Mayo Clinic Alix School Medicine Interview Questions

Teamwork Tasks             

• What lessons have you learnt from working as a team?
• Would you share a specific team experience you have encountered where you learnt something new?
• Describe a situation where you had a conflict with a peer. How did you handle that conflict?

              
Motivation and Insight into Medicine      

• What is your largest concern regarding embarking on your medical school journey?
• Why did you choose to study medicine?
• How has your X experience contributed to your choice of studying medicine?
• What concerns do you have about studying at Mayo?

              
Ethical Dilemmas             

• What do you think on prescribing a treatment that was a placebo just because the patient wanted a treatment?

              
Communication Stations              

• Would you assert that someone of your background went through the challenges you described in your application?
• How can you describe your research project to a seven-year old kid?
• Tell me about yourself and background
• What life challenge have you gone through and how was it like?
• What situation have you gone through that got you to cry?
• Describe a time when you had to communicate with a patient or family under difficult circumstances.
• You have mentioned X in your application, illustrate that further.
• When was the last time you apologized?

              
Role Play            

• How can you describe your research project to a senior researcher?
• How would your friends describe you?

              
Prioritisation Tasks         

• What is your plan if you are not accepted into medical school this year?
• In some environments, it is important to follow procedures very closely. Describe a situation where you had to do that.

              
MMI Sales Pitch Station

• Summarize your application in a couple of sentences.