Master Your New Zealand Medical & Dental School Interviews
Stop guessing what the panels want. Build confidence for the Auckland Kira Talent MMI and the Otago and BDS Zoom interviews with mock interviews, real-time feedback, and strategies from current New Zealand medical and dental students.
- Single mockNZ$96
- Bundles fromNZ$340
- Self-practice fromNZ$17
Interview season
When do New Zealand interviews happen?
Most New Zealand selection runs through one mid-year cycle — applications and UCAT-ANZ from July, interviews in September and October, offers in December. The exception is Otago's Medicine Alternative category, which runs earlier on its own timetable: applications 1 April – 1 May, then a 40-minute Zoom interview about eight weeks later.
Jul
Applications & UCAT-ANZ
Auckland MBChB applications close on 1 July. Otago HSFY and Graduate applications open the same day, and the UCAT-ANZ window opens (a multi-week window; 1 July – 5 August in 2026).
Aug
Otago closes; MMI invitations
Otago HSFY and Graduate applications close (13 August for 2027 entry). Auckland sends MMI invitations in late August, and Otago confirms Medicine Alternative category outcomes by 31 August.
Sep
Auckland Kira Talent MMI
One fixed nationwide sitting — 11:00am on Tuesday 8 September 2026 for 2027 entry. MAPAS applicants also sit their 5-station Specialty Interview on Zoom.
Oct
Otago BDS interviews
Around 350 Otago BDS applicants across all categories sit their Zoom panel interview in late September or early October.
Dec
Offers into Year 2
Selection ranking is finalised and offers follow in December — Otago HSFY and Graduate offers, and Auckland offers in late December.
The Kira Talent MMI is recorded once — there are no second takes.
Auckland applicants get only 30 seconds to read each prompt and three minutes to record. The calmest candidates rehearse the format well before invitations land — lock in your mock now.
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Find your New Zealand interview guide
School-by-school guides covering interview format, sample questions, common pitfalls and prep tips — written and reviewed by current New Zealand medical and dental students.
Know your format
Interview format guides
Cross-school resources covering each New Zealand interview format and the most common station types. Pair these with your per-school guide for the school you have been invited to.
- Practice tool
Try the free question bank
15 real NZ interview questions across 5 topics — answer out loud, self-mark with the examiner rubric, or run a free timed six-station mock.
Read guide - Format guide
Auckland Kira Talent MMI
Station-by-station guide to the University of Auckland MBChB asynchronous online MMI — 8 stations, 7 of them assessed with 30s to read and 3 minutes to record, plus one unscored administrative station.
Read guide - Format guide
Otago & BDS Zoom interview
How to handle the Otago structured Zoom interview — the Alternative Category MBChB interview and the BDS interview for all shortlisted applicants.
Read guide - Equity pathway
MAPAS Specialty Interview
Equity-pathway prep for Auckland MAPAS and RRAS applicants — including the additional 5-station MAPAS Specialty Interview alongside the general MMI.
Read guide - Question bank
Common interview questions
Question bank covering communication, ethical reasoning, problem-solving, teamwork, self-awareness, professional and social responsibility for NZ stations.
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Real questions, real stations
Could you answer these on the day?
These mirror the station types behind the Auckland Kira Talent MMI, the Otago and BDS Zoom interviews and the MAPAS Specialty Interview. Pick a station, hit the timer, and see how 30 seconds of thinking feels.
Communication station · 1 / 2
“Explain to a nervous whānau member why their relative needs a procedure they do not fully understand.”
What they’re really testing: Clear, jargon-free explanation and reading the other person — a skill every NZ interview format rewards, even though Auckland does not run a dedicated communication station.
How it works
From invite to offer in four steps
No generic coaching. Every mock is built around the school that invited you — its format, its station types, its known criteria.
- 01
Tell us your invite
Share the school and format you are preparing for — MMI circuit, panel or Oxbridge-style.
- 02
Meet your tutor
We match you with a current student at that school — someone who sat the same interview and got in.
- 03
Sit the full mock
A complete run-through under real conditions: timed stations, follow-up probing, no easy rides.
- 04
Get your action plan
Structured written feedback against your school’s known criteria, plus exactly what to fix before the real thing.
Packages & pricing
Mock Interview & Coaching Packages
Live coaching from current medical & dental students who know the Auckland Kira Talent MMI and Otago Zoom formats — plus self-practice with our interview question bank. Mix and match, or build your own below.
Single Mock Interview
Perfect for focused, last-minute practice
- 1 × full-hour live mock interview, 1:1 with your tutor
- Mock questions tailored to your target university
- Your tutor is a current medical / dental student
- Detailed written feedback against the school's criteria
- Works for MMI, panel or traditional formats
- + 5 mock credits — one AI mock, or two friend-marked
NZ$96complete packageBook NowBackground Knowledge Session
Know your university inside-out
- 1 × in-depth background knowledge session
- Specific to one university of your choice
- Led by a tutor who sat that exact interview
- Insider tips, tricks and what each station rewards
- The themes and hot topics that university favours
- Walk in knowing exactly what to expect
NZ$128complete sessionBook Now- MOST POPULAR
The Mock Bundle
Interview-day sharpness, four ways
- 4 × full-hour live 1:1 mock interviews
- Each mock tailored to a different university
- Current medical / dental student tutors
- Detailed written feedback after every mock
- + 15 mock credits — three AI mocks, or seven friend-marked
- Cheaper than booking four single mocks separately
The Knowledge Bundle
Knowledge + practice, combined
- 4 × background knowledge sessions
- Cover up to 4 different universities
- Tutors who sat those exact interviews
- Preparation resources included
- + 8 mock credits — four friend-marked mocks, or one AI mock
- Knowledge and practice in one bundle
- ULTIMATE
The Ultimate Prep
Everything, fully loaded
- 4 × full-hour live 1:1 mock interviews
- 4 × background knowledge sessions
- Detailed written feedback after every session
- UNLIMITED friend-marked self-practice, plus 25 mock credits
- Tailored across every uni you're applying to
- Our most complete prep — nothing left out
Build Your Own Package
Mix and match exactly what you need
- Choose how many live mock interviews you want
- Add background knowledge sessions for any university
- Cover as many or as few universities as you like
- Current medical / dental student tutors throughout
- Written feedback after every session
- Your total updates live as you build it
From NZ$96you chooseBuild Your Package
Mix & match
Build Your Own Package
Pick exactly what you need — the total updates live, then straight to secure checkout.
Live Mock Interviews
1-hour, 1:1, university-specific · NZ$96 each
Background Knowledge Sessions
Uni-specific, tutor from that uni · NZ$128 each
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What applicants say
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Interview question bank
Know the questions before you walk in
Real interview questions with follow-ups and a mark scheme, written by current medical and dental students. Build a mock predicted for your university’s format, then practise it alone, with a friend, with AI or with a tutor.
- New Zealand questions for medicine and dentistry, with Te Tiriti, MAPAS and HSFY topics
- Every question comes with a mark scheme, tips and the follow-ups an interviewer would ask
- Mocks predicted from your university’s real interview format
What First Drew You to Medicine
“What event or experience first made you seriously consider medicine as a career, and what has sustained that interest since?”
Stuck for work-experience reflections?
Interviewers love specific examples. Our Virtual Work Experience puts you in real clinical scenarios — giving you fresh, honest reflections to draw on when a station asks “tell me about a time you saw…”
From a real mock interview:
Watching the registrar weigh competing priorities during a virtual ward round taught me that medicine is rarely about a single right answer — it’s about defending a reasoned one.
Real mock interviews, any time you need one
Sit a full MMI or panel interview with photoreal video interviewers in your medical or dental school’s real format — faces on screen that look, sound and respond like real interviewers. Talk naturally, get probed with follow-ups, then receive a structured written debrief with rubric scores, a video replay and timestamped notes.
- Photoreal AI interviewers — a range of international voices
- The real format: MMI or panel
- Rubric-scored feedback in about two minutes + video replay
Questions
Frequently asked questions
The final hurdle
Your interview is the last step.
Make it the easiest one.
Join hundreds of successful applicants who walked in prepared — with mocks from current students at their target school and instant practice from our interview question bank.