Reddit mentions of Multiple Mini Interview (MMI): Winning Strategies From Admissions Faculty

I always recommend Dr. Samir Desai's book on MMI strategies. He also has a book for the traditional interview, but I never read that one. I'm sure it's just as helpful.

Goes back to it not being any of your business. If it is an open relationship and they wanted you to know you would have been told.

So if you tell your boss best case scenario (for the bosses relationship)what happens, it’s an open relationship and you made him uncomfortable by bringing his personal life into the workplace or it’s not and you once again made him uncomfortable by bringing his personal life into the workplace + you opened up the possibility to misinterpreting the situation (cultural differences eg Italians kiss as greetings) and causing animosity in their relationship.

Forget about what you’d do irl, the Casper is just testing your ability to see both sides of a story and not be impulsive. Your actual response doesn’t matter as long as you display those traits by explaining your thought process but in this case the argument to not tell the boss while also showing restraint and a methodical/logical thought process is far easier than the argument to tell them without any other information


I think you need to read this book. https://www.amazon.com/Multiple-Mini-Interview-MMI-Strategies-ebook/dp/B01C4FP99A

It’s made for the mmi but tbh it still applies to the Casper

I enjoyed this book: Multiple Mini Interview (MMI): Winning Strategies From Admissions Faculty https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01C4FP99A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_COAQBbN856MEV

It’s well reviewed and rated. It has a ton of examples to help get you thinking about what kinds of questions you might get and how you could answer. The book, as well as most others will advise you to not try and over prepare or memorize answers. Instead, if you choose to practice, practice your answer structure. Restate the scenario in your own words to make sure you understand it right, talk through all of your thought process in a coherent and sympathetic manner, and answer the question as honestly as possible. Don’t give the answer you think they want to hear, answer how you truly feel. Leave 2-3 min for any follow up questions depending on time allotment.

Beyond that the best advice I’ve heard is to make good eye contact, be present with your interviewer, don’t make up an answer if you don’t know, and convince yourself you’re just happy to be there and don’t let the nerves ride you.

What style of interview is it? I had one standard and one MMI interview last year and prepared for each one a little differently.

If it's a standard, you don't need much time at all honestly. I would say I prepped maybe an hour a night for the week leading up to the interview, mostly looking at common questions and formulating some ideas for answers. You shouldnt be trying to memorize answers, but I'd definitely make a list of personal traits and activities that you want to bring up in your interview and see where they would fit in with the usual interview questions.

For MMI, I would highly recommend this book and practice with someone on the format and timing of the questions. I started prepping seriously for the MMI for a few hours (maybe 1-3) a night for about 2 weeks leading up to the interview.

Good luck!!