Free practice questions for the UCL medicine interview, with the interview format taken from the university's own admissions pages.
UCL interview format
UCL runs Multiple Mini Interviews. UCL publishes up to eight stations, with a minute to read the instructions outside each station and five minutes inside with one interviewer asking two or three questions. Marking is built on NHS values plus academic curiosity, motivation, professionalism, problem solving, teamwork and communication. Home fee paying applicants interview in person on campus and overseas applicants interview online, on a rolling basis from December to the end of March. UCL makes no offers without interview. Check your invitation for current timings.
Format: MMI circuit
Stations: 8, 5 minutes each
Where: In person or online
When: Rolling from December 2026 to the end of March 2027
What UCL assesses
NHS values
Academic curiosity
Motivation and understanding of the career
Professionalism
Problem solving
Teamwork
Communication
UCL practice interview questions
Why medicine, and why UCL?
What did your work experience teach you about the reality of being a doctor, not just the rewarding parts?
A hospital has one bed left and two patients who need it. How should the decision be made?
What do you understand about how health and social care fit together in the UK?
Explain a scientific idea you find interesting as if you were talking to a ten year old.
Tell us about a mistake you made and what you changed afterwards.
What do you see as the biggest challenge facing the NHS?
How should the NHS decide which new treatments to fund?
Practise out loud
Book a UCL mock interview for £69 with a trained MedicHut interviewer, or a live MMI circuit for £89. Both include detailed feedback on every answer.