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Warwick Medicine Interview Questions (2027 Entry)
How Warwick Medical School runs its six-station multiple mini interviews (MMIs) for the four-year graduate course, the 15 to 18 December 2026 dates and the 13 January 2027 online sitting, why Warwick does not want a prepared answer to "why medicine", and 57 practice questions grouped by its seven published values, with model answers.
Reviewed by Dr Akash Gandhi, NHS GP and a Cambridge and UCL graduate (GMC register) · Checked against Warwick's official pages: 24 October 2026
Warwick medicine interviews, 2027 entry
Warwick medicine interviews for 2027 entry are multiple mini interviews (MMIs): six stations, around two hours in all, in person at Warwick Medical School from 15 to 18 December 2026. Applicants living outside the UK who meet Warwick's criteria can interview online on 13 January 2027. For 2026 entry, Warwick made offers to 57% of applicants it invited to interview.
- In-person dates
- 15 to 18 December 2026, at Warwick Medical SchoolConfirmed for 2027 entryWarwick Medical School, Applying (MB ChB), with dates to remember (2027 entry)
- Online date
- 13 January 2027, only for applicants living or studying outside the UK who cannot attend in person and meet Warwick's online interview criteriaConfirmed for 2027 entryWarwick Medical School, Applying (MB ChB), with dates to remember (2027 entry)
- Invitations
- Early December; you choose one session, allocated first come, first served, and no other dates are offeredUniversity's usual pattern, no year given
- Format
- Six multiple mini interview (MMI) stations, around two hours in allUniversity's usual pattern, no year given
- Values assessed
- Team working, insight, resilience, communication, empathy, probity, and respect and dignityUniversity's usual pattern, no year given
- Assessors
- Trained assessors: medical professionals, academics, current students and lay people with an interest in medical educationUniversity's usual pattern, no year given
- Work experience
- You will be asked to reflect on the work experience you declared and evidenced in your online questionnaireConfirmed for 2027 entryWarwick Medical School, Work experience requirements (2027 entry (experience 15 October 2023 to 15 October 2026))
- Offers
- Usually within two months of the MMI (late February), through UCASUniversity's usual pattern, no year given
- Post-interview success, 2026 entry
- 57% (311 offers from 549 invited to interview, home and international together)Published admissions figuresAdmissions statistics as published on our Warwick profile (from Warwick's Admissions Facts and Figures) (2026 entry)
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How does Warwick interview for medicine?
Warwick Medical School interviews with multiple mini interviews (MMIs), which some of its pages still call the Selection Centre. Every candidate takes part in six MMI stations, and Warwick says the whole process takes around two hours. You are observed and scored at each station by trained assessors, who include medical professionals, academics, current students and lay people with an interest in medical education.
The detail of the stations changes every year, but Warwick publishes the seven values and competencies it looks for, and the themes on this page follow them. Warwick also tells candidates that during the MMI they will be asked to reflect on the work experience they declared and evidenced in their online questionnaire, so know your own placements well.
Do not prepare a speech on why you want to be a doctor
Warwick's guide for MMI candidates says it does not want to know why you want to be a doctor or how much you know about WMS, because those answers are too easy to prepare. It asks you to answer the question the assessor asks, expect to be challenged, consider perspectives very different from your own, and be willing to admit areas for development.
Warwick's MB ChB is a four-year course for graduates, so the interview assumes you have a degree and often some working life behind you. Eligibility and competition are covered on our Warwick graduate entry medicine page. New to the MMI format? Our MMI preparation guide explains how circuits run.
Source: Warwick Medical School, Application process (MB ChB) (no year stated for the MMI; page last revised 23 May 2025); Warwick Medical School, Guide to MMI candidates on expectations regarding communication (PDF) (no year stated); Warwick Medical School, Work experience requirements (2027 entry (experience 15 October 2023 to 15 October 2026)); University of Warwick, Medicine MB ChB (Graduate Entry Undergraduate Course) (2027 entry)
When are Warwick medicine interviews for 2027 entry?
| Applicants | Dates | Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| All applicants able to attend | 15 to 18 December 2026 | In person at Warwick Medical School |
| Living or studying outside the UK, unable to attend, and meeting Warwick's criteria | 13 January 2027 | Online, same MMI structure |
Shortlisted applicants are invited in early December and choose one session, allocated on a first come, first served basis, so reply to the invitation as soon as it arrives. Warwick says it cannot accommodate dates other than those published.
The online option is for applicants who have lived or studied outside the UK for at least three months before the interview, with proof of residence, and you can only request it after invitations have been sent. Compare Warwick's dates with your other choices in our UK medical school interview dates table.
Source: Warwick Medical School, Applying (MB ChB), with dates to remember (2027 entry); Warwick Medical School, Application process (MB ChB) (no year stated for the MMI; page last revised 23 May 2025); Warwick Medical School, Online interview criteria (Word document) (no year stated; linked from the 2027 entry dates)
How does Warwick decide who to interview?
Warwick checks that your UCAT Verbal Reasoning score reaches the mean of all test-takers, ranks eligible graduates on UCAT total and degree score, and then checks that your evidenced work experience meets its requirements before inviting the top-ranked to the MMI. The degree rules, the UCAT rule, past scores and competition are on our Warwick graduate entry medicine page and Warwick medical school profile.
Source: Warwick Medical School, Summary of MBChB admissions process (PDF) (no year stated); Warwick Medical School, Application process (MB ChB) (no year stated for the MMI; page last revised 23 May 2025)
What does Warwick assess at interview?
Warwick lists seven values and competencies it looks for at the MMI:
- Team working.
- Insight.
- Resilience.
- Communication, which Warwick defines as clearly conveying a message and listening actively.
- Empathy.
- Probity.
- Respect and dignity.
To prepare, Warwick suggests reflecting on your work experience and on the core values in the NHS Constitution and the Medical Schools Council's statement on the values and aptitudes needed to study medicine. It also publishes a short guide to reflection. Warwick says it looks holistically across all seven values, so being an excellent communicator alone will not secure a place.
The questions below are practice questions written by TheUKCATPeople from Warwick's published values, its communication and reflection guidance and its work experience outcomes. They are not real or leaked Warwick questions, and nothing here comes from students reporting what they were asked.
Source: Warwick Medical School, Application process (MB ChB) (no year stated for the MMI; page last revised 23 May 2025); Warwick Medical School, Guide to MMI candidates on expectations regarding communication (PDF) (no year stated); Warwick Medical School, What is reflection and how do you do it? A brief guide for WMS MMI candidates (PDF) (no year stated)
Warwick medicine interview questions, by theme
Grouped by what Warwick says it assesses. Each question has a note on what a strong answer covers, and the Warwick-specific ones have a full model answer. These are practice questions written by TheUKCATPeople from Warwick's published guidance, not real or leaked questions.
- Team working (1 to 8)
- Insight and reflection on your work experience (9 to 17)
- Resilience (18 to 25)
- Communication: conveying a message and listening actively (26 to 33)
- Empathy (34 to 41)
- Probity (42 to 49)
- Respect and dignity (50 to 57)
Team working
What Warwick says: Team working is one of the seven values and competencies Warwick looks for at its MMI. Its work experience outcomes ask for experience of, or insight into, working effectively in diverse teams with people with different roles or areas of expertise. Warwick Medical School, Application process (MB ChB)
As a graduate you probably have more team experience than a school leaver: a lab group, a job, a research project, a ward. Warwick's work experience rules ask you to have seen diverse teams of people with different roles, so be ready to say who did what, how the team decided things and what you contributed, including when you were not in charge.
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Tell me about a team you worked in where people had very different roles. How did it work?
What to cover: Name the roles, how information passed between them and one moment where that went well or badly. Then say what you learned about your own part.
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Describe a time you disagreed with a decision made by someone more senior. What did you do?
What to cover: Show that you raised it respectfully and with reasons, then accepted the decision unless it was unsafe. Say what you would do if patient safety were at stake.
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Tell me about a time a team you were in did not work well. What was your part in it?
What to cover: Be specific about your own behaviour, not only other people's. Warwick wants insight, so say what you would do differently.
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From your work experience, who else works alongside doctors, and what do they bring?
What to cover: Name roles you saw yourself, such as healthcare assistants, nurses, pharmacists or physiotherapists, and give an example of each changing what happened for a patient.
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When is it right for a new member of a team to speak up?
What to cover: Always when patient safety is at risk, and when they notice something others have missed. Explain how to do it: clearly, early and to the right person.
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Tell me about a time you led a team. What would your team say about you?
What to cover: Describe what you did and one piece of feedback, including something critical. Leading includes listening to the people you lead.
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A colleague on your placement team keeps leaving tasks unfinished for others. What do you do?
What to cover: Speak to them privately first to find out why, then agree a plan. Escalate only if it continues or puts anyone at risk.
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What would you bring to a small learning group of eight to fifteen students?
What to cover: Warwick teaches much of its course in groups of that size. Talk about how you prepare, share, ask questions and help others learn, with one example.
Model answer
Tell me about a team you worked in where people had very different roles. How did it work?
For eighteen months after my degree I worked as a healthcare assistant on a stroke rehabilitation ward. The team included nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, a speech and language therapist, and us HCAs. What made it work was the weekly team meeting, where every profession talked about each patient's goals, and the HCAs were asked for their view because we saw patients most often.
One example stays with me. A patient's speech therapist had advised thickened fluids, but at night a new agency colleague gave him an ordinary drink because he asked for one. I saw it, stopped her kindly and explained, and then raised it at handover so the information was put on the board above his bed.
What I learned is that a team with many roles depends on information reaching everyone, including people who are new or there for one shift. I also learned that speaking up was part of my job, even as the most junior person in the room.
Go deeper: The multidisciplinary team
Insight and reflection on your work experience
What Warwick says: Insight is one of Warwick's seven values and competencies. Warwick says that during the MMI you will be asked to reflect on the work experience you declared, discussing what you learned about your strengths, areas for development and the skills and qualities needed to be a doctor. Warwick Medical School, Work experience requirements
Warwick is unusually clear here: you will be asked about the placements you listed and evidenced, and it expects you to know your weaknesses as well as your strengths. Its reflection guide suggests choosing experiences that triggered an emotional reaction. Reread your questionnaire before the day and, for each placement, have one moment, one thing you learned about the job and one thing you learned about yourself.
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Choose one of the placements you told us about. What did it teach you about yourself?
What to cover: Pick one moment, describe what you felt and did, and say what it showed you about your strengths or limits. Then say what you have done since.
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What is one area you still need to develop before starting medicine, and what are you doing about it?
What to cover: Warwick says recognising areas for growth is expected. Choose a real one and describe concrete steps, not a disguised strength.
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Tell me about something you saw on a placement that upset you. How did you deal with it?
What to cover: Describe what happened briefly, then how you processed it: who you talked to, what you thought about afterwards and what you would do next time.
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What did your work experience show you about the realities of a career in healthcare that you had not expected?
What to cover: Choose something specific, such as how much time goes on paperwork or how emotionally tiring the work is, and say how it changed your thinking.
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How does your first degree, or your work since, prepare you for medicine, and where will it fall short?
What to cover: Give one real strength from your degree or job and one real gap, and how you plan to close it.
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You gave direct, hands-on care during your work experience. What did that teach you that shadowing could not?
What to cover: Warwick requires hands-on care. Talk about responsibility, physical and emotional effort, and what the person you cared for taught you.
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How do you know when you have done a task well, if nobody tells you?
What to cover: Talk about checking outcomes, asking for feedback and comparing your work with a standard. Insight means being able to judge yourself accurately.
- 16
Tell me about feedback you received that was hard to hear. What did you do with it?
What to cover: Choose real criticism, say how you reacted at first and how you changed. Showing growth matters more than how the story began.
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What does the word "reflection" mean to you, and why do doctors need to do it?
What to cover: Warwick quotes the GMC on reflection improving patient care. Describe reflection as learning from what happened, with an example of your own.
Model answer
Choose one of the placements you told us about. What did it teach you about yourself?
I volunteered weekly at a hospice day centre for most of my final year. Early on, a man I had chatted with for several weeks told me he had stopped treatment and did not expect to see the summer. I said something like "you never know", and he went quiet. I knew straight away I had said it to make myself feel better.
Afterwards I talked it through with the nurse who supervised the volunteers. She said that he probably wanted me to hear him, not to reassure him. The next week I sat with him and asked how he was feeling about it, and mostly listened. He talked about his grandchildren for half an hour.
It taught me that I reach for reassurance when a conversation becomes uncomfortable, and that it can shut people down. I still notice the urge, but now I pause and ask a question first. It is an area I am working on, and I expect medical school to test it far more than the hospice did.
Go deeper: Medicine work experience guide
Resilience
What Warwick says: Resilience is one of the seven values and competencies Warwick looks for at its MMI. Its work experience outcomes also ask for insight into how you respond to challenges in caring roles. Warwick Medical School, Application process (MB ChB)
Warwick's course is four intensive years, and its guidance says to expect challenge in the MMI itself. Resilience is not toughing things out alone. Strong answers show that you notice pressure building, use support early and recover, and that you have done it before, in your degree, your job or a caring role.
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Tell me about the hardest setback you have faced. How did you recover?
What to cover: Describe the setback, what you did in the days after and who helped. End with what you do differently now.
- 19
The Warwick course compresses medicine into four years. How will you manage the workload?
What to cover: Talk about how you have handled heavy workloads before, the routines that work for you and when you would ask for help.
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How do you know when stress is becoming too much for you, and what do you do?
What to cover: Name your own warning signs and what you actually do. Asking for help early is what Warwick wants to hear.
- 21
Tell me about a time you failed at something you had worked hard for.
What to cover: Choose a real failure, own your part, and explain what you changed. If this is a reapplication, it is a fair example to use.
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How might studying medicine as a graduate affect your life outside the course, and how will you manage it?
What to cover: Think about money, family, relationships and travel to placements. Show you have planned for it and know where support is.
- 23
A patient you have been caring for dies unexpectedly. How would you look after yourself afterwards?
What to cover: Accept that it would affect you, and say who you would talk to: colleagues, a supervisor, a debrief. Looking after yourself protects future patients.
- 24
Why do you think some doctors burn out, and what can protect them?
What to cover: Mention workload, rotas and feeling unsupported, then what helps: teams that support each other, rest and asking for help. Our resident doctors guide has the evidence.
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Describe a time you had to keep going with something unpleasant or boring because it mattered.
What to cover: Pick a real example, such as data entry for a project or a repetitive job, and say why you saw it through and what it achieved.
Model answer
The Warwick course compresses medicine into four years. How will you manage the workload?
I would start from what has worked for me before. During my master's I was working twenty hours a week in a care home as well as studying full time, and I managed it by planning each week on a Sunday, protecting two evenings for rest and keeping to the same sleep times even before deadlines.
I also know my warning signs. When I start cancelling things I enjoy and working late every night, my work gets worse, not better. On the master's I noticed that in the spring term, spoke to my supervisor, and we moved one deadline so I could finish the project properly.
At Warwick I would use the same habits, and I would use the support earlier: my personal tutor, the student wellbeing service and other students in my year. I know the course is intense, and I do not expect to manage it alone.
Go deeper: Why resident doctors leave the NHS
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Communication: conveying a message and listening actively
What Warwick says: Warwick defines communication skills as the ability to clearly convey a message as well as demonstrate active listening. Its guide says you should be comfortable enquiring sensitively about someone's personal issues, such as their job, lifestyle, health or sexual orientation, and able to respond appropriately. Warwick Medical School, Guide to MMI candidates on expectations regarding communication (PDF)
Warwick published a whole guide on communication at its MMI because it affects every station. It asks you to answer the question you are asked, listen actively and be able to talk about personal subjects without embarrassment. It also recommends, but does not require, three TED talks, including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "The danger of a single story", about the risk of judging a person from one story about them.
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Role play: a man in his forties has come to talk about his tiredness. Find out about his work, drinking and home life.
What to cover: Ask open questions, explain why you are asking, and keep your tone neutral when he answers. Respond to what he tells you, not to your checklist.
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Role play: a young woman tells you she is worried her partner will find out about a past relationship with another woman. Respond to her.
What to cover: Stay calm and non-judgemental, listen, and reassure her about confidentiality. Warwick says candidates should be comfortable with conversations like this.
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Explain a complicated idea from your degree to me as if I had left school at sixteen.
What to cover: Choose one idea, use an everyday comparison, avoid jargon and check understanding by asking a question back.
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Role play: your housemate is upset that you forgot their birthday. Talk to them.
What to cover: Apologise without excuses, let them say how they feel and listen before you try to put it right.
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What does active listening look like? Show me how you would do it.
What to cover: Describe and demonstrate: eye contact, open questions, summarising and noticing feelings. Then give a time you listened well.
- 31
Tell me about a time you misjudged someone because you only knew one thing about them.
What to cover: This links to Warwick's "single story" talk. Be candid about the assumption, what changed your mind and how you work against it now.
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How would you talk to a patient who is reluctant to tell you how much they drink?
What to cover: Explain why you are asking, avoid judgement, use specific questions and accept what they tell you. Trust makes the next conversation possible.
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Role play: a patient's son is angry that his mother was discharged too early. Talk to him.
What to cover: Let him speak, acknowledge his worry and do not argue. As a student you would find someone who can review her care with him, with her consent.
Model answer
Role play: a man in his forties has come to talk about his tiredness. Find out about his work, drinking and home life.
"Thanks for coming in. Before we look at anything else, I'd like to understand a bit more about your day-to-day life, because tiredness can come from lots of places. Is that all right? Can you tell me about your work at the moment?" Starting with work is easier for most people, and I would listen to how he describes it as well as what he says: hours, shifts, stress.
Then I would move on gently. "A lot of people find their drinking creeps up when they're under pressure. Roughly how much would you drink in a normal week?" If he gave a vague answer I would ask about a specific day, and I would keep my face and voice the same whatever the number was, because judgement is what makes people stop being open.
For home life I would ask who he lives with and how things are, and leave a pause. If something came up, such as a separation or caring for a parent, I would acknowledge it before asking more. At the end I would summarise what he had told me and check I had it right, so he knew he had been heard.
Go deeper: MMI role-play stations
Empathy
What Warwick says: Empathy is one of the seven values and competencies Warwick looks for at its MMI. Its communication guide asks candidates to be able to consider multiple perspectives, including those very different from their own. Warwick Medical School, Application process (MB ChB)
Warwick pairs empathy with seeing a situation from perspectives unlike your own. In a station that might mean a person whose choices you would not make, or a colleague under pressure. The assessor is watching whether you try to understand the other person before you judge or advise.
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What is the difference between empathy and sympathy? Give an example of each from your own experience.
What to cover: Empathy is trying to understand how someone feels from their side; sympathy is feeling sorry for them. Use real examples and say which helped more.
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A patient keeps missing appointments for their diabetes. Why might that be?
What to cover: List possibilities before judging: work, money, caring duties, fear, low mood or not understanding why it matters. Then say how you would find out.
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Tell me about a time you supported someone whose views or background were very different from yours.
What to cover: Describe what you did to understand them, what you found hard and what you learned. Keep their privacy in how you tell it.
- 37
A colleague snaps at you during a busy shift. How do you respond?
What to cover: Stay calm, consider what pressure they may be under, and talk to them later in private. Say what you would do if it became a pattern.
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Role play: a woman tells you her husband, who has dementia, no longer recognises her. Talk to her.
What to cover: Acknowledge the loss, let her talk, and avoid rushing to solutions. Then ask whether she has support for herself.
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How can a doctor show empathy in a ten-minute appointment?
What to cover: Mention small things that take seconds: introductions, eye contact, using their words, asking what worries them most and acknowledging feelings.
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Can a doctor be too empathetic?
What to cover: Discuss the risk of carrying every patient's distress and losing objectivity, and how boundaries, supervision and rest protect both doctor and patient.
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Tell me about a time you got empathy wrong. What did you learn?
What to cover: Choose a real moment where you misread someone or said the wrong thing, and what you do differently now.
Model answer
A patient keeps missing appointments for their diabetes. Why might that be?
There are many possible reasons, and the first thing I would do is avoid deciding which one it is. They might work shifts or a job that will not give them time off. They might care for a child or a parent, or not be able to afford the bus. Some people find the appointments frightening, or feel told off when their blood sugar is high, and stay away because of it.
Low mood is common in people with long-term conditions, and depression makes it hard to do anything, including going to the GP. Some people do not understand what the appointments are for, because nobody has explained it in a way that made sense to them, or because English is not their first language.
So I would want to ask them, kindly and without blame, what makes it hard to come. Depending on the answer, the practice might offer a different time, a phone appointment, an interpreter or help with travel. The aim is to make it easier for them to look after their health, not to label them as someone who does not care.
Go deeper: Empathy and sympathy at interview
Probity
What Warwick says: Probity is one of the seven values and competencies Warwick looks for at its MMI. Its admissions process also requires every work experience placement to be verified on the organisation's headed paper, and offer holders to declare any health, welfare and conduct issues. Warwick Medical School, Application process (MB ChB)
Probity means honesty and integrity, especially when nobody is watching. Warwick builds it into its whole process: evidenced work experience, references and a declaration of health and conduct issues with every offer. In a station, expect a dilemma where the honest choice costs you something, and reason it through out loud. Our guide to answering ethics questions gives you a structure.
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A friend asks you to sign a letter saying they did work experience hours they did not do. What do you do?
What to cover: Refuse kindly and explain why: it is dishonest, unfair to other applicants and could end their application. Offer to help them find real hours.
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You realise after your interview that a placement on your questionnaire listed more hours than you actually did. What do you do?
What to cover: Contact the admissions team, correct it and explain. Owning an error early is what probity means, even when it might cost you.
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A fellow student copies part of an assignment from a website. Nobody else has noticed. What do you do?
What to cover: Talk to them first if it is safe to, explain why honesty matters for future patients, and tell a tutor if it continues.
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You make a medication error on placement that causes no harm. Nobody noticed. What do you do?
What to cover: Tell your supervisor straight away, check the patient, and learn from it. Explain the duty of candour.
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A drug company offers to pay for a doctor's conference trip abroad. Is it acceptable to accept?
What to cover: Discuss conflicts of interest and how gifts can affect prescribing, and the importance of declaring interests. Come to a reasoned view.
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You smell alcohol on a senior doctor's breath at the start of a shift. What do you do?
What to cover: Patient safety comes first, so act today: raise it with a senior. Our whistleblowing guide covers raising concerns.
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A patient asks you not to tell anyone that they are self-harming. What do you say?
What to cover: Be kind, explain the limits of confidentiality where someone is at risk, and involve the team. Our confidentiality guide explains where the line sits.
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Why do medical schools ask offer holders to declare past health and conduct issues?
What to cover: Warwick says the purpose is to support students and stop problems becoming serious. Explain how openness protects both the student and future patients.
Model answer
You realise after your interview that a placement on your questionnaire listed more hours than you actually did. What do you do?
I would contact the admissions team as soon as I realised, by email, with my name and application number. I would explain which placement it was, what I had written, what the correct figure was and how the mistake happened. I would not wait to see whether anyone noticed.
It might cost me. If the correct figure took me below the requirement, my application could end. But Warwick asks for the hours to be verified on headed paper for a reason: it is selecting people who will be trusted with patients, and a doctor who leaves a known error in a record because correcting it is inconvenient is not safe.
Afterwards I would look at how it happened. If I had added up hours from memory, I would keep a proper record from now on. That is the same habit doctors need with notes, prescriptions and anything else patients rely on.
Go deeper: The GMC guide for interviews
Respect and dignity
What Warwick says: Respect and dignity is one of the seven values and competencies Warwick looks for at its MMI, and Warwick points candidates to the core values in the NHS Constitution, which include respect and dignity. Warwick Medical School, Application process (MB ChB)
Respect and dignity is one of the NHS Constitution values Warwick asks you to reflect on before the MMI. Stations on it often involve a patient whose choice you disagree with, someone who is vulnerable, or a person treated badly by others. Give practical examples: what respect looks like in the room, not only what it means.
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What does treating a patient with dignity look like in practice?
What to cover: Make it concrete: knocking, introducing yourself, explaining before touching, keeping someone covered, using the name they prefer and involving them in decisions.
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A patient with capacity refuses a blood transfusion for religious reasons. What should happen?
What to cover: Check capacity and understanding, explore their reasons, offer alternatives and respect the decision. Our capacity guide explains the test.
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You hear a staff member make a joke about a patient's weight in the corridor. What do you do?
What to cover: Raise it, privately and calmly, and explain why it matters even if the patient did not hear. Escalate if it continues.
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How would you make sure a patient with a learning disability is treated with respect in a busy clinic?
What to cover: Talk about speaking to the patient directly, longer appointments, easy-read information and involving carers without talking over the patient.
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A 15-year-old asks a GP for contraception and does not want her parents told. What are the issues?
What to cover: Consider her competence to consent, her right to confidentiality and any signs she is at risk. Our Gillick competence guide sets out the test.
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Tell me about a time you saw someone's dignity protected, or not protected, on your work experience.
What to cover: Describe the moment and what made the difference. Then say what you will do in your own practice because of it.
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Is it disrespectful for a doctor to use a patient's first name without asking?
What to cover: Weigh warmth against formality and how preferences differ between people. The answer is to ask, and to use what the patient prefers.
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How should a doctor respond to a patient who makes a racist comment about another member of staff?
What to cover: Stay calm, set a clear boundary, support the colleague, and continue to give the patient safe care. Report it in line with local policy.
Model answer
Tell me about a time you saw someone's dignity protected, or not protected, on your work experience.
On my care home placement there was a resident with advanced dementia who needed help with everything, including washing. One of the senior carers, before she did anything, would crouch to his eye level, tell him her name and explain what she was about to do, even though he rarely answered. She closed the curtains fully, kept him covered with a towel and talked to him throughout.
I also saw a newer carer do the same task while chatting to a colleague across him about her weekend. Nothing she did was unsafe, but he was treated like an object in the room, and he became agitated in a way he did not with the senior carer.
That contrast taught me that dignity does not depend on whether the person can tell you what they want. I picked up the senior carer's habits, and I would want to keep them as a doctor, because the patients who can least speak up for themselves are the ones who rely on them most.
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How is the Warwick MMI scored, and how are offers decided?
You are observed and scored at each of the six stations by a trained assessor. When the MMIs are finished, Warwick says each candidate's score profile is carefully reviewed to decide who receives an offer, and its admissions summary describes the final step as being one of the best MMI candidates, followed by a check that your UCAS reference is acceptable. Warwick does not publish how station scores are weighted or combined.
Because Warwick looks holistically across all seven values, a weak station does not decide the outcome on its own, and a strong performance in one area cannot carry the rest.
Source: Warwick Medical School, Application process (MB ChB) (no year stated for the MMI; page last revised 23 May 2025); Warwick Medical School, Summary of MBChB admissions process (PDF) (no year stated); Warwick Medical School, Guide to MMI candidates on expectations regarding communication (PDF) (no year stated)
What happens on the day, and what should I bring?
- In person: the MMIs are held at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, from 15 to 18 December 2026. Allow around two hours for the process, plus time to arrive and settle.
- Online (13 January 2027): you need a stable internet connection, a working webcam and microphone, and the video software Warwick names. Slots fall within UK working hours, 9am to 5.30pm GMT.
- Photo ID: online candidates must show a valid passport, driving licence or national identity card to the interviewer. In-person candidates should follow the identification instructions in their invitation.
- Online rules: you must agree to online proctoring, which includes using a single screen, taking no notes during the MMI and having no other app or browser open.
- Know your questionnaire: assessors will ask you to reflect on the work experience you declared, so reread it the week before.
- Adjustments: Warwick asks applicants who need adaptations because of a disability to tell the admissions team, and to declare the disability on the UCAS application.
Source: Warwick Medical School, Applying (MB ChB), with dates to remember (2027 entry); Warwick Medical School, Online interview criteria (Word document) (no year stated; linked from the 2027 entry dates); Warwick Medical School, Work experience requirements (2027 entry (experience 15 October 2023 to 15 October 2026)); Warwick Medical School, Application process (MB ChB) (no year stated for the MMI; page last revised 23 May 2025)
What happens after the Warwick interview?
Warwick says offers are usually made within two months of the MMI, which means late February, and every decision is sent through UCAS. Offers carry conditions: evidence of immunisations and Hepatitis B status, an Enhanced DBS check, and a declaration of any past or current health, welfare and conduct issues, which Warwick's Health, Welfare and Professionalism Group reviews. Warwick does not offer places through Clearing and does not accept deferred entry.
For 2026 entry, Warwick made 311 offers to the 549 applicants it invited to interview (57%). Warwick publishes these figures itself, for home and international applicants together, and only once each cycle is complete. It does not publish an interview feedback policy on its website.
Source: Warwick Medical School, Application process (MB ChB) (no year stated for the MMI; page last revised 23 May 2025); Warwick Medical School, Important information (conditions of offer) (no year stated); Warwick Medical School, Applying (MB ChB), with dates to remember (2027 entry); Warwick Medical School, Academic requirements (no year stated; page last revised 26 June 2026); Admissions statistics as published on our Warwick profile (from Warwick's Admissions Facts and Figures) (2026 entry); Warwick Medical School, Admissions Facts and Figures (2022 to 2026 entry)
Practise a Warwick-style interview
A timed mock in the format Warwick uses, built from the themes Warwick publishes. Record yourself, then mark it against the pointers above.
Common mistakes at the Warwick interview
- 1
Rehearsing "Why medicine?" and "Why Warwick?"
Warwick says it does not want to hear prepared answers to these. Spend the time on the seven values and on reflecting on your own experience.
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Not knowing your own work experience
Assessors will ask about the placements you declared. If you cannot describe them in detail and say what you learned, it undermines the questionnaire you submitted.
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Hiding your weaknesses
Warwick says recognising areas for development is expected and is not a weakness. A candidate who claims to have none fails the insight it is looking for.
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Missing the booking window
Sessions are first come, first served and Warwick offers no other dates. Book the day the invitation arrives.
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Embarrassment in sensitive conversations
Warwick expects you to ask about lifestyle, health or sexual orientation calmly and to respond appropriately. Practise these conversations out loud with someone you trust.
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Answering the question you prepared
Warwick asks candidates to answer the question the assessor asks and to expect challenge. Listen to the whole question, and adjust when you are pushed.
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Requesting the online sitting without meeting the criteria
The 13 January online MMI is only for applicants living or studying outside the UK who meet Warwick's residency and technical criteria. Everyone else interviews in person in December.
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Warwick medicine interview: common questions
Does Warwick interview for medicine?
Yes. Every applicant Warwick selects for its four-year graduate MB ChB takes part in six multiple mini interview (MMI) stations, a process of around two hours. For 2027 entry the MMIs run in person from 15 to 18 December 2026.
Can I apply to Warwick medicine straight from school?
No. Warwick's MB ChB (A101) is a four-year course designed specifically for graduates, and you need at least a 2:1 honours degree in any subject, or a 2:2 with a Master's or doctorate, to apply. Warwick does not consider A level or GCSE results.
If you are still at school, you would apply to Warwick after your degree. Eligibility, the UCAT rule and competition are on our Warwick graduate entry medicine page.
When are Warwick medicine interviews for 2027 entry?
In person from 15 to 18 December 2026, with a single online sitting on 13 January 2027 for applicants living or studying outside the UK who cannot attend and who meet Warwick's online interview criteria.
Warwick cannot offer dates other than those it publishes. Compare other schools in our interview dates table.
When will I hear whether I have a Warwick medicine interview?
In early December. Warwick says shortlisted applicants are invited then and choose one session, allocated on a first come, first served basis, so book as soon as the invitation arrives.
Before that, every applicant is sent an online questionnaire about their work experience after the UCAS deadline; for 2027 entry, responses are due by 31 October 2026 and verification letters by 13 November 2026.
Are Warwick medicine interviews online or in person?
In person, at Warwick Medical School, for all UK-based applicants. Applicants who have lived or studied outside the UK for at least three months before the interview can ask to join the online MMI on 13 January 2027, which keeps the same MMI structure.
Online requests are considered only after invitations are sent, and online candidates must meet residency, technical and proctoring requirements.
How many stations are in the Warwick MMI, and how long is it?
Six stations, and Warwick says the whole process takes around two hours. Each station is scored by a trained assessor; Warwick does not publish the length of individual stations.
What does Warwick look for at interview?
Warwick looks for seven values and competencies: team working, insight, resilience, communication, empathy, probity, and respect and dignity. It also asks you to reflect on the work experience you declared.
Its guidance says it does not want prepared answers about why you want to be a doctor or what you know about WMS. The themes on this page follow its seven values.
Will Warwick ask me why I want to be a doctor?
Probably not as a set question. Warwick's guide for MMI candidates says it does not want to know why you want to be a doctor or how much you know about WMS, because model answers to those are too easy to prepare; it wants you to answer the question the assessor asks and to reflect on your own experience.
How does Warwick choose who to interview for medicine?
Warwick ranks eligible graduates on UCAT total and degree score, after checking that their Verbal Reasoning score reaches the mean of all test-takers, and then checks their evidenced work experience before inviting the top-ranked to the MMI. The rules and past scores are on our Warwick graduate entry medicine page and Warwick profile.
How competitive is the Warwick medicine interview?
For 2026 entry, 57% of applicants Warwick invited to interview received an offer: 311 offers from 549 invitations.
Warwick publishes these figures itself, for home and international applicants together, once each cycle is complete. Competition at shortlisting is covered on our Warwick graduate entry medicine page.
Are international applicants interviewed differently at Warwick?
Only in where they can sit it: applicants living or studying outside the UK who cannot attend and meet Warwick's criteria can take the same six-station MMI online on 13 January 2027.
Online candidates must show photo ID, use a single screen, take no notes and be available in UK working hours. Everyone else, whatever their fee status, interviews in person in December.
When will I hear from Warwick after my interview?
Usually by late February: Warwick says offers are normally made within two months of the MMI, and every decision is communicated through UCAS.
Can I reschedule a Warwick medicine interview?
No. Warwick says it cannot accommodate dates other than those it publishes, and sessions are allocated first come, first served.
The only alternative is the online sitting on 13 January 2027, which is limited to applicants living or studying outside the UK who meet Warwick's criteria. If a disability affects how you can take part, ask the admissions team about adaptations.
Where these facts come from
- Warwick Medical School, Applying (MB ChB), with dates to remember (2027 entry)
- Warwick Medical School, Application process (MB ChB) (no year stated for the MMI; page last revised 23 May 2025)
- Warwick Medical School, Guide to MMI candidates on expectations regarding communication (PDF) (no year stated)
- Warwick Medical School, What is reflection and how do you do it? A brief guide for WMS MMI candidates (PDF) (no year stated)
- Warwick Medical School, Online interview criteria (Word document) (no year stated; linked from the 2027 entry dates)
- Warwick Medical School, Summary of MBChB admissions process (PDF) (no year stated)
- Warwick Medical School, Work experience requirements (2027 entry (experience 15 October 2023 to 15 October 2026))
- Warwick Medical School, Academic requirements (no year stated; page last revised 26 June 2026)
- Warwick Medical School, Important information (conditions of offer) (no year stated)
- University of Warwick, Medicine MB ChB (Graduate Entry Undergraduate Course) (2027 entry)
- Warwick Medical School, Admissions Facts and Figures (2022 to 2026 entry)
- Admissions statistics as published on our Warwick profile (from Warwick's Admissions Facts and Figures) (2026 entry)
Last checked: 24 October 2026. Universities change interview arrangements during the cycle, so confirm on Warwick's own page before you travel or book. The questions above are practice questions written by TheUKCATPeople from Warwick's published guidance; they are not real or leaked interview questions.
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