Sheffield Medicine: the interview
A multiple mini interview (eight stations scored out of 5; panel for international applicants). For 2025 entry, 65% of interviewees got an offer. Below: the numbers, what the interview looks for, your personal statement and SJT band, and questions to practise.
- interviewed
- 1,235
- 2025 entry
- offers
- 801
- all applicants
- of interviewees offered
- 65%
- 2025 entry
- Format
- Multiple mini interview (MMI) · Eight stations scored out of 5; panel for international applicants
- In detail
- Eight MMI stations each scored out of 5 (5 excellent, 4 good, 3 satisfactory, 2 borderline, 1 unsatisfactory) plus the SJT score, for a total out of 45. Applicants scoring 3 or better on every station and the SJT are prioritised in the ranking; offers follow the ranking.
- Good to know
- The SJT quartile adds a ninth score out of 5, for a total out of 45. Panel interview for international applicants.
Share of interviewees offered a place, 2023 to 2025 entry
Offers divided by interviews each year, all applicants. Hover or tab to a year for the counts.
| Value | Detail | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 entry | 55% | 552 offers from 1,000 interviews |
| 2024 entry | 69% | 777 offers from 1,133 interviews |
| 2025 entry | 65% | 801 offers from 1,235 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2,105 | 1,000 | 48% | 552 | 55% |
| 2024 | 1,404 | 1,133 | 81% | 777 | 69% |
| 2025 | 2,262 | 1,235 | 55% | 801 | 65% |
For 2025 entry 65% of interviewees were offered a place, about 1 in 2, 4 points down on 2024. Across the 3 years shown, 63% of interviewees were offered.
We have not added Sheffield’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 normally read or scored. The activities and values in it are commonly explored at interview, and it is read only if UCAS flags possible plagiarism, which would end the application.
It counts at or after the interview. No band is rejected. The SJT quartile becomes an interview score out of 5 (1st quartile 5, 4th quartile 2), added to the eight MMI stations for a total out of 45.
Questions to practise
Written by MedOffr in the style of MMI stations. None is taken from Sheffield 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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