These are the questions that come up again and again, drawn from our bank of 600+ reported interview stations. The full bank, including each school's own stations, is in the practice area, where you can answer any of them out loud with the AI interviewer.
Motivation for Medicine
2 questions
Questions about why you want to be a doctor and how you reached that decision. Expect follow-ups on why not nursing or research, and what you would do if you did not get in.
Practise motivation for medicine stationsWork Experience
1 question
You describe placements, volunteering or caring roles and, more importantly, what you took from them.
Practise work experience stationsPersonal Reflection
2 questions
Questions about you: strengths, weaknesses, mistakes, stress and how you respond to feedback.
- How to Answer "What Qualities Does a Good Doctor Need?"7 schools
- How to Answer "What Is the Difference Between Empathy and Sympathy?"3 schools
Ethics
4 questions
A scenario or dilemma with no clean answer, such as confidentiality, consent, who gets a scarce treatment or a colleague behaving badly.
- How to Answer the 13-Year-Old Contraception Question4 schools
- How to Answer "What Would You Do If You Gave the Wrong Dose?"
- How to Answer "What Is Gillick Competence?"
- How to Answer "What Are the Four Pillars of Medical Ethics?"4 schools