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Why Medicine, Not Another Healthcare Career?
Why do you want to study medicine specifically, rather than nursing, physiotherapy, or another healthcare career?
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Motivation
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Otago vs Auckland — Choosing Your Medical School
New Zealand has two medical schools: the University of Otago MBChB and the University of Auckland MBChB. Why did you choose to apply to this school specifically, and what do you know about how its programme differs from the other?
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MAPAS Values — Motivation and Whakapapa Connection
The University of Auckland's MAPAS (Māori and Pacific Admission Scheme) asks applicants to articulate their connection to community and how it drives their motivation for medicine. How would you describe your own motivation, and why is community connection valued in a doctor?
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Otago HSFY — Managing Academic Pressure and Mental Health
The University of Otago's Health Sciences First Year is one of the most competitive undergraduate entry routes into medicine in New Zealand. Students often describe intense pressure, anxiety, and isolation. How do you plan to protect your mental health during HSFY, and why is self-care important for doctors-in-training?
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Work Experience
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Most Impactful Work Experience
Tell me about your most impactful piece of work experience and what you learned.
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What You Did, Not What You Saw
Don't tell me what you saw - tell me what you actually did during your work experience.
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Time With a Palliative Care Team
Tell me about your time observing a palliative care team.
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Ethics & Cultural Safety
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Te Tiriti o Waitangi — Partnership in Clinical Practice
You are a medical student on placement. Your supervisor dismisses a Māori patient's request to have a karakia (prayer) before a procedure, saying "we don't have time for that." How do you respond, and what does the Treaty principle of partnership mean in a clinical encounter?
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Pacific Health — Talanoa and Fa'asamoa in a Clinical Encounter
A Samoan family has brought their elderly father to the ED. The patient's son, who speaks English fluently, is doing all the talking. The patient speaks limited English. The son explains that in their family, the father would not want to discuss his diagnosis directly — decisions are made collectively. How do you approach this situation using Pacific health principles?
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Te Tiriti — Protection and Participation in a Consent Scenario
A Māori patient, Rangi, is about to have elective knee surgery. The ward nurse tells you he seems anxious but has signed the consent form. When you sit with him, he says: "My whānau wanted to be here and I didn't want to hold things up." How do you apply the Treaty principles of protection and participation in the next five minutes?
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Aotearoa Healthcare & Hot Topics
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Te Whatu Ora — Post-DHB Health System Structure
In 2022, New Zealand's 20 District Health Boards were abolished and replaced by a single national entity, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand. What problem was this reform designed to solve, and what are the key advantages and risks of a centralised national health authority?
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Hauora Māori — Addressing Chronic Disease Burden
Māori have significantly higher rates of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer than non-Māori New Zealanders. How do you explain this disparity, and what systemic changes would most effectively reduce it?
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NZ Rural Health — Workforce Shortage and Telehealth
Rural and remote communities in New Zealand face serious doctor shortages. Some rural general practices are unstaffed for months at a time. What are the causes of rural workforce maldistribution, and how might telehealth and rural commitment pathways help — and what are their limits?
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Role Play & Communication
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Climate Change — Eco-Anxiety in Young Patients
A 17-year-old Māori patient presents to your GP with low mood, difficulty concentrating, and disturbed sleep. After ruling out depression, she tells you she is terrified about climate change, particularly what it means for her family's coastal marae and the food sources her whānau depends on. How do you respond clinically and as a person?
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NZ Health System — Managing a Waitlist Complaint
You are a house officer. An outpatient tells you he has been waiting 14 months for an orthopaedic appointment for a knee replacement and his quality of life has deteriorated significantly. He is angry and asks why he has been waiting so long. How do you handle this conversation, and what can you actually do for him?
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Hauora Māori — Responding to a Patient Who Distrusts the System
A Māori man, Tūhoe, 55, comes to your GP clinic for the first time in many years. He says: 'I don't trust doctors — last time I came in, I felt like I was being talked down to and rushed out the door.' His blood pressure is severely elevated. How do you conduct this consultation?
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01. Motivation
Why medicine, why dentistry, why now. Tutors want a specific, evidenced answer — not a cliché.
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What First Drew You to Medicine?
Tell me about the moment you first knew you wanted to be a doctor.
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What If You Don't Get In This Year?
What would you do if you didn't get into medical school this year?
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Why This Medical School?
Why have you chosen to apply to this medical school in particular?
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Explore Prometheus →02. Work Experience
Reflective questions that test what your shadowing and volunteering actually taught you.
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Most Impactful Work Experience
Tell me about your most impactful piece of work experience and what you learned.
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Doctor vs Consultant Role
From your shadowing, how does the role of a foundation-year doctor differ from a consultant?
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A Difficult Doctor-Patient Interaction
Describe a difficult interaction you observed between a doctor and a patient.
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Something That Surprised You
What surprised you most about clinical practice during your work experience?
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Explore Prometheus →03. Ethics
The four pillars (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice) applied under interview pressure.
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Gillick-Competent Teenager Wants Contraception
A 15-year-old asks you for the contraceptive pill but doesn't want her parents to know. What do you do?
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Jehovah's Witness Refusing Transfusion
A Jehovah's Witness patient is haemorrhaging and refuses a life-saving blood transfusion. What do you do?
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Colleague Smelling of Alcohol
You suspect a colleague has been drinking on the job. What do you do?
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Dementia Patient Refusing Medication
An elderly patient with dementia refuses medication she needs. How do you approach this?
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Explore Prometheus →04. NHS & Hot Topics
Current healthcare issues, health-system structure, policy debates — show you read beyond your textbook.
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Biggest Challenge Facing the NHS
What do you think is the biggest challenge facing the NHS today?
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Junior Doctor Strikes
What's your view on junior doctors striking?
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Waiting Lists
How should the NHS address its waiting-list backlog?
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GP Crisis
Is general practice in crisis? What should be done?
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Explore Prometheus →05. Personal Qualities
Resilience, teamwork, communication, self-awareness — your personality, evidenced with stories.
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A Team That Wasn't Working
Tell me about a time you worked in a team that wasn't functioning well. What did you do?
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Breaking Bad News (Personal)
Describe a situation where you had to deliver difficult news to someone close to you.
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A Time You Failed
Give me an example of a time you failed and what you learned.
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Coping Under Pressure
How do you cope under pressure? Give me a specific example.
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Explore Prometheus →06. University & Academic
Curriculum-style questions and university-specific motivation. Always research the course.
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PBL vs Traditional Curriculum
What's the difference between a PBL and a traditional medical curriculum, and which suits you?
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Why Hand Washing Matters
Why is hand washing so important in clinical practice?
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Evidence-Based Medicine
What is evidence-based medicine and where do you think it falls short?
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A Recent Medical Breakthrough
Tell me about a medical research breakthrough that has interested you recently.
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Explore Prometheus →07. Role Play & Communication
Empathy, structure and active listening under timed-station pressure.
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Break Bad News (Role Play)
Break the news to an actor playing a parent that their child has type-1 diabetes.
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Calming an Angry Patient
Calm down a patient who's been waiting two hours and is angry with the receptionist.
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Explain Antibiotic Resistance to a Child
Explain antibiotic resistance to a 10-year-old.
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Console a Peer Who Didn't Get In
A close friend has just been rejected from their first-choice medical school. Console them.
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Explore Prometheus →08. Data Interpretation
Practical reasoning, graphs, numerical and abstract problems under time pressure.
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Interpret a Hospital Performance Graph
You're shown a graph of infection rates across two hospitals over a year. Which is performing better, and what would you want to know to be sure?
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Calculate a Paracetamol Dose
A 14kg child needs paracetamol. The dose is 15mg/kg up to four times daily. Calculate the appropriate single dose and the maximum daily dose.
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Read a Short Abstract
Read this study abstract aloud and tell me what conclusions you can - and cannot - draw from it.
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Spot the Inconsistency in Observations
Here is a set of vital signs for a patient over six hours. Spot anything that doesn't fit.
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Explore Prometheus →How to practice these questions
1. Read widely. Skim every category above and identify which feel weakest. Most applicants are strongest on motivation and weakest on ethics, health-system hot topics, and role-play.
2. Build frameworks, not scripts. Memorising specific answers is fragile - when the wording changes, you freeze. Build a 3-step framework for ethics (four pillars), a 4-step framework for breaking bad news (SPIKES), and a STAR framework for personal qualities.
3. Read our free guides. Free NZ interview resources collects frameworks and checklists for Auckland and Otago interviews.
4. Practice out loud. Reading is not enough. Record yourself answering each question for 90 seconds and play it back. You'll notice filler words, weak structure and repeated points you'd never catch on paper.
5. Get a mock interview. MMI mock packages and panel mock packages put you in front of a current medic for structured, honest feedback.
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