Imperial Medicine: the interview

Format

Multiple mini interview (MMI) · 6 stations

Good to know

The asynchronous (recorded) part of the interview has been scrapped.

From interview to offer

From the interview on, Imperial aims to make offers to about 75% of those it interviews. The recorded part of the interview has been scrapped.

From the interview on, Imperial aims to make offers to about 75% of those it interviews. The recorded part of the interview has been scrapped.

We have not added Imperial’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.

Used at interview

Not scored at shortlisting, which is by UCAT. The Station 1 (commitment to Medicine) interviewers are given it and can ask about anything in it; that station counts as much as each of the others.

It does not count at the interview. Band 4 is rejected. Bands 1 to 3 are treated alike: the shortlist is the UCAT total.

1. 01 · Motivation

   Why medicine, rather than nursing, pharmacy or becoming a physician associate?

2. 02 · Ethics

   A 15-year-old asks a GP for contraception and does not want her parents told. What should the GP weigh up?

3. 03 · Role play

   You borrowed a friend's laptop and it has stopped working. The actor is your friend: tell them.

4. 04 · Data

   This table shows A&E waiting times at two hospitals over a year. What can and can't you conclude from it?

5. 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?

6. 06 · Work experience

   What did you see on your work experience that surprised you about a doctor's job?

7. 07 · The NHS

   What is one pressure on the NHS at the moment, and what would you do about it?