Cardiff Medicine: the interview
A multiple mini interview (7 stations of about 7 minutes). For 2026 entry, 76% of interviewees got an offer. Below: the numbers, what the interview looks for, your personal statement and SJT band, and questions to practise.
- interviewed
- 1,071
- 2026 entry
- offers
- 816
- all applicants
- of interviewees offered
- 76%
- 2026 entry
- international, offered
- 50%
- 2026 entry
- Format
- Multiple mini interview (MMI) · 7 stations of about 7 minutes
- From interview to offer
- MMI. Offers are decided on interview performance.
Share of interviewees offered a place, 2022 to 2026 entry
Offers divided by interviews each year, all applicants. Hover or tab to a year for the counts.
| Value | Detail | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 entry | 42% | 412 offers from 974 interviews |
| 2023 entry | 39% | 512 offers from 1,312 interviews |
| 2024 entry | 80% | 639 offers from 801 interviews |
| 2025 entry | 60% | 660 offers from 1,105 interviews |
| 2026 entry | 76% | 816 offers from 1,071 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4,554 | 974 | 21% | 412 | 42% |
| 2023 | 4,424 | 1,312 | 30% | 512 | 39% |
| 2024 | 3,911 | 801 | 20% | 639 | 80% |
| 2025 | 2,717 | 1,105 | 41% | 660 | 60% |
| 2026 | 2,596 | 1,071 | 41% | 816 | 76% |
For 2026 entry 76% of interviewees were offered a place, 16 points up on 2025. Across the 5 years shown, 58% of interviewees were offered. International applicants: 65 offers from 129 interviews for 2026 entry, 50%.
We have not added Cardiff’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.
Read with the application
Screened, but not formally scored.
It does not count at the interview. The SJT band is not considered at any stage.
Questions to practise
Written by MedOffr in the style of MMI stations. None is taken from Cardiff 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?
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