Medical School Interview Multiple Mini Interview
WHAT IS THE MULTIPLE MINI INTERVIEW (MMI)?
The Multiple Mini Interview, initially developed by McMaster University School of Medicine in Canada, is a station-based interview used to assess an applicant’s “soft skills,” qualities, characteristics, values, ideals, and decision making skills. Studies have shown that the MMI decreases interviewer and evaluation bias and can better predict a future medical student’s performance, professionalism, and performance on clinical tests than the traditional interview. These data, together with a move towards holistic admissions in the United States, have resulted in more and more medical schools’ favoring this interview style over the traditional one- on- one interview. We anticipate that every year more medical schools will replace traditional interview formats with the MMI.
A typical MMI interview consists of a circuit of eight to 10 stations through which interviewees rotate. All stations are usually in a single hallway, making it easy for applicants to move from station to station. Often referred to as the “speed dating’ interview, the MMI presents a new scenario, task, or situation and a new evaluator at each station.The circuit also includes rest stations (usually two), which offer the opportunity to use a bathroom. Interviewees are allowed a total of 10 minutes at each station before they have to move on to the next.. The interviewee spends the first two minutes outside the room at each station reviewing the scenario, question, or task that he or she will have to talk about or complete in the room. The next eight minutes are then spent in the room discussing the scenario, role playing, or completing the required task.
Keep in mind, however, that the exact set up of an MMI will vary from one institution to another. Some medical schools may have only six stations whereas others have hybrid interviews, which are a combination of the MMI and a traditional interview.
Here is the standard set up and sequence for each MMI station:
Bell rings indicating the start of the next station.
Applicant takes a clipboard posted outside the station or posted on the station door and has two minutes to read the scenario, role, question, or task. The instructions are often slightly vague, which is deliberate.
Bell rings indicating the interviewee can enter the room, where another copy of the scenario or task is available for reference..
Applicant has eight minutes to discuss the scenario, role play, complete the required task, or answer the posted question.
Bell rings indicating the end of the session and applicant exits the room. Feedback is never provided in the room.
Applicant proceeds to next station and the cycle starts again.
Evaluator rates applicant after he or she exits.
The entire MMI circuit lasts anywhere from 70 - 100 minutes depending on the institution.
Here is a typical roster of the type of subjects you can expect to address at various stations on an MMI interview day:
Professionalism
Dealing with stress
Problem solving
Interpersonal skills
Culture/diversity
Ethics (two stations)
Pathway to medicine (traditional medical school interview question)
Teamwork - giving instructions to a partner
Teamwork - receiving instructions from a partner
Applicants are usually, but not always, allowed to jot down notes during this process but typically have time for that only during the two minute period before entering the room.
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