?

[@uluchidinma6654]

No it’s a face to face interview. I can’t really say how long it took me, it was just that slow and steady move. I’d say the major factor is money, if you have your money ready for every stage, then you’d get through faster

[@19ramsheed]

Can i attend the interview by online or it should be a Face to Face interview?

[@uluchidinma6654]

Yes..I had mine online.

[@thefleekytrends1328]

Which textbook did you ?

[@jaynng6835]

3:10

[@farhadwadee28]

How long did the interview last?

[@uluchidinma6654]

About 30 mins

[@GirlywithMegha]

We must be in UK to attend the interview?

[@uluchidinma6654]

No you mustn’t

[@GirlywithMegha]

Ok…then what must be the address once we are registering for Student Optometrist while back in the home country?

[@chukwuedosolomon3094]

Pls can I get ur mail so I could be getting information if need be thank u ma

[@user-bo8oy6xb4h]

Hi dear, many thanks to you for making really helpful videos, I need some information related to getting registered, may I text you through whats app?

[@nnannakenechukwu7385]

Please can get ur email address or any means of contacting u please. My wife is on the pre reg process right now and she would like to speak with u though we are in uk already meanwhile she has about 10 years working experience in Nigeria as an optometrist

[@camillasoudant4768]

Congrats! I just want to know more about your experience.. Since when do you work with an ophtalmologist and how did you manage the number of patients that you had « to do »

[@uluchidinma6654]

Thank you Camilla. As at the time of my interview, I was working with an Ophthalmologist in a private clinic where I worked as the Optometrist. So most times, patients were sent to me by the Ophthalmologist and would return to the Ophthalmologist after their examination by the Optometrist. If that’s the same case with you, also make it clear that you worked independently on your patient and not “Supervised”. Managing the number of patients I had was never an issue as patients were often attended to based on who came first. Please do let me know if your questions have been satisfactorily answered .

[@camillasoudant4768]

@@uluchidinma6654 Thank you very much for your kind reply 🙂 but what I wanted to say was, for the patients, how did you prove that you had done the number that they ask for, do you really need to have proof that you have done 200 patients for example for a specific field?

[@uluchidinma6654]

@@camillasoudant4768 you really do not need any proof except you put an outrageous number of patients maybe like 20,000 and have practiced for like 1 year or 2. I wasn’t eventually asked to prove the number of patients I put down, hopefully because it didn’t seem out of place for my years of practice; but just incase you’re asked, I would suggest to do a break down of the number of patients you wrote down before your interview, just so you can know what to say if asked. 200 patients is not too much to be seen in your daily practice, because that can even be covered in a month if you see an average of 10-15 patients a day; so it may not be viewed as something extra ordinary to interrogate more on. If your number of patients is up to 5,000 and above, then you may want to talk about seeing some of them during outreaches/volunteer jobs/mobile clinics, that you attend either once a week or once in two weeks and seeing an average of 100-150 patients a day of course with some assistance from ophthalmic nurses while you consulting. Clear or not??

[@camillasoudant4768]

@@uluchidinma6654 Yes totally. I sincerely thank you, your answers have helped me a lot and I can't wait to see the rest of your journey

[@uluchidinma6654]

@@camillasoudant4768 you’re welcome dear.