Cambridge Medicine Interview Questions

Free practice questions for the Cambridge medicine interview, with the interview format taken from the university's own admissions pages.

Cambridge interview format

Cambridge interviews at the college that considers your application, not on an MMI circuit. Most applicants have one or two interviews lasting a total of 35 minutes to an hour, usually with two or three interviewers. Interview format depends on your college: some colleges interview Medicine applicants in person, some online, and a few let UK-based applicants choose. Questions are science led and push your reasoning on problems you have not seen before, so thinking out loud is what gets marked. The main 2027 entry interview period runs 7 to 18 December 2026, with winter pool interviews in mid to late January 2027 and decisions from UCAS in January.

Format: College academic interviews
Where: In person or online
When: Main period 7 to 18 December 2026; winter pool interviews mid to late January 2027; decisions in January 2027

What Cambridge assesses

Scientific reasoning
Applying knowledge to new problems
Critical thinking
Motivation for medicine

Cambridge practice interview questions

How does the structure of a neurone relate to its function?
If you could ask one question to work out whether a treatment works, what would it be and why?
Why are some diseases more common in older people?
Estimate how many GP appointments happen in the UK each day, explaining each step.
What scientific question in medicine would you most like to answer?
Is it ever acceptable to treat a patient as part of research without telling them?
Talk us through a scientific topic you find interesting.
How would you test whether a new treatment actually works?

Practise out loud

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