Summary:

1. Most Medical Schools use Multiple Mini Interviews or Traditional (panel) interviews 🏨
2. Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, the majority of medical schools have confirmed that they will be conducting interviews virtually for 2021 entry 💻
3. Medical School interviews usually run from November to March 📅
4. Some Medical Schools will inform you of the outcome within a couple of weeks,whilst other will wait until March to make offers 🎉

TRADITIONAL/PANEL INTERVIEWS

University of Cambridge:

 Virtual 💻

 Traditional interview

 https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/applying/what-are-we-looking-for

 Assessment: undisclosed

University of Central Lancashire:

 Virtual, usually between December and April 💻

 Panel interview

 https://www.uclan.ac.uk/courses/bachelor_medicine_bachelor_surgery.php

 Assessment:

1. Assess your attributes and qualities required to work as a Doctor, as the GMC dictates

University College London:

 Virtual, between December and March 💻

 Panel interview

 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-school/study/undergraduate/mbbs-admissions/selection-interviews/selection-procedure

 Assessment: undisclosed

University of Glasgow:

 Virtual 💻

 Traditional - 30 minutes, 2 panel interviews ⌛

 https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/medicine/mus/admissions/mbchbinterviews/

 Assessment: undisclosed

University of Oxford:

 Virtual, in December 💻

 Traditional interview

 https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/medicine/pre-clinical/statistics

 Assessment:

1. Assess you medical knowledge
2. Assess your personal statement 📑
3. Assess your motivation for applying to the course
4. Assess the relevance of your current subjects

The University of Sheffield:

 Virtual, between November and March 💻

 Usually Multiple Mini Interview format, but this year traditional panel style - 8 questions given ahead of the interview

 https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/medicine/undergraduate/medicine-admissions#C

 Assessment:

1. Assess your motivation and understanding of medicine 🏨
2. Assess your interest in the University in particular 🏫
3. Assess your values
4. Assess your interests
5. Assess your work experience (or caring experience)
6. Assess your communication skills 🗣

MULTIPLE MINI INTERVIEWS

University of Aberdeen:

 Virtual, between November and the end of March 💻

 Multiple Mini Interview

 https://www.abdn.ac.uk/smmsn/undergraduate/medicine/interview.php 

 Assessment:

1. Assess personal attributes
2. Assess how you prepared to study medicine 🏨
3. Assess your problem-solving skills 🤔
4. Assess your work experience 🏨

Anglia Ruskin:

 Virtual, between 7^th & 16^th December and 7^th & 15^th January 2021 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews - 6, 6 minute stations ⌛

 https://aru.ac.uk/health-education-medicine-and-social-care/medicine/multiple-mini-interviews 

 Assessment:

1. Questions about your personal statement 📑
2. Assess your critical thinking skills
3. Assess your interpersonal skills 😀
4. Assess your problem-solving skills 🤔
5. Assess your empathy skills
6. Assess your communication skills 🗣
7. Assess your teamwork and leadership skills 👥
8. Assess your moral reasoning skills

Aston Medical School:

 Virtual, dates undisclosed 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews - 7 to 10, 6 to 8 minute stations ⌛

 https://www.aston.ac.uk/study/courses/medicine-mbchb-september-2021/september-2021

 Assessment:

1. Questions testing your knowledge and understanding of studying and practising medicine 🏨
2. Assess your problem-solving skills 🤔
3. Assess your motivations
4. Assess your listening skills and verbal communication 🗣
5. Assess your understanding of teamwork and leadership 👥
6. Assess your understanding of compassion, respect and dignity 😀

Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry:

 Virtual, between January and March 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews 

 https://www.qmul.ac.uk/smd/undergraduate/courses/a100/selection-criteria/

 Assessment: undisclosed

University of Birmingham:

 Virtual, in January 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews - 30 minutes, part 1 is 2, 6 minute stations with 2 minute preparatory time, one of which includes role play; part 2 is an online calculation on another day ⌛

 https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/medical-school/applying-to-medicine/medicine-interviews.aspx

 Assessment:

1. Assess communication skills 🗣
2. Assess GCSE level mathematical skills
3. Assess how you deal with personal and ethical challenges 🤔

Brighton and Sussex Medical school:

 Virtual, in January 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews - 5, 10 minute discussions ⌛

 https://www.bsms.ac.uk/undergraduate/applying-to-bsms/admissions-process.aspx

 Assessment: undisclosed

University of Bristol:

 Virtual, between December and March 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews

 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/2021/medicine/mb-medicine/

 Assessment: undisclosed

University of Buckingham:

 Virtual, on several dates throughout the year 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews

 https://www.themedicportal.com/school/university-of-buckingham/

 Assessment: undisclosed

Brunel University London:

 Virtual, until spring 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews - 7-10, 5 minute stations ⌛

 https://www.brunel.ac.uk/brunel-medical-school/Interviews

 Assessment:

1. Assess your understanding of a medical career 🏨
2. Assess you motivations
3. Assess your personal qualities 😀
4. Assess your professionalism
5. Questions about your work experience 🏨
6. Assess your understanding of current affairs
7. Assess your ethical reasoning 🤔
8. Assess your problem solving skills 🤔
9. Assess your data collection and interpretation skills
10. Assess your communication, compassion and empathy skills 🗣

Cardiff University:

 Virtual, usually in December and January 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews

 https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/357809/Admissions-Policy-for-Undergraduate-Programmes-in-Medicine-2021-entry.pdf

 Assessment:

1. Assess your attributes and qualities required to work as a Doctor, as the GMC dictates 🏨

University of Dundee:

 Virtual, between December and February 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews - 45 minutes ⌛

 https://www.dundee.ac.uk/undergraduate/medicine/interview

 Assessment:

1. Assess your critical thinking skills 🤔
2. Assess your communication skills 🗣
3. Assess your personal values 😀

Edge Hill University:

 Virtual 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews

 https://www.dundee.ac.uk/undergraduate/medicine/interview

 Assessment:

1. Assess your motivation for studying there 🏨
2. Assess your interpretation of data
3. Assess your decision making ability 🤔
4. Assess your prioritisation
5. Assess your teamwork and leadership skills 👥
6. Assess your communication skills 🗣
7. Assess your compassion and empathy 😀
8. Assess your probity 
9. Assess your awareness of health challenges currently faced 🏨
10. Assess your self-awareness 😀

The University of Edinburgh:

 Virtual 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews - 3 stations and a group interview

 https://www.ed.ac.uk/medicine-vet-medicine/edinburgh-medical-school/medicine/applying/selection

 Assessment: undisclosed

University of Exeter:

 Virtual, between December and March 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews - 7 stations

 http://www.exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/medicine/medicine/

 Assessment: undisclosed

Hull York Medical School:

 Virtual, between December and January 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews - 3 mini interviews (a group, an individual and a student station)

 https://www.hyms.ac.uk/medicine/applying-to-study-medicine/interviews

 Assessment:

1. Assess your motivation for studying the course 🏫
2. Assess your motivation to study medicine and to be a doctor 
3. Assess your teamwork skills 👥
4. Assess your communication skills 🗣
5. Assess your critical thinking skills 🤔
6. Assess qualities such as empathy, resilience etc. 😀
7. Assess understanding the NHS constitution 🏨
8. Assess understanding of current medical issues 🏨

Imperial College London:

 Virtual 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews - 7, 5 minute stations ⌛

 https://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/blog/student-blogs/2020/01/29/medicine-interview-a-guide-to-mmis-at-imperial/

 Assessment:

1. Assess you understanding and motivation for studying medicine 🏨
2. Assess your commitment to the NHS constitution 🏨
3. Assess your leadership and teamwork skills 👥
4. Assess your communication skills 🗣
5. Assess your ability to cope with stress 🤔
6. Assess ability to multitask
7. Assess how you would contribute to the university 🏫

Keele University:

 Virtual 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews - 2, 15 minute interviews and a numeracy test ⌛

 https://www.keele.ac.uk/medicine/undergraduate/howtoapply/#the-interview

 Assessment:

1. Assess your motivation to study medicine 🏨
2. Assess your commitment to NHS constitution 🏨
3. Assess how you would contribute to university 🏫
4. Assess ability to multitask
5. Assess communication skills 🗣
6. Assess leadership and teamwork skills 👥
7. Assess ability to cope with stress

Kent and Medway Medical School:

 Virtual if necessary, from December 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews

 https://kmms.ac.uk/study/multiple-mini-interviews-mmis/

 Assessment: undisclosed

King’s College London:

 Virtual, between November and May 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews

 https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/medicine-mbbs

 Assessment:

1. Assess your values
2. Assess your knowledge of medical issues 🏨
3. Assess your ability to handle and evaluate information
4. Assess your communication skills 🗣
5. Assess your ability to cope with ethical dilemmas

Lancaster University:

 Virtual, in January and February 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews - 12 to 15, 5 minute stations ⌛

 https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lms/medicine/mbchb-medicine-and-surgery/how-to-apply/

 Assessment:

1. Assess your comprehension
2. Assess your work experience 🏨
3. Assess your suitability for a career in medicine 🏨
4. Assess your suitability to problem-based learning

University of Leeds:

 May be virtual, from December 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews

 https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/medicine-undergraduate-mbchb/doc/applying

 Assessment: undisclosed

Leicester Medical School:

 Virtual, from 10^th to 18^th December 2020, 6^th to 13^th January and w/c 8^th February 2021 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews

 https://le.ac.uk/medicine/study/applying/interviews

 Assessment:

1. Assess your motivation to study medicine 🏨
2. Assess your problem-solving skills 🤔
3. Assess your communication skills 🗣
4. Assess your ability to make ethical judgements 🤔
5. Assess your emotional intelligence
6. Assess your teamwork skills 👥
7. Assess your personal attributes

The University of Manchester:

 Virtual, in January and February 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews - 4/5, 7 minute stations ⌛

 https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/medicine/apply/interviews/

 Assessment:

1. Assess motivation to be a doctor
2. Assess caring work experience 🏨
3. Assess communication skills 🗣
4. Assess medical knowledge 🏨
5. Assess understanding of ethics 🤔

Newcastle University

 Virtual 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews, 2 minute ice-breaker question and 7, 7 minute stations ⌛

 https://www.ncl.ac.uk/sme/study/undergraduate/admissions/#selectionprocess

 Assessment:

1. Assess motivation and commitment to being a doctor
2. Assess persistence and resilience 🤔
3. Assess organisational skills
4. Assess your compatibility with the course 🏫
5. Assess your communication skills 🗣
6. Assess your teamwork skills 👥
7. Assess your integrity
8. Assess your empathy

Norwich Medical School:

 Virtual, from late November onwards 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews

 https://www.uea.ac.uk/course/undergraduate/mbbs-medicine/2021#course-entry-requirements

 Assessment: undisclosed

University of Nottingham:

 Unconfirmed if virtual or in person, in December and January usually 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews

 https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medicine/study-with-us/undergraduate/undergraduate-medicine/undergraduate-selection-process.aspx

 Assessment: unconfirmed

University of Plymouth:

 Virtual 💻

 Multiple Mini interviews - usually 7 stations in 50 minutes ⌛

 https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/bmbs-bachelor-of-medicine-bachelor-of-surgery/bachelor-of-medicine-bachelor-of-surgery-selection-and-admissions-process

 Assessment:

1. Assess your motivation and commitment to medicine 🏨
2. Assess your understanding and insight into a career as a doctor
3. Assess your ability to solve problems 🤔
4. Assess your communication skills 🗣
5. Assess your empathy skills

University of St Andrews:

 Virtual, from late November to March 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews - 6, 6 minute stations ⌛

 https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/medicine/medicine-bsc-a100/entry-requirements/

 Assessment:

1. Assess your personal attributes
2. Assess your understanding of the medical profession 
3. Assess your commitment to studying medicine 🏨

St George’s University of London:

 Virtual 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews

 https://www.sgul.ac.uk/study/undergraduate-study/how-to-apply/multiple-mini-interview-mmis

 Assessment:

1. Assess your motivations
2. Assess your understanding of Government health care policies 🏨
3. Assess your personal attributes
4. Assess your commitment to quality of patient care 🏨
5. Assess your teamwork skills 👥

University of Sunderland:

 Virtual, in late December and January 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews and a maths test

 https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/help/school-of-medicine/interviews/online-interview/

 Assessment:

1. Assess your motivation to study medicine 🏨
2. Assess your understanding of the ethical issues
3. Assess your communication skills 🗣
4. Assess your comprehension
5. Assess your empathy

Warwick Medical School:

 Virtual, in December and January 💻

 Multiple Mini Interviews

 https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/study/ugr/applying/applicationprocess

 Assessment: Undisclosed

OTHER

University of Liverpool:

 Virtual, from November onwards 💻

 Semi structured interview

 https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/medicine/study-with-us/undergraduate/admissions-process/

 Assessment: undisclosed

University of Southampton:

 Virtual, between January and March 💻

 Selection Day - details unknown

 https://www.southampton.ac.uk/medicine/undergraduate/selection_day_dates.page

 Assessment:

1. Assess your understanding of the NHS constitution 🏨
2. Assess your communication skills 🗣
3. Assess your self-motivation