Imperial Medicine Interview Questions

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

Imperial interview format

Imperial runs Multiple Mini Interviews with academic staff and healthcare professionals. Its official FOI guidance confirms six stations, with answers marked out of six for content and out of four for communication. Station topics include motivation and commitment to medicine, teamwork and leadership, understanding the role of a doctor, empathy, ethics and values, and data interpretation. Imperial says there is often no right or wrong answer, and changing your mind part way through can show reflection. Imperial does not publish station timings, so check your invitation for current timings.

• Format: MMI circuit
• Stations: 6
• When: Typically January and February, with invitations issued after UCAT scores are reviewed

What Imperial assesses

• Motivation for medicine
• Teamwork and leadership
• Empathy
• Ethics and values
• Data interpretation
• Communication

Imperial practice interview questions

• Why medicine, and why this university?
• What have you done to test whether medicine is the right career for you?
• Describe a time a team you were in struggled. What did you do?
• What do you think makes a healthcare team work well?
• A patient refuses a treatment they clearly need. What do you consider?
• Should the NHS ever ration care? Reason through both sides.
• Tell us about a time you had to explain something complicated simply.
• A patient is upset and not listening to what you are saying. How do you respond?

Practise out loud

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