Free medicine interview practice
An MMI (multiple mini interview) is a series of short interview stations. A station might ask you to discuss a question, respond to a scenario or speak to an actor.
Try eight different types below, taken from our medicine interview question bank. These are MedicHut practice examples, not official, past or leaked university questions. They are not a prediction of what your university will ask.
Role playEthicsDataTeamworkMotivationNHSPersonal qualitiesInsight into careQuestions are grouped here by the kind of practice they offer. This is not a full mock circuit or a list of confirmed stations at these universities. Interview formats and timings vary, so check your invitation and the university's current information.
Example 1 · Leicester question bank
Speak to a patient who is upset about a delayed discharge.
You are a medical student on placement. A patient has just been told that their discharge from hospital will be delayed because they need another assessment. The patient is frustrated and says: "Nobody has told me anything properly. I've been here for days and I just want to go home. Can you please tell me what's actually going on?" Task: Speak to the patient and respond to their concerns.
Practise this questionExample 2 · Wolverhampton question bank
Discuss a treatment decision involving capacity and a patient's wishes.
An older patient living with advanced dementia has a potentially treatable infection. They appear unable to make the treatment decision at present and are resisting attempts to give care. Relatives ask the team to do everything possible. 1. How should the team assess and document decision-specific capacity and possible reasons for distress or resistance? 2. If the patient lacks capacity, how should clinicians consider the likely benefits and burdens of treatment, previous wishes and the views of people close to the patient? 3. How should the team avoid unnecessary restraint and seek appropriate senior, multidisciplinary and legal advice when needed?
Practise this questionExample 3 · Southampton question bank
Discuss what the results of a trial do and do not tell you.
The following is an illustrative figure. In a trial, a new painkiller reduced reported pain scores from an average of 7 out of 10 to 3 out of 10 in 80 patients, while a placebo group of 80 patients went from 7 to 6. 1. Describe what this data suggests about the painkiller's effect. 2. What further information would you want before accepting this conclusion? 3. Why is it important to include a placebo group in this kind of trial?
Practise this questionExample 4 · Sheffield question bank
Discuss a problem within a school project team.
You are part of a sixth-form project team producing a presentation for younger pupils about healthy lifestyles. One member keeps missing meetings. 1. What steps would you take to address this? 2. How would you balance fairness to the absent member with fairness to the rest of the group? 3. What does this situation teach you about managing teams in medicine?
Practise this questionExample 5 · Nottingham question bank
Talk about your reasons for choosing medicine.
You are about to submit a UCAS application that will commit you to at least five years of training before you can practise independently. 1. What is the clearest reason you can give for choosing medicine over another caring profession? 2. How confident are you that this reason will still motivate you in year four? 3. What would you do if your motivation dipped partway through the course?
Practise this questionExample 6 · Manchester question bank
Discuss NHS waiting times and their effects on care.
The NHS frequently reports long waiting times for both emergency and routine care. 1. What do you understand to be some of the causes of these waiting times? 2. What trade-offs might be involved in trying to reduce them? 3. How might this affect a newly qualified doctor's daily work?
Practise this questionExample 7 · Birmingham question bank
Talk about a time you admitted you were wrong.
Honesty about personal limitations is important when training to be a doctor. 1. Describe a time you had to admit you were wrong about something important. 2. How did you handle that moment? 3. Why does this matter for patient safety later in your career?
Practise this questionExample 8 · Leeds question bank
Discuss what patient-centred care means to you.
What does "patient-centred care" mean to you?
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