Manchester Medicine: the interview
A multiple mini interview (5 stations). For 2026 entry, 59% of interviewees got an offer. Below: the numbers, what the interview looks for, your personal statement and SJT band, and questions to practise.
- interviewed
- 1,667
- 2026 entry
- offers
- 985
- Home applicants
- of interviewees offered
- 59%
- 2026 entry
- international, offered
- 21%
- 2026 entry
- Format
- Multiple mini interview (MMI) · 5 stations
Share of interviewees offered a place, 2020 to 2026 entry
Offers divided by interviews each year, Home applicants. Hover or tab to a year for the counts.
| Value | Detail | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 entry | 63% | 979 offers from 1,557 interviews |
| 2021 entry | 55% | 870 offers from 1,587 interviews |
| 2022 entry | 30% | 375 offers from 1,258 interviews |
| 2023 entry | 59% | 733 offers from 1,248 interviews |
| 2024 entry | 70% | 897 offers from 1,288 interviews |
| 2025 entry | 70% | 896 offers from 1,285 interviews |
| 2026 entry | 59% | 985 offers from 1,667 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2,469 | 1,557 | 63% | 979 | 63% |
| 2021 | 2,795 | 1,587 | 57% | 870 | 55% |
| 2022 | 2,599 | 1,258 | 48% | 375 | 30% |
| 2023 | 2,181 | 1,248 | 57% | 733 | 59% |
| 2024 | 1,689 | 1,288 | 76% | 897 | 70% |
| 2025 | 1,601 | 1,285 | 80% | 896 | 70% |
| 2026 | 2,607 | 1,667 | 64% | 985 | 59% |
For 2026 entry 59% of interviewees were offered a place, about 1 in 2, 11 points down on 2025. Across the 7 years shown, 58% of interviewees were offered. International applicants: 40 offers from 191 interviews for 2026 entry, 21%. Manchester counts those shortlisted for interview.
We have not added Manchester’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 used for shortlisting; Manchester asks for its own non-academic information instead.
It does not count at the interview. Bands 3 and 4 are both rejected — the strictest rule in the UK. Only Bands 1 and 2 are considered, and they are treated alike.
Questions to practise
Written by MedOffr in the style of MMI stations. None is taken from Manchester 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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