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Sample MMI Questions

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If you are preparing for an upcoming Multiple Mini Interview (MMI), this page offers free MMI Questions to help you practice.

We also have the leading MMI course: Master the MMI: Astroff MMI Strategies to prepare you to ace the MMI.  We have helped thousands of candidates over the last decade to learn strategies for answering MMI prompts effectively.  The Astroff MMI Answer Plan was developed by industry-leading Dr. Robert Astroff, in consultation with doctors and other healthcare professionals who have expertise in MMI preparation.

Practice with the following Astroff Practice MMI Prompts (scroll down to see the full prompt): 

  • Station 1: Stranded at sea.
  • Station 2: Food recalls.
  • Station 3:  Candidate for leader of a major political party.
  • Station 4: Accomplishments.
  • Station 5: Eating Disorder.
  • Station 6: Advice to Dan's parents.
  • Station 7: Mistakes and failures.
  • Station 8: The power of media.
  • Station 9: Education minister.
  • Station 10: Gym member.

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Instructions:

  1. Take 2 minutes to read and consider the PROMPT
  2. Take 8 minutes to answer the PROMPT (or other exact length of time that you will be given for each MMI station by your institution. Length varies by each university/organization conducting the MMI).

Station #1

PROMPT (Read and consider for 2 minutes):

You are stranded at sea in a lifeboat with 3 other survivors of a cruise ship accident that occurred 3 days ago. As the cruise was a very small, privately chartered operation, you are unsure whether or not a rescue operation is underway. Your food and water rations have become dangerously low. Tensions have begun to mount over the last 24 hours as one of the other survivors, Lucy, has fallen ill and is in need of significant drinking water to cope with dehydration. You and the 2 other survivors are discussing how to address Lucy’s situation. What do you do?

YOUR RESPONSE: (Speak for 8 minutes)

Station #2

PROMPT (Read and consider for 2 minutes):

Food recalls due to possible contamination are a common occurrence. Sometimes, the recalls only occur in the aftermath of a major disease outbreak or a food-related death. Often the products linked to these outbreaks were manufactured in large factories with hundreds of employees on production lines. These factories usually meet the required food safety standards. Critics of large, multinational food producers claim that the contaminations are simply the inevitable consequences of food production en masse.

How should we require large food producers to more effectively confront the issue of product contamination?

YOUR RESPONSE: (Speak for 8 minutes)

Station #3

PROMPT (Read and consider for 2 minutes):

You are the candidate for leader of a major political party. As part of your campaign, your team has strongly recommended that you go on a cross-country speaking tour. This tour is especially important for your campaign because you are a first-time candidate. To finance the tour, an anonymous private donor has come forward with a significant donation – far beyond the legal limit for a single campaign donation. There are no other readily available funds to finance your trip and the election is fast approaching. Will you go on the speaking tour? Please explain.

YOUR RESPONSE: (Speak for 8 minutes)

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Station #4

PROMPT (Read and consider for 2 minutes):

Describe a situation in which you accomplished something that you were proud of. How will the personal traits you developed from accomplishing this goal benefit you during professional school?

YOUR RESPONSE: (Speak for 8 minutes)

Station #5

PROMPT (Read and consider for 2 minutes):

A relative of yours has developed an eating problem. Previously a thin, athletic woman, she recently stopped exercising and began uncharacteristically gorging herself during and in between meals. She has gained 30 lbs in the last 3 months. Please enter the room and discuss the situation with your cousin.

YOUR RESPONSE: (Speak for 8 minutes)

Station #6

PROMPT (Read and consider for 2 minutes):

Jim and Sandy come to you for advice about their 15 year old son Dan. Both parents have a different idea about how to raise Dan to become financially responsible. Jim says that they should not give Dan any allowance to force him to get a job and earn his own living. Sandy thinks they should give Dan whatever he asks for to provide him with a smart initial investment.

Who do you agree with and what advice would you give them? Justify your answer to the interviewer.

YOUR RESPONSE: (Speak for 8 minutes)

Station #7

PROMPT (Read and consider for 2 minutes):

What was the biggest mistake or failure you made in the last year? Please discuss.

YOUR RESPONSE: (Speak for 8 minutes)

Station #8

PROMPT (Read and consider for 2 minutes):

Malcolm X once said, “The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.”

Discuss this quote and your thoughts on the role of the media.

YOUR RESPONSE: (Speak for 8 minutes)

Station #9

PROMPT (Read and consider for 2 minutes):

You are the education minister for your state/province. Due to budget cuts this year, you are forced to get rid of one program in all secondary schools (arts, science, physical education, etc.). Which program would you choose and why?

YOUR RESPONSE: (Speak for 8 minutes)

Follow up question: One year later the situation is reversed and you have a surplus. You have the option of providing a single program in secondary schools with extra funding. Which program you would give extra funds to?  Why?

Station #10

PROMPT (Read and consider for 2 minutes):

You are a long-time member at your local gym. You have been visiting this gym five days a week for the past year, so you know the staff fairly well. While running on the treadmill one night, you glance over at the front desk and notice the staff member taking five dollars out of the cash register and putting it in his pocket. You decide to let it slide today, but you see him do the same thing a week later. What do you do?

YOUR RESPONSE: (Speak for 8 minutes)

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