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SLU Medical School Interview Questions and Format
Key facts (2026-27)
For 2026-27 the day is all virtual: a video interview with a faculty committee member and a group video interview with a current student and other applicants.
- Format
- One-on-one faculty interview plus a group interview
- Where
- Virtual (AMP video platform)
- Stations
- 2 interviews: a faculty Admissions Committee member, and a group interview with a current student and other applicants
- Also required
- PREview (required, used after the interview), Virtual campus tour and student panel
Dates for 2026-27
From August 2026
Interview invitations
Not yet published for 2026-27
Interviews
From October 15, running through July
Offers and decisions
Checked October 2026 against SLU School of Medicine: Admissions FAQ, SLU School of Medicine: MD program and AAMC MSAR 2027 interview report. Confirm details in your invitation.
Saint Louis University School of Medicine describes a virtual interview with a member of its admissions committee. Its published itinerary also includes an admissions presentation, a virtual campus tour and a student panel, which is distinct from the admissions interview.
The AAMC's 2027 MSAR entry for SLU also lists a group video interview with a current student and other applicants alongside the one-on-one faculty interview. It is not an MMI.
- Platform. SLU’s admissions FAQ says the interview is conducted "virtually via the AMP application software," so you won't travel to St. Louis.
- Invitations and decisions. MSAR lists invitations from August 2026, and SLU sends decisions starting Oct. 15.
- PREview. The MD program page requires the AAMC PREview exam, which SLU uses after the interview.
- Length. As of October 2026, SLU’s admissions pages and MSAR entry don't give the interview length, so use your invitation for the exact schedule.
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Prepare for the committee conversation
Rehearse with follow-ups
Build your rehearsal around follow-up questions. Pick one activity from your application and ask a partner to interrupt when your explanation becomes vague.
If you say an experience taught you compassion, they should ask what you did differently afterwards. If you say you led a team, they should ask which decision was yours.
In the group video interview, a pattern is that how you share airtime shows as much as what you say. Practice building on another applicant’s point first.
Stay accurate
Keep the answer grounded in your responsibilities. You can describe work as a volunteer or observer without claiming that you managed clinical care.
An accurate account gives an interviewer something to discuss. An inflated account creates problems as soon as they ask for detail.
The public program page values meaningful, longitudinal clinical or service experiences when discussing recommendations. That supports spending time on experiences you understand well.
It doesn't establish an interview points system or mean that every candidate must have the same activity.
Explain whole-person care through an action
SLU’s Office of Ignatian Mission in Medicine connects its Jesuit identity to cura personalis, care for the whole person. The office describes respecting individual backgrounds and developing community services around the priorities of the people served.
You don't need to present yourself as an expert in Jesuit philosophy to discuss how those ideas relate to your experience.
Pick a concrete example
Choose an example where a person's circumstances changed your understanding of a request. Perhaps someone needed information in a different form, or a teammate's workload affected how they could contribute.
Explain how you found that out and what you changed. Avoid assuming that you understood someone's needs simply because you meant well.
Link it to SLU
A school-fit answer should connect that example to what you want to learn. For instance, you might want a medical education that helps you combine scientific reasoning with attention to what matters to a patient.
Then identify a verified part of SLU’s curriculum that could help you do that.
A whole-person reflection drill
This fictional exercise is ours, not a reported SLU question. You're coordinating volunteers at a community event.
A regular volunteer has missed two sessions. Another organizer wants to remove them immediately, and you notice that the volunteer has asked whether future sessions could start later.
Show the drill
- Take ninety seconds to explain how you'd begin a private conversation. Don't diagnose a problem or assume that you know why they've been absent.
- Have your practice partner add a fact: the volunteer can't change their work shift. Explain what you'd check before promising a different role or time.
- Describe how you'd talk with the organizer about the event's staffing needs without sharing unnecessary personal information.
- Identify a fair next step if there is no alternative shift. Respect for the volunteer and reliability for the event both need attention.
Listen back to your answer with your partner. Did you ask the volunteer what they wanted, or did you decide on their behalf?
Did you promise flexibility the organization couldn't provide? Revise those sentences.
A respectful answer can still acknowledge limits.
Now use a real example from your own experience. The lesson might be that you acted too quickly, failed to ask a question, or handled a disagreement better the second time.
A modest example with honest reflection is more useful than a heroic story with no uncertainty.
Connect your learning habits to SLU’s curriculum
The program page describes an 18-month preclerkship curriculum and longitudinal health-care ethics teaching. It also includes active learning and patient-centered clinical experiences.
Choose a feature you can explain in your own words instead of listing every program you found online.
Active learning
If you discuss active learning, give an example of preparing before a group session and changing your understanding through discussion. Explain what you do when you don't know the answer.
Saying you'd contribute confidently is less informative than describing how you check your work and invite correction.
Ethics
For ethics, prepare to explain a disagreement without assigning a bad motive to the other person. You can discuss the values in tension and the information you'd need.
You aren't expected to practice medicine in a hypothetical conversation, so avoid treatment promises or confident claims about laws you haven't checked.
Original SLU preparation questions
These are our practice prompts, not SLU’s published or recalled interview questions.
- Why SLU, and which part of its mission of service and social justice connects to something you have already done?Practice this question now
- Describe an experience that changed how you understand care for a whole person.Practice this question now
- What did you learn by returning to the same service setting over time?Practice this question now
- Tell me about a disagreement where you had to balance respect for someone with a responsibility to your team.Practice this question now
- How do you prepare to contribute to a small-group learning session?Practice this question now
- Which part of SLU’s curriculum fits a learning need you've identified in yourself?Practice this question now
More Saint Louis University practice questions (6)
- Social justice: SLU’s mission names social justice. Where have you seen a health problem that was really a fairness problem?Practice this question now
- Earlier clerkships: SLU’s 18-month preclerkship curriculum starts rotations earlier. How are you preparing for that pace?Practice this question now
- Mobile clinic: On SLU’s mobile health clinic, a patient without housing can't come back for follow-up. What do you do before they leave?Practice this question now
- Group interview: You and two applicants must pick one project for a student group to fund. How do you make sure everyone is heard?Practice this question now
- Group interview: A current student asks your group what St. Louis patients need most from new doctors. Another applicant has answered twice. How do you add to the discussion?Practice this question now
- Ethics curriculum: SLU teaches health care ethics longitudinally. Which ethical question from your own experience are you still unsure about?Practice this question now
Let your practice partner choose a follow-up based on your answer. Don't use every question as an excuse to repeat your reasons for choosing SLU.
Direct answers make the conversation easier to follow.
Ask a useful question at the student panel
Prepare a question students can answer from experience, such as how they adjust their learning routine as clinical rotations approach. Avoid asking them to reveal interview content or predict your chances.
Check technical instructions before interview day and leave enough time for the whole itinerary.
If you want another spoken rehearsal, Confetto’s medical-school interview practice provides AI mock interviews with follow-up questions and rubric feedback. Choose one change to test, such as replacing a broad claim about compassion with a specific action you took.
Also have a WashU interview? Our guide to the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine interview covers its open-file and closed-file Zoom interviews.
Also applying to the Creighton University School of Medicine? See our interview guide for that school.
Also applying to the University of Missouri School of Medicine or the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine? See our interview guides for those schools.
SLU interview FAQ
Is the SLU interview an MMI?
No. SLU describes a virtual interview with a member of its admissions committee, and its MSAR 2027 entry adds a group video interview with a current student and other applicants.
Is the SLU interview virtual?
Yes, conducted virtually through the AMP application software.
Does SLU require PREview?
Yes. SLU requires the AAMC PREview exam and uses it after the interview.
When does SLU send decisions?
Invitations start in August 2026 and decisions go out starting October 15.