Lincoln (Nottingham Pathway) Medicine Mock Interview
1 to 1 Lincoln (Nottingham Pathway) medicine mock interview in the role-play mmi format, run by a current student or offer holder. Recording and feedback, £69.
Lincoln (Nottingham Pathway) Medicine Interview Format 2027
Lincoln runs an online MMI on Microsoft Teams, most recently six scenario stations including at least one role play, taking about an hour in total, and the interview decides the offer. Shortlisting is a combined academic score out of 60: up to 30 points from your best six GCSEs, up to 15 from the UCAT cognitive score and up to 15 from the SJT band, where Band 1 is 15 points and Band 4 means the application is not progressed. A-levels are not scored at shortlisting, so GCSEs are the single biggest lever, which surprises most applicants. There is no fixed cut-off because it moves each year. Interviews run December to March with offers from March.
How Lincoln (Nottingham Pathway) Selects for Interview
Uses Nottingham's combined score out of 60 - 30 points for GCSEs, 15 for overall UCAT and 15 for SJT band. Predicted A-level grades are not scored.
2023 entry average was 2657/3600. MedicHut 2027 predictions: lowest 1720/2700, average 1970/2700. SJT Band 4 is not considered.
Lincoln (Nottingham Pathway) Medicine Interview: What to Watch Out For
No resits
SJT Band 4 is not considered
No international places
Smaller campus and cohort than Nottingham
What Does Lincoln (Nottingham Pathway) Assess at Interview?
Six online scenario stations that decide the offer on their own
Role play communication over Microsoft Teams
Professionalism and understanding of the doctor's role
Consistency across roughly an hour online
Common Lincoln (Nottingham Pathway) Medicine Interview Mistakes
You treat one of the six scenario stations as less important than the others, giving a thinner answer, when Lincoln's interview alone decides the offer and every station carries full weight. Why it happens: candidates unconsciously rank stations by how comfortable they feel in them, giving less effort to the ones they find harder rather than treating all six equally.
In the role play station over Teams, you focus on saying the right words but do not adjust your pace or check for understanding the way you would face to face, so the conversation feels one sided on screen. Why it happens: candidates rehearse role play scripts in person with a study partner and never practise the same scenario through a screen, so delivery habits do not transfer.
You describe the doctor's role in broad idealistic terms rather than tying it to a specific incident from your own experience, even though professionalism and understanding of the role is directly assessed. Why it happens: candidates prepare a generalised definition of professionalism to recite, rather than a personal example that demonstrates it under questioning.
You do not know that GCSEs, not A-levels, carry the biggest weight at shortlisting, so when asked about your academic profile you focus on predicted grades and undersell your GCSE results. Why it happens: candidates assume A-levels always matter most for medicine shortlisting and do not check that Lincoln scores this differently.
Lincoln (Nottingham Pathway) Medicine Interview Questions
Tell a friend you cannot cover their shift again. Why it matters: in the role play station, a weak answer tries to solve the logistics while a strong one addresses the friend's feelings first.
How would you respond to a patient who does not trust your advice? Why it matters: Lincoln's six stations decide the offer alone, so a strong answer shows patience and listening rather than pushing your view.
Why Lincoln, and why a course built around community placements? Why it matters: a weak answer could apply to any school, a strong one shows you understand Lincoln's specific course structure.
What does professionalism look like in a medical student, day to day? Why it matters: weak answers list traits, strong answers give one concrete example of a professional choice under pressure.
How to Prepare for a Lincoln (Nottingham Pathway) Medicine Interview
The session reproduces the mmi circuit Lincoln Medical School (University of Nottingham Lincoln Pathway) uses, so the pacing, pressure and thinking being tested match the real day.
Six station online circuit. We run the mock on video across six scenario stations, matching Lincoln's Microsoft Teams format and roughly one hour length exactly.
At least one live role play station. Every session includes a role play scenario, since Lincoln always includes one in its six stations.
Camera presence and pacing coaching. Your tutor checks lighting, eye line and pacing, since a technical or delivery slip affects the whole online circuit here.
Per station feedback. Thirty minutes reviewing each station in turn, since the interview alone decides the offer with no other factor to fall back on.
What your mock includes
One hour 1 to 1 mock in the MMI circuit format
Interviewer who is a current student or recent offer holder at Lincoln (Nottingham Pathway)
Recording of the session
Written and verbal feedback scored against the domains Lincoln (Nottingham Pathway) marks