Brighton and Sussex Medicine: the interview
A multiple mini interview (five 10-minute discussions, in person or on Zoom). For 2026 entry, 84% of interviewees got an offer. Below: the numbers, what the interview looks for, your personal statement and SJT band, and questions to practise.
- interviewed
- 755
- 2026 entry
- offers
- 631
- Home applicants
- of interviewees offered
- 84%
- 2026 entry
- international, offered
- 61%
- 2026 entry
- Format
- Multiple mini interview (MMI) · Five 10-minute discussions, in person or on Zoom
- When
- For 2027 entry, interviews run from December 2026 to February 2027. You choose: in person in early December or early January, or on Zoom in late January or early February.
- In detail
- Five discussions of ten minutes, with 90 seconds between, about an hour in all. On Zoom each is in its own breakout room with an interviewer and an invigilator; you show photo ID in English and show the room to prove you are alone, with no notes. Your Zoom name must match your UCAS form.
- How it is scored
- Each discussion is scored separately: graded Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, Borderline or Poor, then marked out of 20. The five marks make a score out of 100, which decides offers. Interviewers take notes and check guidance as part of scoring.
Share of interviewees offered a place, 2021 to 2026 entry
Offers divided by interviews each year, Home applicants. Hover or tab to a year for the counts.
| Value | Detail | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 entry | 68% | 344 offers from 506 interviews |
| 2022 entry | 82% | 324 offers from 396 interviews |
| 2023 entry | 64% | 329 offers from 511 interviews |
| 2024 entry | 54% | 371 offers from 684 interviews |
| 2025 entry | 53% | 394 offers from 737 interviews |
| 2026 entry | 84% | 631 offers from 755 interviews |
Offers outnumber places, because not everyone offered accepts or meets the conditions; this is the share offered, not the share who get a place.
| Entry year | Applications | Interviewed | Share interviewed | Offers | Offers per interview |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,671 | 506 | 30% | 344 | 68% |
| 2022 | 1,909 | 396 | 21% | 324 | 82% |
| 2023 | 1,421 | 511 | 36% | 329 | 64% |
| 2024 | 1,103 | 684 | 62% | 371 | 54% |
| 2025 | 1,042 | 737 | 71% | 394 | 53% |
| 2026 | 1,394 | 755 | 54% | 631 | 84% |
For 2026 entry 84% of interviewees were offered a place, 30 points up on 2025. Across the 6 years shown, 67% of interviewees were offered. International applicants: 42 offers from 69 interviews for 2026 entry, 61%.
We have not added Brighton and Sussex’s own description of what its interview assesses yet. MMI interviews generally test motivation for medicine, communication, ethical reasoning, teamwork and what you learnt from work experience; the questions below cover each.
Not scored
Not scored: shortlisting is SJT band then a UCAT ranking.
It does not count at the interview. From 2027 entry a Band 4 is rejected before the ranking. At the 2026 threshold of 1,990 the band was the tie-break, and Band 1 got in.
Questions to practise
Written by MedOffr in the style of MMI stations. None is taken from Brighton and Sussex 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
- BSMS's interview pages for 2027 entry, with its guide to the Zoom interview (October 2022), 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 Brighton and Sussex’s current pages before you apply; they win if anything here differs.
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