What is the format?
- One-on-one interviews
- Evaluators do not know who you are and have not read your application
- Evaluators do not know who you are and have not read your application
- Short time outside a room to read information about a scenario (typically 2-4 minutes)
- Longer amount of time in the room with an evaluator (typically 7-10 minutes)
- Rotate between multiple rooms (typically 8-10 stations)
- Interview questions are assessing behavioral traits (i.e. compassion, critical thinking)
How to Prepare
- Not really a way to prepare
- Each school has different questions and the questions change every year
- Can prepare by looking online for sample questions and timing yourself
- Keep in mind, medical schools will ask very different questions
- Keep in mind, medical schools will ask very different questions
- Best way to prepare is get a good night's sleep and eat a healthy breakfast!
Sample Questions
- A close friend in your 1st year medical school class tells you that his mother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. He feels overwhelmed by his studies and is considering dropping out of medical school to spend more time with his mother. How do you counsel your friend?
- Assessing inter-personal skills, empathy
- Assessing inter-personal skills, empathy
- How do you feel about dog breed bans?
- Assessing ethical decision making
- Assessing ethical decision making
General Tips
- Be yourself!
- Time management is important, make sure you have time to answer all the questions at a station.
- Listen carefully to questions asked by evaluators.
Schools that use MMI format*
- University of California, Davis
- Colorado State University
- Michigan State
- Virginia Maryland Regional College