Multiple Mini Interview: Winning Strategies from Admissions Faculty

While the MMI can be incredibly variable as another reviewer pointed out, this book lays a foundation to help you deal with anything thrown your way. I interviewed at 2 schools that used MMI. One of them had scenarios that were so similar to those presented in the book that it was actually a little funny. The other school's scenarios did not match these well at all unfortunately. The latter school was much more intellectual, I'd say. Regardless, I felt that this book helped me approach the interviews very well.I suggest reading the lessons and then having a friend or 2 act out the scenarios with you to test yourself.I can happily say I was admitted to my top choice (a school that used MMI) and I think I can give a good amount of credit to this book.Thanks!

Great generalized advice for the MMI. This book helped me navigate through what is important in a response and what is expected of you as an interviewee. Great scenarios for practice with solutions provided. Wasn't a fan of the final chapters being excerpts from other books.

I am a health communication professor and I work closely with the university's premed program. I sometimes do trainings prepping the students for their med school interviews and many of my students have been successfully admitted to med school. I have found this book, along with The Medical School Interview: Winning Strategies from Admissions Faculty to be the 2 essential books of prepping for med school. The best thing you can do for yourself is buying these 2 books, reading them thoroughly, and practicing more than once. Start with the other one, and then if you are informed that you will have an MMI, go ahead and read this one. If you won't have an MMI, still browse through this one because it gives you interesting ethical questions to think on, which should get your medical communication juices flowing and ready for an interview!As someone who helps train prospective med school students, I want to emphasize that whatever book you buy, you need to practice. Practice out loud and hopefully to another person who is listening to you and providing feedback.

If you're interviewing at a medical school using the MMI, this is the book for you! Well written and superbly organized, this book is filled with detailed information. It will show you exactly how to perform during your MMI. I liked how the author backed up his recommendations with the perspectives of admissions officials and findings from research. The practice scenarios are great, and cover important ethical topics like organ donation, transplant, end of life care, and patient confidentiality. Highly recommended!

Before reading this book, I have read other books written by the author and found them to be insightful. Unfortunately, it was not the same for this book. I don't think this book is useless, but the insights were common sense and I personally didn't think I benefit much from reading the book.

I could not recommend Dr. Desai's books or advising services more. As an applicant I purchased this book, his Medical School Interview book, and also enlisted him for personalized mock interview training. He has been exceptional. As a nontraditional student who does not come from a family of healthcare providers, he provided crucial, personalized feedback toward my success on interview day. That said, I'm sure he would be able to guide any kind of applicant toward their personal goals. I am happy to say, I am now a MSI. I will continue to look to Dr. Desai's books and guidance on my journey through medical school and towards residency. The application process is crazy, Dr. Desai's books and advising bring peace of mind to the madness.

A lot of good tips and 21 practice scenarios with responses. I think there's some filler material in the book though but if you skip past that then it's rather helpful.

This is a must have for med students with upcoming MMI interviews!! Amazing and so helpful! Well worth the money!!

I feel like this book was the best one so far in familiarizing myself with the MMI. actually to the point although it is more US focused in terms of stats

More based for American rather than uk

This book is very helpful for preparing for MMI interviews for optometry. Although it is geared towards preparing for medical school interviews, it still has some good information for pre-optometry students unsure of how to prepare for MMI interviews.

Highly recommended if you need a resource material for medical admission interview.

There really is some very helpful information in this book, particularly on how to structure answers. I just felt that that part of the book was far too short: the book is just over 200 pages; nearly 100 pages is sample MMI questions and answers (helpful), but 60 (!) pages of background information on the MMI (varying degrees of helpfulness, but most of it was not useful), and only 40 pages of actual strategies! Even within those 40 pages, there was a lot of parts that felt rushed / like an afterthought (eg, only 4-5 pages on collaborative stations, most of which was taken up by big evaluation tables)What strategies were there were definitely helpful, and the sample question/answers at the end of the book were useful for getting an idea of what an answer looks like, but I would've definitely appreciated much more detail overall. I'd look elsewhere.