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.
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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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MMI, traditional and panel, virtual and hybrid days, CASPer, and the AAMC PREview exam.
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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
Know your format before you prep
US medical schools do not share a single interview format, so the smartest preparation is format-aware.
Traditional & panel
One applicant with one or more faculty, students, or physicians — still the most common US format. It may be closed-file (interviewers have not read your application) or open-file (they have), which changes how much of your story you need to bring yourself.
Multiple Mini Interview
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.
Hybrid days
Many schools now pair a few MMI stations with one or two traditional conversations in the same day, so you need both a station rhythm and a longer narrative register ready.
Virtual & asynchronous
Almost all US interviews are delivered virtually today, over Zoom or Microsoft Teams, and some programs add a recorded component where you respond to prompts on your own clock — often via Kira Talent.
The two SJT screens
CASPer (Acuity Insights / Altus) and the AAMC PREview Professional Readiness Exam sit upstream of the live interview at many schools. Neither is an interview, but both probe the same professional competencies your interviewers will.
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CASPer vs AAMC PREview at a glance
Both are situational-judgement tests, but they look and score very differently — know which (or both) your school list requires.
| CASPer | AAMC PREview | |
|---|---|---|
| Delivered by | Acuity Insights / Altus (third party) | AAMC |
| Scenario format | Video and word-based scenarios | Fully text-based scenarios |
| Your response | Typed open-ended answers under time pressure | Rate each behavior 1–4 (very ineffective → very effective) |
| Reported as | Quartiles | Scores mapped to AAMC professional-readiness competencies |
| Used for | Screening who receives an interview | A professional-readiness signal alongside the rest of your application |
Delivered by
- CASPer
- Acuity Insights / Altus (third party)
- AAMC PREview
- AAMC
Scenario format
- CASPer
- Video and word-based scenarios
- AAMC PREview
- Fully text-based scenarios
Your response
- CASPer
- Typed open-ended answers under time pressure
- AAMC PREview
- Rate each behavior 1–4 (very ineffective → very effective)
Reported as
- CASPer
- Quartiles
- AAMC PREview
- Scores mapped to AAMC professional-readiness competencies
Used for
- CASPer
- Screening who receives an interview
- AAMC PREview
- A professional-readiness signal alongside the rest of your application
PREview maps explicitly to the AAMC professional-readiness competencies — broadly 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 entry or website.
Ethics
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
Autonomy
Respect a competent patient’s right to make informed decisions about their own care, including the right to refuse treatment.
Beneficence
Act in the patient’s best interest and actively promote their wellbeing.
Non-maleficence
"First, do no harm." Weigh the risks of an action against its expected benefits.
Justice
Distribute care, resources, and access fairly and without discrimination.
A 4-step scenario framework: Read → Reason → Respond → Reflect
Read / Clarify
Identify who is involved, what is actually being asked, and what information is missing or assumed. Resist reacting before you understand the situation.
Reason
Name the competing values or principles in tension — autonomy vs non-maleficence, confidentiality vs preventing harm — and consider the perspective of each stakeholder.
Respond
Propose a concrete, proportionate course of action. Gather more information and escalate appropriately before acting drastically.
Reflect
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. Name the values in tension and show the reasoning that got you to your answer.
Practice
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 actually assess.
Group A — Ethics & Professionalism
Name the competing values out loud, weigh each stakeholder, then commit to a proportionate action.
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?
Loyalty to a friend against fairness to every other student. Establish the facts, encourage them to self-disclose first, and be clear about what you would do if they do not — proportionate, not punitive.
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?
No patient has been harmed yet, so the priority is that the error is corrected quickly. Raise it directly and respectfully first; seniority does not remove your duty to speak, and escalation is the backup rather than the opener.
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?
Autonomy against beneficence. Confirm the refusal is genuinely informed and the patient has capacity, explore the reasoning behind it, then respect the decision while keeping the door open.
Group B — Situational, Role-Play & Teamwork
These reward responsiveness to the other person, not a rehearsed monologue. Listen first, then structure a way forward.
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. Assessors note empathy, honesty, structure, and next steps — deliver the news clearly, acknowledge their circumstances without using them to blur the facts, then agree what happens next.
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?
Influence is your only tool here. Speak to them privately, describe the behavior rather than label the person, and propose a structure that fixes it without a confrontation.
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?
De-escalate first: acknowledge the frustration, share only information you actually have, and bring in the staff who can resolve it. Knowing the limits of a volunteer role is part of the answer.
Group C — Motivation, Reflection & Healthcare Awareness
Show self-awareness and a realistic, non-slogan understanding of US healthcare.
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. Give a specific example, what you changed as a result, and what you would still do differently.
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?
Pick one contributor and reason about it honestly rather than listing every cause, then connect it to something you could plausibly do. Specific beats sweeping.
Pitfalls
What loses marks
The habits that pull an otherwise strong answer down.
Memorizing answers
US interviewers, CASPer, and PREview all reward your reasoning process, not a rehearsed script. Rehearse structure instead, so you can think clearly on a question you have never seen.
Reporting as a reflex
Escalating immediately, with no empathy and no attempt to gather more information, reads as rule-following rather than judgement. Show the proportionate step first.
Covering for a friend out of loyalty
The opposite failure. Naming the competing values and explaining why you land where you do beats quietly siding with the person in front of you.
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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