Multiple Mini Interviews are a type of interview technique that is different from traditional ‘panel’ interviews which tend to be a series of questions and answers.
MMIs consists of between six and eight short interviews, which take around five minutes each. The interviewers sit at ‘stations’ and the interviewees move between them. Each ‘station’ may involve answering a question, completing a practical task, or participating in a role play, for example, giving bad news to a patient’s relative.
Medical schools believe that MMIs give fairer and more accurate results than a traditional interview for selecting medicine and healthcare students. The scenario-based approach helps them to better assess qualities that make a good healthcare professional, such as empathy and respect, rather than which candidate is strongest at answering standard interview questions. And from your point of view, if one station doesn’t go very well, you can start again from scratch at the next one.
Our MSAP Course is designed to prepare your mind to tackle these kinds of scenario questions by getting you to reflect on your experiences within the context of what doctors and healthcare professionals do on a day-to-day basis.
We have an entire module dedicated to interview preparation and this module explores the details behind the principle of the MMIs and allows you not just to learn how to answer specific scenarios (as you will never know which scenario you will face), but the core values that the medical school is looking for within you.