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The Queen's Belfast interview

Interview by invitation, and it carries significant weight in the decision. Here is how it works and how to prepare.

Interview by invitation

By invitation only for specific courses (medicine, dentistry, initial teacher education); most applicants receive no interview. Medicine uses the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) format on campus.

How to prepare for Queen's Belfast

If applying to medicine or dentistry, prepare specifically for MMI stations , these test ethical reasoning, communication, and situational judgment rather than subject knowledge recall.
For teaching programmes, the interview focuses on your motivation to teach and safeguarding awareness; be ready to discuss your relevant classroom or youth-work experience concretely.
Most Queen's courses never interview at all , your UCAS personal statement and predicted grades do all the work, so invest heavily in those for non-competitive programmes.
International applicants to non-interview courses can demonstrate interest through Queen's open days or virtual events, which signals genuine intent without substituting for an interview.

Practice before the real thing

Rehearse real admissions-interview questions and get an honest read on your answers, what an interviewer hears, where you sound generic, and what to sharpen. We coach you; we never script you.

Practice interview questions

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