Free US Medical School Interview Resources
Practice question banks, format explainers, and ethics frameworks built specifically for US medical school applicants — covering the MMI, traditional and panel interviews, virtual and hybrid days, and the two situational-judgement screens, CASPer and the AAMC PREview exam. No signup required.
Built for US applicants. These resources reflect the US system — MMI and traditional interviews, virtual delivery, and the CASPer and AAMC PREview screens. Requirements differ by program, so always confirm each school's specific format on its official website and the AAMC MSAR.
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All free US interview resources
6 guides covering every US interview format and screen, plus a ready-to-use medical ethics framework.
MMI Practice Question Bank
A starter bank of US-style Multiple Mini Interview prompts spanning the station types schools rotate through — ethical dilemmas, role-play and communication, teamwork, situational judgement, and "why medicine" motivation. Each comes with a suggested structure rather than a memorized script.
What's inside:
- ✓6–9 station archetypes US schools use
- ✓Ethics, role-play, teamwork, and policy prompts
- ✓A reusable response scaffold for timed stations
- +2 more topics…
Traditional & Panel Interview Prep
Sample open-ended and behavioral questions for the one-on-one and panel interviews still used by most US MD and DO programs, plus guidance on closed-file vs open-file formats and how to build narrative answers from your AMCAS or AACOMAS application.
What's inside:
- ✓Closed-file vs open-file interview differences
- ✓15+ open-ended and behavioral prompts
- ✓Turning your application into story-driven answers
- +2 more topics…
CASPer Practice Scenarios
Practice prompts modeled on the CASPer situational-judgement test (delivered by Acuity Insights / Altus), which many US schools use to screen who receives an interview. Includes both video-based and word-based scenario styles and the typed-response approach.
What's inside:
- ✓Video and word-based scenario styles
- ✓The typed-response timing approach
- ✓How quartile scoring is used as a screen
- +2 more topics…
AAMC PREview Prep Notes
An orientation to the AAMC PREview Professional Readiness Exam — a text-based situational-judgement test where you rate the effectiveness of responses to professional dilemmas, mapped to the AAMC professional-readiness competencies (relational skills and personal accountability).
What's inside:
- ✓Effectiveness-rating (very ineffective → very effective) format
- ✓Relational skills + personal accountability competencies
- ✓How PREview differs from CASPer
- +2 more topics…
Medical Ethics Frameworks
A plain-language summary of the four principles of biomedical ethics (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice) plus a simple step framework for working through any ethics or professionalism scenario in an MMI, CASPer, or panel question.
What's inside:
- ✓Four principles of biomedical ethics explained
- ✓A 4-step scenario-reasoning framework
- ✓Confidentiality, consent, and capacity basics
- +2 more topics…
Virtual & Hybrid Interview Checklist
Most US interviews are now delivered virtually over Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or asynchronous platforms like Kira Talent. This checklist covers technical setup, on-camera presence, and how hybrid days blend MMI stations with traditional conversations.
What's inside:
- ✓Camera, lighting, audio, and connection checklist
- ✓On-camera body language and eye-line tips
- ✓Asynchronous (recorded) vs live virtual stations
- +2 more topics…
Know your format before you prep
US medical schools do not share a single interview format, so the smartest preparation is format-aware.
The traditional interview — one applicant and one or more faculty, students, or physicians — remains the most common, and may be closed-file (interviewers have not read your application) or open-file (they have). The Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) replaces one long conversation with a circuit of short, independent stations, each posing a fresh ethical dilemma, role-play, teamwork task, or discussion prompt; you typically read for about two minutes, then spend several minutes at the station, and a weak station does not sink the whole day.
Many schools now run hybrid days that pair a few MMI stations with one or two traditional conversations. Almost all of these are delivered virtually today, over Zoom or Microsoft Teams, and some programs add an asynchronous recorded component where you respond to prompts on your own clock (often via Kira Talent). Two situational-judgement screens sit upstream of the live interview at many schools: CASPer, delivered by Acuity Insights/Altus, and the AAMC PREview Professional Readiness Exam. Neither is a live interview, but both probe the same professional competencies your interviewers will, so practicing them sharpens your interview reasoning too.
CASPer vs AAMC PREview at a glance
Both are situational-judgement tests, but they look different. CASPer presents video and word-based scenarios and asks you to type open-ended responses under time pressure; results are reported in quartiles and used to screen applicants. AAMC PREview is fully text-based: each scenario is followed by several possible behaviors, and you rate how effective each one would be on a 1-to-4 scale (1 = very ineffective to 4 = very effective). PREview maps explicitly to the AAMC professional-readiness competencies — broadly grouped into relational skills and personal accountability (reliability, resilience, adaptability, ethical responsibility, and self-improvement). Schools vary in whether they require one, both, or neither, so always confirm on each program's MSAR or website.
Medical ethics framework
A plain-language summary you can apply to any ethics or professionalism prompt in an MMI, CASPer response, or panel question.
The four principles of biomedical ethics
Respect a competent patient’s right to make informed decisions about their own care, including the right to refuse treatment.
Act in the patient’s best interest and actively promote their wellbeing.
"First, do no harm." Weigh the risks of an action against its expected benefits.
Distribute care, resources, and access fairly and without discrimination.
A 4-step scenario framework: Read → Reason → Respond → Reflect
Identify who is involved, what is actually being asked, and what information is missing or assumed. Resist reacting before you understand the situation.
Name the competing values or principles in tension — autonomy vs non-maleficence, confidentiality vs preventing harm — and consider the perspective of each stakeholder.
Propose a concrete, proportionate course of action. Gather more information and escalate appropriately before acting drastically.
Acknowledge uncertainty, state what would change your decision, and show that you can hold two sides without dismissing either.
Professionalism note. US interviewers and SJTs reward balanced, non-extreme reasoning, honesty, and a bias toward seeking more information and appropriate escalation over rushing to judgement. Avoid reporting or escalating as a reflex with no empathy, and avoid covering for a friend out of loyalty — name the values and show the reasoning.
Practice interview questions
Practice your own reasoning, not memorized scripts. Pair each question with the four-step framework above, and target the competencies US schools and the AAMC core competencies actually assess.
Group A — Ethics & Professionalism
Name the competing values out loud, weigh each stakeholder, then commit to a proportionate action.
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A close friend in your study group admits they used an unauthorized copy of an exam to prepare for a graded assessment. They ask you not to say anything. What do you do, and how do you weigh your competing obligations?
- 2
During a clinical volunteering shift you notice an exhausted resident make a small medication-charting error that has not yet reached the patient. The resident is senior to you. What considerations guide your response?
- 3
A patient who is fully informed and has decision-making capacity refuses a treatment you believe could save their life. How do you reconcile respecting their autonomy with your duty to act in their best interest?
Group B — Situational, Role-Play & Teamwork
These reward responsiveness to the other person, not a rehearsed monologue. Listen first, then structure a way forward.
- 1
Your task is to tell a fellow student that the group project they led received a failing grade because of missed deadlines. You know they were caring for a sick parent. Begin the conversation.
Role-play. Assessor notes: empathy, honesty, structure, next steps.
- 2
You are assigned to a team where one member consistently dominates discussion and dismisses others’ ideas, and morale is dropping. As a peer with no formal authority, how do you address it?
- 3
A frustrated patient in a waiting room is raising their voice at the front-desk staff because their appointment is running two hours late. You are a volunteer nearby. What do you do?
Group C — Motivation, Reflection & Healthcare Awareness
Show self-awareness and a realistic, non-slogan understanding of US healthcare.
- 1
Tell us about a time you received difficult feedback. What did you do with it, and what would you do differently now?
Probes resilience and self-improvement — core PREview competencies.
- 2
Many US communities face shortages of primary-care physicians. What do you see as one realistic contributor to this problem, and what role might you play in addressing it as a future doctor?
These questions and frameworks are for interview orientation only and are not legal, ethical, or admissions advice. Always confirm each program's specific requirements (interview format, CASPer, AAMC PREview) on its official website and the AAMC MSAR.
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