Aston Medicine: the interview
A multiple mini interview (online). Below: the numbers, what the interview looks for, your personal statement and SJT band, and questions to practise.
- Format
- Multiple mini interview (MMI) · Online
- When
- Online, normally between December and March. Applicants high enough in the ranking get an invitation with several dates to choose from, then a time.
- In detail
- An online MMI: several stations, each testing a different attribute. Some use actors; at others you discuss a scenario with the assessor. Each station is scored, and the scores make one overall score, so a weaker station can be made up elsewhere.
Without the counts there is no share to work out; what decides offers is below.
- Oral and written communication
- Listening
- Empathy, compassion, respect and dignity
- Emotional intelligence
- Problem solving
- Motivation
- Teamworking
- Leading as well as following
- Knowing your limits and when to ask for help
Aston does not test medical knowledge: the scenarios are written with the age and experience of applicants in mind.
Not scored
Read with the reference for fitness-to-practise concerns only; not scored.
It does not count at the interview. All four bands are accepted and the band plays no part in the ranking — the only school in the UK to take a Band 4 without penalty.
Questions to practise
Written by MedOffr in the style of MMI stations. None is taken from Aston 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
- Aston's interview pages for the current cycle, 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 Aston’s current pages before you apply; they win if anything here differs.
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