Interview by university
The Bond interview, and how to prepare for it.
Bond University interviews as an MMI. This page is what is particular to Bond: the shape of the interview, when it falls, who is invited and what the school says it marks. The method for the format is on its own page, linked below.
The facts
- Program
- Bachelor of Medical Studies and Doctor of Medicine
- Length
- 5 years
- Campus
- Gold Coast
- Interview format
- MMI. The university publishes nothing about the shape of the interview beyond its length: about ninety minutes online, including registration and debriefing.
- Delivery
- Online
- UCAT
- Not used.
- Other tests
- Psychometric testing online, a personality test and an emotional intelligence test, which decides who is interviewed.
- Who is invited
- Academic results first, then the psychometric tests. Bond does not use UCAT.
- When
- March, after the psychometric round.
- Invitations, 2027 entry
- 26 February 2027, after psychometric testing from 12 to 17 February.
- Interviews, 2027 entry
- 9 to 12 March 2027, online, for the 2027 intake, which starts in May or September.
- Offers, 2027 entry
- 23 March 2027, in QTAC Round 1, then direct offers from Bond from 5 April.
- What they say they mark
- General suitability to medicine and preparedness for a demanding course. Bond says the interview cannot be prepared for and that it does not endorse preparation services.
Reported, not published. Some coaching sites report that the 2026 round ran as a panel interview rather than an MMI. Bond does not say either way, so this page keeps the MMI until the school confirms otherwise.
Checked against bond.edu.au (opens in a new tab) on 3 October 2026. Dates from the school's key dates (opens in a new tab). Thresholds and dates move between cycles, and the school's own page for this year is the one to trust. Every school's dates.
When will I hear back from Bond?
Offers for 2027 entry: 23 March 2027, in QTAC Round 1, then direct offers from Bond from 5 April. The offer is the answer. Bond publishes no date for telling you how the interview went, so hearing nothing in between is normal.
Every school's offer dates, and why the wait is so long.
My note on Bond
Bond says its interview cannot be prepared for. I would put it differently: it cannot be scripted, and it should not be. You can know why you want this and be able to say it plainly. You can also have thought about the hard questions before someone asks them. That is the preparation I do.
Preparing for an MMI
Each station is marked on its own, so the two skills that matter most are reading the prompt for what it is really asking and leaving a bad station behind in its room. Both can be practised, and both are what the stations on this site are for.
What to work on
Bond publishes “general suitability to medicine” among the qualities it assesses. These are the marking domains that covers, and the ones its stations most often turn on.
- Self-awareness When you talk about a failure, is it a real one, and do you know what it taught you?
- Motivation for medicine Is your reason yours, is it specific, and does it survive the follow-up question?
Expect to be asked why Bond in particular. How to answer “why do you want to study here?”
Question themes to know for Bond
Stations to run first
These cover the areas Bond says it marks, or the areas its stations most often turn on. Thirty seconds to read each question, two minutes to answer it out loud.
Other schools that interview as an MMI
- Western Sydney University MMI. Late November.
- Charles Sturt University MMI. Late November.
- University of Newcastle – UNE Joint Medical Program MMI. Late in the year, in person at Newcastle or Armidale.
- Monash University MMI. Rounds in December and January, on Zoom.
- University of Queensland MMI. Mid to late November.
- University of Adelaide MMI. Late in the year, after UCAT results.
- University of Western Australia MMI. Late November to mid December.
- Curtin University MMI. Early December, then two rounds in January.
Other guides
- Start here What the interview is testing, and how the cycle runs.
- Timeline planner Put in your interview date and get a week by week plan.
- Pathway planner The whole road from school to consultant, drawn around your choices.
- Practice stations Real MMI stations with a two minute reading phase and a station clock.
- By university The interview at every undergraduate-entry school: format, timing, and what is marked.
- What is marked The six things every station marks, and how to practise each one.
- How to answer The questions every panel asks, what each is testing, and the follow-ups to expect.
- Question themes The subjects questions come from, from rural health to the profession, with prompts.
- Interview dates When each school sends invitations, holds interviews and makes offers this cycle.
- When you hear back Every school’s offer dates, and why the wait after the interview is so long.
- Formats What an MMI and a panel interview each are, and how to prepare for each.
- Interview soon? Days to go? What you can still book at short notice, and the prices.
- For parents Who your child is working with, and what I will not promise.
If you want a session
Thirty minutes, $40, online, and it comes off any package you go on to book. Tell me where you are applying and when the interviews are.