Lancaster medicine interview
How Lancaster runs its medicine interview: format, stations and timings.
- 6
- Stations
- 5 min
- Per station
- 1
- Interviewers
- -
- Total
- -
- Reading time
Your circuit
6 stations on the dayLancaster declined to tell us which stations it runs.
On the day
Microsoft Teams, for home applicants as well as international. The school's policy said online for 2025 entry and says online again for 2027 entry, and 2026 entry candidates confirm every interview was online. One interviewer joins your call per station; a timetable and links arrive a week before.
Six assessed stations of 5 minutes plus one rest station hosted by a medical student, which can fall first or last in your order. The 2-minute gap between stations is often just the next interviewer joining and chatting until the timer starts.
No group task since 2026 entry. Older guides and the 2025 entry policy describe a PBL group exercise; candidates for 2026 entry confirmed it was dropped and only the emailed station list applies.
Detailed information arrives one week before: the stations, your station order, and the links for the interview and a debrief. Some stations are paired: read a paragraph or watch a clip and take notes at one, discuss it at the next.
You sign an NDA, and using AI or help from another person during the online interview is a probity concern that can lead to automatic rejection.
You can make notes and keep them in the station.
2 min to move between stations.
Ranked on overall MMI score; offers to the highest scorers in the absence of interviewer concerns. Decisions come after all interviews, by the end of March. If invited, you are asked for contact details of people who can substantiate the work experience claims in your personal statement. Unsuccessful interviewees can request feedback between 31 March and 30 June; it outlines your strongest and weakest stations.