1 to 1 Cambridge medicine mock interview in the Oxbridge academic panel format Cambridge uses. Recorded session, written feedback, from £69. Book within 48 hours.
What format is the Cambridge medicine interview?
Cambridge runs college based academic interviews, not an MMI circuit. The University says the number of interviews and whether they are online or in person varies by College: most applicants have one or two interviews lasting 35 minutes to an hour, and some have three or four, typically with two or three academics. Questions are science led, pushing your reasoning on biology, chemistry and maths problems you have not seen before, then following up on how you got there. Thinking out loud is the skill being marked. For 2027 entry Cambridge uses only the UCAT cognitive score, with no minimum threshold, and does not use the SJT. The main interview period is 7 to 18 December 2026.
How Cambridge selects for interview
College-based holistic admissions: UCAT cognitive score, academic record and interview performance considered together. No cut-off.
No minimum UCAT threshold, and the SJT is not considered for A100 in 2027 entry. 2025 entry: home applicants averaged 2901/3600, home offer holders 3081/3600.
Typical academic offer: A*A*A incl. Chemistry + one or two further science/maths subjects (varies by college) (2027 entry data).
Where applicants lose marks at Cambridge
No resits
Six-year course with a compulsory intercalated year
College application numbers vary from 29 to 165 - choose strategically
What Cambridge is assessing
Scientific reasoning on unfamiliar material, usually biology, chemistry or maths applied to a body system
How you respond when an interviewer challenges or corrects you mid answer
Depth of A-level science understanding rather than breadth of medical knowledge
Genuine curiosity and the ability to think out loud instead of reciting
Cambridge says it is looking at your understanding of your chosen subject area, your readiness to study at a high academic level, whether you will thrive in the Cambridge learning environment, your ability to think critically and independently, and your curiosity, openness to new ideas and enthusiasm for the subject
Common mistakes at Cambridge
Answering science questions with rehearsed motivation content
Going silent while thinking, which leaves the interviewer nothing to mark
Refusing to commit to an answer, then never being pushed further
Treating a correction as failure instead of a prompt to redirect
Question styles to expect at Cambridge
Sketch how blood pressure changes along the circulation and explain the shape
Why does a drug given orally behave differently to one given intravenously
Estimate how much energy a person uses in a day and justify your assumptions
Here is a graph you have not seen before, tell me what it shows
How our Cambridge Medicine Mock Interview works
The session reproduces the oxbridge academic panel University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine uses, so the pacing, pressure and thinking being tested match the real day.
Two short academic panels rather than a station circuit, mirroring the college format
Science problems you have not seen, with live follow up questioning
Deliberate challenge to your reasoning so you practise recovering under pressure
Feedback scored on reasoning, clarity of thinking aloud and response to correction
What your mock includes
One hour 1 to 1 mock in the Oxbridge academic panel format
Interviewer who is a current student or recent offer holder at Cambridge
Recording of the session
Written and verbal feedback scored against the domains Cambridge marks