Background and specialty recruitment characteristics of the doctors in the sample by graduate group
| Group name | Male (%) | Non-white ethnicity (%) | Mean shortlisting z-score (SD) | Mean interview z-score (SD) | Mean no. of jobs applied to during the study period (SD) | Mean no. deemed appointable (SD) | Mean no. offered (SD) |
| UK medical graduates | 12 008/28 293 (42%) | 9235/28 249 (33%) | 0.31 (0.84) | 0.27 (0.91) | 1.97 (1.41) | 1.36 (0.87) | 1.25 (0.74) |
| EEA graduates | 535/1225 (44%) | 191/1209 (16%) | −0.17 (1.06) | −0.24 (0.93) | 2.49 (2.13) | 1.17 (1.00) | 0.96 (0.80) |
| International medical graduates | 2120/3828 (55%) | 3597/3766 (96%) | −0.46 (0.91) | −0.45 (0.90) | 3.08 (2.66) | 1.01 (0.98) | 0.80 (0.73) |
| UK overseas graduates | 652/1108 (59%) | 925/1093 (85%) | −0.45 (0.90) | −0.42 (0.92) | 2.94 (2.49) | 1.11 (0.91) | 0.92 (0.71) |
Recruitment data values for the study period August 2009–2016. EEA, European Economic Area.