Reflection and Resilience: Australian Medical School Interview Questions

A mistake and what you learned, criticism and what you did with it, how you cope with stress, a failure and the recovery, what you will find hardest about the course. For graduates, the mistake in your career. Scored on honesty and the change that followed.

Updated 31 October 2026

How to answer

A real mistake with consequences, what you felt, what you did, why it happened, what you learned and what you changed. For stress, your warning signs and the strategies you actually use and when you would seek help. A candidate who has never failed reads as unreflective.

Frameworks: GIBBS

  • Gibbs Description of what happened, Feelings at the time, Evaluation of what went well and badly, Analysis of why, Conclusion: what you learned, Action plan: what you now do differently and the evidence it stuck. Full guide →

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