Anglia Ruskin Medicine: the interview
A multiple mini interview (six stations scored out of 15 each). Below: the numbers, what the interview looks for, your personal statement and SJT band, and questions to practise.
- Format
- Multiple mini interview (MMI) · Six stations scored out of 15 each
- When
- For 2027 entry, interview days are 7 to 11 December and 7 to 13 January (Medicine with Gateway Year on 14 January). Book a day in your applicant portal within 14 days of the invitation; an invitation sent in November books December dates.
- In detail
- Six stations of seven minutes, with two minutes to read the instructions outside each, about an hour in all, in person at the School of Medicine. Some stations use actors; you are given a notepad to use round the circuit.
- Who interviews
- The Medicine course team, healthcare professionals, doctors, senior medical students and service users; usually one interviewer a station.
- How it is scored
- Six MMI stations, each scored in three domains (quality of answer, skills and qualities shown, communication) out of 5, so 15 a station and 90 in all; raw scores are adjusted for bias by a psychometrician. The Admissions Panel sets an interview score line and everyone at or above it is made an offer.
- From interview to offer
- Offers are based solely on the MMI ranking: everyone interviewed is taken to be academically able.
Offers are based solely on the MMI ranking: everyone interviewed is taken to be academically able.
- Interpersonal and communication skills, including empathy
- Teamwork and leadership
- Preparation and motivation
- Critical thinking
- Ethical and moral reasoning
- Integrity
Used at interview
Not used directly in selection, but you should expect to discuss it at the MMIs.
It does not count at the interview. Band 4 is not invited to interview. Bands 1 to 3 are ranked on the uplifted UCAT total.
Questions to practise
Written by MedOffr in the style of MMI stations. None is taken from Anglia Ruskin or claimed to have been asked there.
01 · Motivation
Why medicine, rather than nursing, pharmacy or becoming a physician associate?
02 · Ethics
A 15-year-old asks a GP for contraception and does not want her parents told. What should the GP weigh up?
03 · Role play
You borrowed a friend's laptop and it has stopped working. The actor is your friend: tell them.
04 · Data
This table shows A&E waiting times at two hospitals over a year. What can and can't you conclude from it?
05 · Teamwork
Tell us about a time a group you were part of was not working well. What did you do, and what would you change?
06 · Work experience
What did you see on your work experience that surprised you about a doctor's job?
07 · The NHS
What is one pressure on the NHS at the moment, and what would you do about it?
Where this comes from
- Anglia Ruskin's interview pages for 2027 entry, supplied by the site owner on 9 October 2026.
Compiled 9 October 2026. The figures are reproduced as tables and charts so nothing has to be downloaded. Check Anglia Ruskin’s current pages before you apply; they win if anything here differs.
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