FOI release
FOI request – Civil Service promotion and assessment materials
Case reference FOI2026/01003
Received 8 September 2026
Published 28 October 2026
Request
Please provide copies of current practical materials used by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for Civil Service promotion or internal selection, and where readily available equivalent materials used in the last three years, covering: 1. Candidate guidance for applications/personal statements, Success Profiles/behaviours/strengths, interviews, presentations, written exercises or assessment centres. 2. Assessor guidance, scoring descriptors, marking matrices/rubrics, interview guidance and moderation/calibration materials. 3. Sample or retired questions/exercises and associated marking guidance. 4. Example applications, statements, interview answers or other candidate responses used to train candidates or assessors, including scores/comments where held. 5. Materials used in positive-action, talent or development schemes to help staff prepare for promotion/selection, including workbooks, slides, coaching/mentoring guides, mock exercises and example answers. I am not requesting personal data or live secure question banks. Where current material cannot be disclosed, please provide retired/sample equivalents if held. Redaction is preferable to withholding whole documents. If this exceeds the cost limit, please prioritise items 2, 4 and 5.
Response
See attached
Documents
- Advert Template - Dec 2025.pdf (134.6 KB)
- AI in Recruitment_ Guidance for Hiring Managers.pdf (272.9 KB)
- Chairperson report guidance.pdf (137.5 KB)
- Chairperson's Report 2020 csv.pdf (25.9 KB)
- Copy-of-Shortlisting-Matrix-Interview-Details-v1.0 csv.pdf (31.6 KB)
- FOI2026 01003 (redacted).pdf (770.2 KB)
- How to_._.pdf (77.3 KB)
- Interview-Proforma-Behaviours-and-Experience.pdf (88.1 KB)
- Interview-Proforma-Strengths.pdf (91.8 KB)
- MHRA Internal Site pages.pdf (926.8 KB)
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